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Heat. Heat.

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What is it?

A service station. Some kind of halfway

place on the time. The present.

inhabited.

I don't know. I haven't looked yet.

Well, let's look

the time of day. 8:54 p.m. What is the

time of year? Summer, mid July.

I wonder if there's anybody running this

place. There

isn't. Apart from us, there only two

other people here. And they arrived in

that

I've given it a quick visual

examination, but I'm sure you And the

result of your visual examination, I'd

say the car was manufactured in 1946.

Mhm. It's no more than 2 years old.

Where are they? Oh, they're in here.

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All irregularities will be handled by

the forces controlling each

dimension. TransUnionic heavy elements

may not be used where there is life.

Medium atomic weights are available.

gold,

mercury,

copper, jet, diamond, radium, sapphire,

silver, and

steel. Sapphire and steel have been

assigned.

Do they go with the car? Yes.

Have you questioned them? No, not yet.

I thought I'd leave that to you. I'm not

very good at intimidation.

Are they real? I mean, do you believe

them? Well, I've been given no reason to

disbelieve them. So far, that is a

couple and a car, two people and a

machine driving here from 1948 to this

place to this time period. Well, I did

say so far.

After all, perhaps this side could be

wrong.

What do you mean this side could be

wrong? Well, why

not? After

all, it seems just as perfectly set in

its period as those people do in theirs.

But one side has to do that. And this

side? Well, that's also a little off.

Tell

us you're supposed to

gamble. Gamble? Yes. Sometimes you're

supposed to lose. Well, most times

you're supposed to lose.

Oh, I wonder why I wasn't enjoying it. I

said tell

us. You see, I was standing here now. I

was told and you were told that there

was going to be a time break. So, I was

sent here to watch and to wait. And then

the card arrived. But I think the time

break had happened quite a time before

that. Did you see it arrive? Well, I I

should say it appeared. I didn't hear

its approach. Could you do it? Yes.

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Show

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me love to

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What on earth is it?

What's your opinion?

Opinion?

You've been here. You've been watching.

What do you think's going on? I think

Well, I'm almost sure that there's no

time here. Not anymore. You mean it's

stopped? Yes. Well, it's a kind of a a

pocket, like a vacuum. Yes. Yes. You can

see that there's no time here anymore.

Evidence. Oh, the traffic. You can hear

it.

Yes.

You see, the through road would be uh

around about there. Now, but listen to

those

sounds. It's the sound of the same

vehicles passing. You see the ones that

would have been passing when the time

break occurred. They're still traveling,

but they're not going anywhere.

The time. What about it? It's still

8:54. Yes, it's been 8:54 for the past 6

hours. Ever since I got here. But all

the clocks are still working. They don't

tell us what the right time ought to be,

but they are still working.

Is

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it? Thank

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you. What's normal time?

Norman time. Yes. Time as it is. You

remember that? What is it? 3 minutes 23

seconds after midnight.

That you've been here for 6 hours?

Roughly? Yes. So, what does that tell

us? That it happened at 8:54 p.m.

yesterday, the day before? When? I don't

know. Well, perhaps the radio tell us.

Radio.

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Most the referees. Most the referees.

Most the referees. Most the referees.

Most the referees. Most the referees.

Most the referees.

54. The 8. 54. The 8. 54. The 84.

Times it shouldn't be for this place.

For us. 54 the 8.

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Are you going to show more surprise than

your friend? Surprise? Yes.

He didn't show any. Well, suppose you

tell us why we should be surprised.

Because we're here. And where's here?

Oh, come on

now. I have no doubt you represent

authority. And I suppose he sent for

you. It's not a

crime. Whatever's happened to us, it

can't be a crime, can it?

No. Well, then reason with him. Don't

argue with him.

This is the future, isn't

it? We were driving, minding our own

business. Suddenly, we arrive here into

the future without

warning. That's why we're sitting here.

We're not making a fuss. We're just

sitting here waiting so that perhaps we

may go back without

warning. This isn't a trick on our part,

you know. It's not some sort of a game.

I mean, you may think it is, but No. No,

we don't think it is.

Good, because I know that this place

isn't a

game.

It's Well, I suppose it's how the future

would feel. I mean, it even smells and

tastes like a different time, and it

scares

me. When you were driving along and

minding your own business, what

happened? She's already said. Well,

explain it. Explain it to us.

