All language subtitles for The Omega Factor [1979] E06

Well?

I like it.

Do I detect a certain reserve
in your voice?

No, I think I said exactly
what I meant.

If you asked me whether I thought
it would never replace The Week...

Ah, you'd gave to admit that your loyalty
to your 100 best tunes remained unshattered.

No, I think my royalty is whatever
piece I'm listening to at the moment.

Provided it's by Tchaikovsky,
Sibelius, Brahms.

- Something wrong with that?
- Not for the 19th-century mind.

Which, by implication, I have.

As far as music's concerned,
I'm afraid so.

No, think of all the development you're
ignoring over the past, say what, 100 years.

There must be change.

Developments in all
aspects of life.

I'm sure there are some things
which don't change noticeably

in such a relatively
short space of time.

Human emotions, for example.

Listen to it again.

You'll find it clean, economical,
picked to the bone.

I'll listen but I'm sure I'll always
prefer people to skeletons.

Even though they do exhibit
system and order.

Excuse me.

Good evening.

Hello Tom.

What the hell's that?

Music for the development
of the human race.

Then I'm all for regression.

Can we have the volume down a bit?
Preferably a lot.

You're like a couple of tiny tots

who want to be told the story of Goldilocks
every night without a single word changed.

It's rather sad.

Isn't sadness one of those obsolete
emotions we were talking about?

Unfortunately not.

I'll leave the record to you.
You may learn to love it yet.

- You don't have to go.
- I do, I'm afraid,

on this old-fashioned
note of concord.

- Quite.
- Good night, my dear.

- Good night, Tom.
- Good night.

I can see myself out.

Good night, Ron.

Do you mind?

Thank you.

And I'll thank you to let me be the judge
of who is welcome in my house.

Specifically, Roy.

We were having a very pleasent
evening till you spoilt it.

I'm sorry, I've had a bad night. I'm not
in the mood for Roy's hygienic thinking.

But then, I don't suppose you're
in the mood for my brand of self-pity?

Not if it's only self-pity.

I don't know if it is or not.

I've been at the clinic
visiting Michael.

- Is he any worse?
- Could he be?

I'd better go.
This was a mistake.

No, don't be silly.
I'm glad you came.

Have a glass of wine.

Thanks.

You're still not sleeping?

No.

Because of Mike?

Why don't you come away
with me for the weekend?

You bold hussy!

There's nothing to be afraid of.
You'll be well chaperoned.

I've been asked to spend the weekend
in the country with an old friend.

Well, won't he mind me
coming with you?

She won't.

And I'll be glad of you to act
as a little light relief.

Karen's got problems. She does her best
but I don't think she copes very well.

And I've a new group to test
for PK next week.

I could do with a break
before I start.

You could?

I'd enjoy it a lot more
if you came, too.

You've talked me into it.

Breathe deeply.

I take, the funny smell
is fresh air?

You might not like it at first,
but it's addictive.

And just listen to all that peace.

Yeah, it's deafening, isn't?

I feel like a new man already.

That's convenient. So do I.

Karen!

I'm sorry.

I meant to be out here
to greet you when you came.

Colin's being
a bit of nuisance.

He's home, then?
That's a nice surprise!

I wasn't expecting to see him
on this visit.

Oh, um, Karen,
this is Tom Crane.

- I mentioned him on the phone.
- Hello, Karen.

She's mentioned you quite a
few times on the phone, actually.

Traitor.

Is he your boyfriened?

No, no, don't worry
about the luggage. I'll bring it.

Where's Colin, then? He doesn't usually take
so long to come and see me when I arrive.

He's in the dog house,
I'm afraid.

He got into some trouble in the school
and the headmaster sent him home.

That doesn't sound like him.

That's what I thought
the first time.

But now I'm beginning
to have my doubts.

I didn't know he'd been
in trouble before.

Yes, at his last school.

- That's why he had to leave.
- Oh, I see.

You never told me.

I wasn't very keen of
advertising it.

I thought it would all stop
when we moved back up here.

What has he done this time?

I'm not really sure.

The headmaster's letter was a bit
vague and Colin won't talk about it.

- Shouldn't you have phones the headmaster?
- Oh, I did.

But he wasn't much help,
I'm afraid.

He just waffled away about
damage to school property

and the other children
being afraid of Colin.

I took it he'd been vandalising things
and bullying the other kids.

I don't believe it!
That's not the Colin I know.