We taken the long toll turning. It's an

old tollbridge road. There's a small

garage I know there. It's only got one

pump. They sell eggs and fruit and milk.

Most people wouldn't know it was a

garage. Grass and weeds growing all over

the place. Chickens running under your

wheels. But you can knock on the door

any time of the day or night. The old

fellow will always serve you. So you

drove in there? Yes. Then what?

Well, then it became this place suddenly

without any kind of warning. Were there

any people here?

No. Then he

arrived. He wasn't very helpful. Sorry.

Time of day? What? What was the time of

day when you drove in here through the

grass and the weeds and the chickens? It

was nearly midnight. Yes, it'll be

almost midnight. And the date? The 25th

of July. And the year?

1948.

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Do we believe them? We can always do

tests even on the car.

Because if they're not what they say

they are, victims of the time break,

then they could be a part of it.

Or I don't see them.

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There's quite an age difference between

them. It's about 14 years. But they are

married. Oh, yes, they're married.

But not to each other.

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Well, as the catering staff seem to have

deserted us, I'm quite prepared to cook

some food. So, can I get you something?

No, thank you. Oh, surely you. We don't

trust it. We prefer to wait until we get

back to our own time. That might be

quite a while. We'll still wait. Thank

you. What about you? Me? She didn't

really ask you. He doesn't have to.

Well, surely you must be hungry. No, I'm

not. After that journey, I mean, 30 odd

years.

Although, what about an omelette? I can

soon get an omelette together. A nice

ham omelette. I'm afraid that would

constitute a meat meal away from home.

What? Page three, paragraph 9 of their

ration book, RB1. Half a coupon per

person. Oh, yes, of course you do have

your ration book.

We don't want the food, so you don't get

the coupon.

Bad enough.

But if it'll satisfy your curiosities,

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You talk about

food. What about those those

plates? Some haven't even been

touched. There are cigarettes and

matches on that

table. There are coats over the chairs,

but there are no

people. You expect me to eat something?

Touch food

here. Glass of water. That's all I want

from this

place because this place terrifies me.

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this.

What about it? Do you know what it is?

No. It's a simple calculator. I don't

want to know. See, all you have to do

isn't you hear what she said? We're not

interested.

Not even in this. Not even in that.

Well, what about all the other gadgets

in this room? Aren't you curious? Don't

you want to know what they are? How they

work? No.

Things you'll never have seen before.

You do surprise me. We are interested in

only one thing. Getting back to where we

belong. Yes. I think what he's trying to

say is why don't you take this back with

you to 1948? You could invent it. You

could make a fortune. H we're still not

interested. Well, that's good. The

future should be left intact. Quite. But

how many people would consider

that? I would expect people to take what

they could from the future to make the

most of the

experience. But not you.

All you want is one glass of water.

Yes.

Out here.

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When you arrived here, did you switch

any lights on? No. No, they're already

on. Why? Well, if the time break

happened on what was a bright summer

evening, why was every single light left

on in this

place? And there's an image of a person.

Yes. An old man in

there in another building. Well, a part

of another building.

Wait,

that was the image you saw before. Same

man, different

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background. What are you getting?

A sense of fear.

and violence.

It is possible, isn't it, for a time

break, either by accident or design, to

pick up some powerful emotion from the

past, like a sort of uh side effect or a

follow through? Yes. Might agree with

that. A small garage that sells eggs and

fruit and

milk with grass and weeds growing

everywhere.

July the 25th was a Sunday. Yesterday

was a Sunday. Yes. Well, this small

shack of a garage that you drove into,

was it open on Sunday? I've already said

it's open at all hours, any day of the

week, provided you knock on the door and

get the old man to serve you. That's

right. What about at midnight? It's no

different. But the old man, how did you

know if he was in because he never goes

out?

I see.

Anyway, he always leaves his lights on

all night

long. A light burning in every room.

He's a sort of local joke. What? Ah, a

character.

Why are you asking us this? I mean,

we're stuck here in the wrong time, in

the wrong place. Look, we don't really

need unnecessary questions. Where were

you going? Going? Yes. Where were you

going when you drove in here for There

are suitcases in your car. Don't answer

his questions. You looked, did you? Um,

yes, I looked. I said don't answer his

questions. We don't have to. You do have

to. If you want us to get you back into

your own time to face whatever

consequences you have to face. What do

you mean consequences? I don't know. You

tell me. I said, "What do you mean?"

Well, it's obvious you're both running

away from something. I don't

Don't you think we've had enough?

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That's I was thinking of playing that

machine. Oh my god.

Look, I was holding Look what Look at

the clock.

It's moved forward by 10 minutes.

But our bodies haven't been affected.

Only this place

has. So what is it moving forward

to to whatever is going to happen

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here

for

be

Was that expected? Was that expected?

Was that expected? Was that expected?

It's at a standstill again at 4 minutes

past 9. Yeah, the radio is the same

apart from a slight variation. 10

minutes worth. What about the traffic?

Different vehicles this time, but the

same kind of repeated sound.

Let's find out some more about those two

as a loving

couple. Well, they are only human,

aren't they?

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What happened? H that sound things

moving by themselves. Something must

have happened. It did. You may not have

noticed, but time in this place is at a

standstill for the moment. But that's

not possible. And yet you're here. Where

did you get this?

I poured it for myself. From where? From

behind there.

Would you like it back? No.

Separate them.

Um, do you think I might have the keys

to your car? What for? And to your

suitcases, if you wouldn't mind. As a

matter of fact, I do mind. Oh, well, it

makes no difference. Don't. If he tries

to get into that car, don't don't play

that game.

What is our game?

He's gone outside.

Yes,

but outside. That's perfectly safe.

Provided neither of you tries to leave

this place.

Hey, you.

We happen to be running away. That's

all. She from her husband. I from my

wife. We already know that. Oh, you know

that, do you? Well, that's not exactly

an arrestable offense, now is

it? Noise being here in the future where

we don't

belong. We didn't mean to come here.

We're not

trespassing.

Adultery. They can't hang you foreign.

How can you be so sure? Or perhaps in

this time period

we we don't belong to this time period

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remember. Excuse me.

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Lovely old car, isn't

it? He has every right to be upset.

to be angry. To be protective. Yes. Why

not? No one can condemn us. Only the

church perhaps. But I don't care that

much about the church, and neither does

he. He?

What? You keep referring to him as he.

Does he not have a name? Of course he

has a name. Then tell me it. No.

All right, then. Your name. Tell me

that.

You keep telling us over and over again

that you've done no wrong. It's true.

Then tell me your names. Why should I?

All right, then. Kim. Tell me about him.

Where did you meet him? Ask him now. And

when? How long have you known him? About

seven or eight months. What does it

matter? That's not very long. It's long

enough to long enough to what? To know

that I love him.

I suppose that means that you're able to

forgive him almost anything.

No, it doesn't mean that.

What year is

this? Which decade?

The 1980s.

Therefore, there's no need for me to lie

to

you. I mean, with 30 odd years lost

somewhere. Well, I mean, I could tell

you just about

anything. I mean, you can't very well go

back and check up on us, can you?

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It's a clear night.

What if she and I were to climb into the

car and drive away? Just drive back

where we've come from. We've already

explained there is no time here. You

would simply arrive back here again.

Arrive again? Well, how can we arrive

again? Well, isn't it obvious? No, I

mean if if if we went straight

back, no stops, no turns, just drove in

a straight line for 50 or 60 miles, you

would arrive back here once more.

What if you came with me?

Me? Yes. You belong to this place this

time? Do I? So you'd be my my passport.

So if uh if I went back in a straight

line with you at my side, then what

would happen?

What would you like to happen?

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Excuse

me. That lady you're prepared to move

mountains for is waiting for

you. What was that? Bit more fun at our

expense. Possibly. As I thought, sir.

Ser.

Yes, I heard that. Came from just

outside. The woman. What about her? Is

she still there? Yes, of course she's

still.

No. No, she's not.

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Wait. What did you say? I said yes. I

thought so.

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The woman disappeared just for a moment,

but a shadow of her remained. Yes. The

same thing happened to the man. And the

time? Well, they're still the same. 4

minutes past 9. How do you explain the

shadows? I can't.

Whatever happened, it doesn't seem to

have upset them.

That sound, what was it? Something

banging. Open window perhaps? No, it

wasn't an impersonal sound. Someone

Well, that's impossible. Time's at a

standstill here. No one can leave or

enter this place. There was something

rattling in the wind or one of the gar

signs, perhaps. No, it was a higher

frequency than that. More like a symbol

or a a triangle. You mean it wasn't an

accident? No. The sound is being

produced by someone. Someone wants us to

know they're

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here. Nothing. Whatever it is, it's not

in here.

We heard it again somewhere above us. It

was here. It was close by. Well, you

were both out here. You didn't see

anything? Nothing. That image we saw of

the old man. Perhaps it was something to

do with him.

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You say the image was first seen in

here.

Yes.

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Nothing. Just a moment.

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Why Silva? Why is he here? Was he here?

Because he was sent Sent to do what? To

wait and watch. Same as us. Still, I

want to talk.

Silver is a technician. Why has he been

sent to watch? Why don't you ask him

that? I have asked him and he doesn't

know. He simply doesn't know why he's

here. And neither do we. Of course we

do. Think about it for once, Steel.

Why are we here? We're here because we

are usually sent at the beginning of

event when things have started to

happen. When damage has begun. It has

begun. Well, I don't see any signs of

damage. Time has stopped here. It's

standing still. People from 1948 just

happen to be running around in the

1980s. I don't call that serious damage.

No, no, not at this stage. Not yet.

Well, you said it earlier. You said that

we were on some sort of a countdown to

an event that's due to happen. But

supposing that it already has happened,

that this is it. The three of us here

not knowing why we're

here. Supposing there's nothing for us

to wait

for. Supposing it is waiting for

us.

Here he's no longer an

image. No. Is it you want in service

only? That's at the front of the

building. See, not here. This is private

here. Talk to him.

What's wrong?

See, this is private. This part of the

building, private property. You

shouldn't be here. I said, what's wrong?

Why are you frightened of us? Well,

I suppose it's cuz I can't see you very

clearly.

And I've never believed in ghosts, so

I'm not likely to want to start now.

What do you see? Well, I see everything

as it should be,

except for you, long.

Tell us. Tell her. Yes. Tell us what you

can see. Well, I see the outstand I as

it should be. as I should see it. And

the sheds and the

path, the cold frame and that wooden

fence

there. You lot sort

of sort of over it all in the wrong

Well, in the wrong place.

Would you tell us what year this is?

What year? Yes. Well, what year do you

expect it to be? It's 1925. Of course.

Of course. Of course. Of course. Of

course. Of course, of course, of

course. We were the images that time. We

were the ones that didn't belong.

1925 and

1948. So, which of them is wrong? Or

lying? Well, what kind of a lie would it

be? What would be the point of it?

They've described accurately a place and

a man. And they've described visiting

the place and talking to the man. Yes.

23 years later. Well, maybe as we did,

they saw the ghost of an old man 23

years ago. But he wasn't a ghost. If

anything, we were the ghosts to him. You

see, my first thought is that everything

is halfaphazard, a mess. Time just mixed

and jumbled up together, making sense.

Well, my second thought is that it's

just too haphazard. It's too obvious.

It's like something has been designed.

Sapphire was saying the same thing

earlier on. It's like something being

designed

and just what exactly we're doing here.

Yes. What was your briefing? Well, it

you come to think of it, it wasn't an

actual briefing. Not the usual. It's

more like a kind of knowledge. Something

telling you you should be here. Yes. And

you? The same. Steel.

Well, there's one simple way to find

out. Silva, have you been told anything

we haven't? What? I've just said no.

Concerning this place? No.

You weren't given any special

information. Special? Privileged

information? Information that's been

withheld from us. No.

You were here before us. That's right.

Why? I don't know why.

Silver specialists never ever move in

until operators and investigators have

done their work. Well, yes, but this is

different, isn't it? Is it? Well,

haven't we just said so? Didn't we just

agree that this wasn't agreed anything?

We're just comparing notes, that's all.

Very well, then. ignoring the fact that

you are operators and I am a mere

specialist but accepting the fact that

it was a kind of shared knowledge that

brought us here. I mean why the delay of

6 hours? Yes, between my arrival and

yours. I mean 6 hours. You yourselves

could have picked up quite a lot of

privileged information in 6 hours. Yes.

Well, we don't know why. So, as I said,

there's one simple way of finding out.

All we have to do is leave this place.

time. Let's move forward again by 20

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minutes that

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It's happened again.

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You heard that sound?

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Yes. It was the sound of a musical

instrument. I think it was a tambourine.

A tambourine? Yes.

No, he didn't hear that.

If it is part of an arranged plan, would

those two be a part of it? I don't know.

10 minutes then 20. When does it stop? I

wonder. When it's ready. Yes. Well, I

don't like being part of an arranged

plan. I prefer to make the moves.

Steel, listen.

Just the rain. No. No. There's someone

walking. There's someone walking

outside. No,

don't. Whoever it is, they're coming

this way. They're coming here.

Stay

here. The clock.

We know.

What is it?

Someone coming.

Someone coming here.

Where? Just outside.

Careful.

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Whoever it was couldn't have gone. I

would have hurt

them. Close the door behind

me. Lock them.

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Heat.

Heat.

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Heat. Heat.

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4 B 9. 24

B9. 24

B9. 24 B9.

Still back here. From where? He went

outside. Oh no. Oh, the rain stopped.

Storm must have passed. Silva, nothing

is supposed to change here. It's still

9:24.

What shall I do? You better find him.

Oh, who is it? What?

The person who's come here. Who is it?

It didn't happen. We heard someone

arrive.

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Thank

you. It's one of my

children there.

Got a kiss for Johnny Jack and all the

children on his back.

Oh well. Where did you come from? Where

did I come from? How can I answer that?

Just try. I come from 250 different

places. But these doors were locked.

Not when I come in.

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shop. Shop. There's no one there, I'm

afraid. No one in the kitchen? No. So,

what kind of a place is this? Where's

the staff? Well, there is no staff, yet

it's open. Yes. So, what do you do? Help

yourself? Serve yourself? I'll help

myself. Got a kiss for Johnny

Jack and all the children on his back.

Don't you touch her.

like the coat.

What do you want here?

I want service. That's what I want here.

In the meantime, this is

mine. My squat,

you the manager or something?

How did you arrive here? How did I what?

To this place. How did you get here? By

minding me own business and answering

questions. That's how I got here. And

I've had nothing but questions since the

minute I walked through the door. Well,

first she started and now

you. Something happened

here. Something wrong. Hi. Something

happened here. Did you walk? Drive.

What? I walked, didn't I? Here. Do you

mind? Walked from where? I said, "Do you

mind?" I'm sorry, mate, but that happens

to be one of the tools of my trade.

I said walked from where? I don't know

where from. You forget? I don't have to

remember the others. Look, will you let

the others The others in the company,

they do all the thinking, not me. A

company of performers. Is that it?

That's right. And you're one of them?

Yes. Oh, that makes sense. It makes no

sense. How did he get here? I walked,

didn't I? Look, whatever it is that's

going on here, I had nothing to do with

it. I wasn't here. Whatever it was, you

walked from where? The others dropped me

off up by the turnpike. Look, they was

going into town. I didn't want to go.

All right. So, they told me to meet them

here. Wait for us, they said at Long by

the service station. That's what they

said. So, I walked, didn't I? Let go.

Only come in for a cup of tea. I mean,

what sort of people are you? Who are

you? You've done nothing but throw your

weight around ever since you came here.

That's right. Well, if this is the

future, the future that you represent,

well, you can keep it. Doesn't it worry

you? What? You've been brought here from

the past and trapped here. Of course,

that worries me. And what about him? He

has every right. No time here. Remember?

What's he doing here? He's right. No.

What? No. Why should they be

right? He just happened to be passing by

here in the present time. That's right.

Yes. He just He just came in. He he

walked through the doors and he came in

for a cup of tea. Right. Ask him what

the date is.

Ask him. No.

Excuse me.

What day is it today? What you mean? The

date? Yes. Well, I don't know. The 15th

or something. 15th of what? Well, of

July, of course. And the year. The what?

What year is it? Well, how do you mean?

What? What year? This year. What you

mean? You don't know? We forget.

Oh, it better be the same as it was when

I woke up this morning. 1957.

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It rang. Yes.

Then what? I answered it. And

B9. I got what you're getting now. 24

B 24.

Two people from

1948 and an old man from 1925. And this

character from 1957. It doesn't make

sense. The numbers don't even compute to

make any kind of sense. Well, is there

anything special about those particular

years? Nothing of great historical

importance.

No,

but

there's there's something wrong

for us.

Yes. I'm going to take another look

around. Well, if it's any consolation,

we've had one tiny victory.

That? Yes. But Silver, I've already

checked that. It was made in 1957 and it

has no sinister elements. Yes, but you

and I are looking for different things.

Well, how did you get it away from him?

Well, while you were keeping him busy, I

made a quick reproduction and gave that

to him. He'll never know the difference.

Now

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then, show me more.

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I said, "Show

me. Show me

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more." I said, "Show

me.

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Heat. Heat.

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What was that? No, that was

me.

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Something wrong? Tell you what, as soon

as you're dodging about outside, give us

a shout, will you?

A shout. Yeah, if you see a gray van,

that will be me mate. Only I'm uh busy,

you see. All right, I'll give you a

shout. Might put on a bit of a show

later if there's time like that. Would

you? Possibly. Bet you would.

Sorry. Bit of a show. You know, knees up

on the table, that sort of thing. You'd

love that, wouldn't you, darling? No.

Well, it's a chance to cheer up a bit.

Why don't you get on with whatever it is

you're supposed to be doing and leave us

alone?

No appreciation. Shame. Shame. It's a

tragedy. Listen, I'm the best tambourine

player on the road. I'm the only

musician amongst them. Play something.

What now? No.

When the others come, eh?

All right. I'll look forward to that.

[Music]

I don't trust these any of them. And

it's it's a sapphire says there's

nothing really sinister about it.

Nothing that could really harm us. Then

why don't you trust them?

Well, it's as if as a musical

instrument, it's it's never been played.

See, every musical instrument that ever

was or or is is its own recording

device. Did you know that? No. Ah, well,

listen.

You hear

that? You see, that's just a

noise. This instrument has only ever

made a noise, never music. Well, it's a

drum, isn't it? You can't expect it to

play a tune. No, but we can expect it to

make music. His own sort of music of

some sort of rhythm, properly handled,

of course.

What you're trying to say is that a man

who says he's part of a traveling

company made up of musicians and

performers should be able to get some

kind of music. Yes. Especially when he's

the only real musician amongst them.

What? His words.

If you can make a reproduction of a

tambourine. H

could you make one of a car? A

car? Well, a car would be more

difficult. With Sapphire's help, we

could probably make an image of the real

thing, but it would only be an image. An

illusion. Would that be enough to allow

you to remove the real one for a closer

inspection? Well, the image would fool

them, but only visually. Well, that

should be enough.

[Music]

Makes it a long day, doesn't it? When

there's no time.

[Music]

When we've done this, I'm going to have

a walk out there to where those traffic

signs are. I'd like to know what would

happen if we try to leave this place.

Under the circumstances, so would I.

Now, Silva, you want me to project an

image of the car? Yes, as you did the

last time, only I'll fix one this time,

right?

So,

[Music]

you're trying to tell me that I'm more

than 20 years a drift? Yes. And this is

the future? That's right. Get away.

Well, look about you. Isn't this a

little different to what you're used to?

All places look the same to me. I never

really need to look. He's telling the

truth.

Well, we don't get any older. Apparently

not.

So, what's 20 odd years? Now, you'll get

ready to project the image the moment I

drive this thing away. But, Silva, won't

they hear it? Huh? A fraction of a

second, perhaps. I shall be driving in a

conventional

way. Are you ready? Yes. Right.

[Music]

I mean, a future could be a lot of fun,

providing the price of a pint hasn't

changed. Point of what?

What's that?

What? Silva, it must be now.

[Music]

[Music]

It sounded like a motor.

Your friends, where are they?

Somewhere. I'm not sure.

[Music]

All

right. I'm not sure.

Hey, are you going to leave me in there

with that freak? Why? What's he done to

you? Well, nothing. It's what he might

do.

sorted it out. Did you

just a

minute? I want to talk to you. Go ahead.

We're not

here. It's about him. You see your man

friend?

Yes. I want to tell you the truth about

him. Take me with you, will

you? Please take me with you. It's

important.

[Music]

Where's Silva? He's going to look for a

way out.

Is it unlocked? It is now. Yes.

Wait in there. How did that get in here?

I'll tell you later. No, tell me now.

Okay, I'll wait in

here. What's she doing here? She says

she has something to tell

us. Why don't you find out what it

is? I'm not talking to you. Not just

you. I'm not saying anything to you.

You never once left that cafe. Only now.

You hardly move from the table. You're

afraid to leave your friend's side for

more than a few moments at the time. But

here you are now with me. I've

explained. Not to me. You

haven't. Who are

you?

Look, I've got things to say, right?

things to tell you. Then tell me. No,

not unless all three of you are here. If

you hurt me, I shan help you. I shan

help any of

you. You're going to need

me. Show

[Music]

me. Show me more.

I said, "Show

[Music]

me." Your

eyes. What's happened to your eyes?

What did you say?

Steel. It's our death. Our destruction.

You know the danger I sensed in the

yard. You called it a sensation of fear.

They're playing tricks with your mind.

No, I was sensing violence. Our

destruction. Yours and mine.

So, it wasn't an emotion from the past.

No, from the future. Yes. Our future.

But why?

[Music]

[Music]

steal.

[Music]

They're like us, Steel. But they're like

us.

Same as us. Well, almost.

How do they differ?

I think they answer to a higher

authority.

How many?

Three. The three men.

They asked me to work for them

once. I chose not

to. Did they ever ask you?

Yes.

And you chose not to, too, didn't you?

Perhaps that's why we work so well

together.

Maybe too. Well,

what made you say that?

A feeling. Be more specific.

We're

resented. They resent us. I mean, they

resent our achievements.

More than

that, they resent our independence.

[Music]

We need the truth.

Truth about your friend out there.

He wanted to tell us. So tell us.

He's Well, he's been sent here to kill

you. It's as simple as that. To kill all

three of you. Sent from where?

Well, from what I can make out, he's

been

um he's been based in my time in 1948.

Yes. Is that where you met him? Yes,

that's right.

[Music]

sent from the past into the future into

this time.

Yes. To trap you, to trick

you. So, if I were you, I you better

leave here. Look, you better try to

escape.

We can't. There's a barrier out by the

through road. Whatever it is, it

completely encircles. Can't you break

through it? No.

Sent from the past.

They always were better organized.

[Music]

Who do you think they represent?

Those three.

I don't know. See, the only people with

similar powers are the transient beings.

The transient beings are locked in the

past where they belong. So far, yes.

They can change shape and move anywhere,

but only in the past.

They cannot move forward in time.

Maybe they've learned, been taught

perhaps. I mean, if someone wanted to

use the right people, recruit them, send

them forward in time to find us. What

better choice than transient beings with

an access to time? Yes. A way of moving

into the future.

Yeah. Well, they need some sort of a

device to get here.

Oh yeah.

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

when he brought you here. Yes. How did

he do it? Well, how should I know? You

traveled with him, didn't you? Yes, of

course I did. Then explain the journey.

Well, we just drove here.

I told you before it it happened without

any kind of warning. Yes, but you

neglected to tell us before that you

knew it was going to happen, that it was

supposed to happen. Yes. Well, um, that

was the plan. You see, his plan. Why

should she help us? Why is she telling

us all this? I've been wondering that.

Anyway, it wasn't a garage.

What wasn't with this

place? Well, not so far in my time.

Anyway,

what was it?

a

cafe. It's a small

cafe. Three different buildings, three

separate time

periods. But he chose the cafe in my

time. He chose to meet

me. That's romantic, don't you think?

Yes. All three of them all trying to

play a trick on you to trap you.

And you?

Me? What sort of trick are you playing?

I just want to help

you. All right. I care about the

man.

And I realize that he's different. I

mean, well, he can probably live

forever,

but Well, I I don't mind that. I mean I

mean, who who wants to grow old?

But I just don't want anyone to be hurt

in this godforsaken place. I I don't

want anything to happen to any of

you. Well, that's why I decided to warn

you. That's why I decided to to tell you

the truth about him and the

others. All right. I love the man. I'll

probably do anything for him. For him.

For him. For him. For him. For him.

Get her out of

[Music]

here.

[Music]

[Music]

Heat. Heat.

[Music]

[Music]

Now you can tell us the truth.

[Music]

How did he bring you

here? What did he use to cross time?

He has a

case. A tiny

box. You think it was a game at first,

but not if you stare into it. It's

weird. You let me look at it once. It's

how you imagine a a fortune teller's

crystal to be. You can see the future in

it.

Yes. And the

past. Everything.

You lost it. You lost the box. Yes.

Well, how can we do what we came here to

do without that then? Eh, I mean, we

can't even return without that thing.

Then help me look for

it. Here comes I, Little Johnny Jack,

with me wife and me family on me back.

Me family's large and me wife is small,

and I'm the father of them all.

[Music]

O would you be looking for

this? A useful piece of apparatus. It's

our ticket and yours.

What to the

future? Oh. Oh, the past then. How far

back?

Oh, couple of hundred million years.

Yeah, that all would do nicely. Uh, I'm

very bad at dates.

That's That's the Triacic period. There

was nothing here then. I I wouldn't

survive. He's quick, isn't he?

40 minutes this time. 10 then 20 then

40. Doubling up each time. It seems that

way.

It is that way. Tell me. We have to get

out of here quickly. Like now. But you

said there's a barrier around the place.

There is a barrier that we can't break.

We'll have to break it somehow. Come on,

Steve. Tell me. I'll tell you on the I

know. You'll tell me now.

All

right. They have a a device, some kind

of a time box. We know that. But the

device isn't perfect. Well, no device

can be, no matter who tries to use it.

But time when it's been tampered with to

this extent tries to counteract things

with the time shifts. Yes. On each

occasion, they've been doubling up,

multiplying. But when they move again,

it will quadrupled. Four times 40

minutes and four times Adams. What do

you mean quadrupled from this moment on?

Yes, you did get it. No, there are now

two time boxes. I'm afraid this is

another instant reproduction job.

And that can get us out of here. I hope

so. Can I see it?

Like a fortune teller's crystal. That's

how she described it. You really want to

look into the future?

Yes.

It's best not to know,

Silver. It's my job to know.

What

space hours will become days and months

and years will become thousands of

years. There is nothing but space.

Yes. Come on. Steel.

Steal. Look. I've just explained,

haven't I? This thing is not stable. We

have a job to do, too. No, not in this

place. This place is a trap for us.

Transient beings have been sent here to

hunt us down. Can you deal with them?

You know very well I can't. Then you

have no moral duty. There's no one to

help. What about her? She's been brought

here from her own time and by her own

choice. She's joined them. They're using

her. We have to help her. It's our duty.

Thank you. Thank you for helping me.

Don't go that way. The two men are

waiting by the entrance.

We'll go through the yard.

This is private here. Private property.

If you want service, it's in the front

of the building. I said this is private

here. This part of the building's

private. You don't belong

here.

Silver, that box in your pocket. Give it

to me, please. Sorry. I can help you,

Silver. I can't help him, but I can help

you. It's his time, you see, and

Sapphires, but not necessarily yours.

So, just give me the box.

That's fine. Thanks.

I promise we can help you, Silver. We

can't help the others, but we can help

you. Are you going to believe that?

[Music]

No. That's it. That's the

way.

Silver, you don't know how to work this

thing.

But I think I do.

Both a weapon and a means of traveling

through

time. And no one should have access to

that kind of power.

A jug or two a veil will make our voices

ring. Money in our pockets. A very good

thing. One of those.

one of

those. The Triacic period, wasn't it?

Have a good time

there. There's no need to worry as long

as we have this. Our friend crossed time

to hunt us

down. Now it's our turn to be the

hunters.

[Music]

[Music]

That's right.

[Applause]

[Music]

Hello, Sappa.

What would happen if I try to get away

from here? Do you remember me asking you

that? Yes.

And uh you said it wasn't possible.

Yes, I remember. Then why are you trying

to leave?

So where is he? Steel.

Yes. We're near the road. Please come

here quickly.

[Music]

[Music]

Heat. Heat.

[Music]

We did it. Yes, we did it.

[Music]

Oh, no one running this place today.

Not since I came in.

[Music]

Fine place to meet. Yes.

What? What year is this?

Excuse

me. Could you tell me what what year

this is? Do you mean you don't know?

We don't know.

It's

1948.

Then we must be in the wrong time.

Yes, you

must. How did you get here?

that device that you have. Could I have

it,

please? Please.

You'd better.

All right.

on the table facing

you.

Well, we don't really need this now, do

we? No.

Steel.

I don't understand it. Don't trust him

and don't believe her. Actually, you can

for

once

because this is the

trap. This place, you

see, this place is

nowhere. And it's forever.

Nowhere. Nowhere. We should have known.

I'll get us out of

here. I saw the

future and it was our future.

[Music]

Heat. Heat.

[Music]