I was rather hoping you'd have
a word with him, Anne.

- Well, of course, I will.
- I just can't seem to get through to him.

You said he was sent home
from his last school?

What for?

Much the same thing,
I think.

They were vague as well.

I just don't know
what I'm going to do.

I can't keep him
at home here, you see.

Anne's probably told you,
I'm an interior designer.

It's not exactly
a cottage industry.

I have to go away
from home quite a lot.

I can't just leave him
here on his own.

If I can't find another boarding school,
I don't know what I'm going to do.

The first thing to do is to clear up
the mistery of why he was sent home.

Would you like to speak
to him now?

Waiting won't make it
any easier.

I'll get him.

Excuse me.

Colin's the last boy in the world
you'd expect to behave that way.

Unless it's... because of
his parents being divorced.

I think Colin misses his father
more than Karen would admit.

- Doesn't he come to see him?
- Hardly ever.

He's remarried,
started another family.

You think Colin might be just lashing out
to release his resentment?

I can't account for it
in any other way.

- Aren't you going to say hello to Anne?
- Hello, darling!

Hello, Anne.

You've grown up a lot
since I last saw you.

Come and meet my friend.

I'll make some more coffee.

Colin, this is Tom Crane.

Hello, Colin.

Tom's a journalist.

You used to say you wanted
to be a writer.

Yes.

We've got something
in common, then.

Your mother tells me you've been
sent home from school.

I don't want to talk about it,
if you don't mind.

If they're blaming you for something
you didn't do, I think you ought to

Did you do it, Colin?

It doesn't matter.

Of course it matters!

If you did do those things,
we've got to find out, why.

If you didn't, we've got
to stick up for you.

Do you realise how serious this is? Your mother
may not be able to get you into another school.

I don't want to go another school.
I want to stay here.

I'm sure Mummy wants that, too,
but she has to work.

You can't stay here with
no-one to look after you.

I can look after myself.

Tell her that, Anne. Tell her
she mustn't send me away.

It would only happen again.

Well, what do you make of that?

Sounded like a case of emotional
blackmail to me.

Except that he didn't seem to be
threatening. He seemed to be... terrified.

terrified.

Look at that.

What?

The ashtray has moved about a foot
and a half without anyone touching it.

Karen, has Colin ever broken anything?

Do you know of a boy who hasn't?

Yes, but was there ever a time
when a lot of things got broken?

Yes, but he said
he didn't break them.

I don't know why he lied about it. It's
not as though I make a fuss about that s

But I just couldn't get him
to admit he did it.

He got all upset.

Did he ever do anything else
you thought funny?

Hide things or move them?

How did you know that?

It happens to some children.
They can't help it.

Oh, it's nothing to worry about.
They get over it.

Well, I hope he does.

Colin's father insists that
he goes to a boarding school.

What am I going to do if I can't
find another place for him?

Maybe his headmaster could be
persuaded to take him back.

I couldn't persuade him.
I wouldn't know what to say.

I could. I do know what to say.

- Would you, Anne?
- I'll drive over and see him tomorrow.

But what about Tom?
I'll be busy most of the day.

I'm sure Colin could entertain me.
We've got a lot in common.

Not bad.

Not bad at all.

I like the bit about the haunted room
and the spooky bit in the old crypt.

- You believe in ghosts?
- Do you?

Not all time time, but I do
when I'm reading ghost stories.

You get the best of
both worlds that way.

Have you ever heard
of poltergeists?

I used to be bothered by one
when I was about your age.

Were you?
Were you really?

I was.

You don't think
I'm silly saying that?

Oh, no.

It didn't start very
dramatically.

Things just used to move
when I was around.

Not very far at first.

Then they began to move further.

Sometime even through the air.

You do know.
It happened to you as well.

It did. It used to scare
the hell out of me.

Does it frighten you?

Yes. I try and run away
from it but...

...it always comes with me

Does it still happen to you?

No. It stopped suddenly.

It always does.

Will it with me?

Very soon.

We don't believe they're cheeky
little devils that cause trouble any more.

I know. They talk about
psychokinesis now.

What's that?

We don't know
what it is.

Only what it does.

I'm glad now mine
was a poltergeist.

You know how I got
over being afraid of him?

I gave him a name - Timothy.

Can you imagine being afraid
of someone called that?

When I went away,
I almost missed him.

What would you call yours?

George?

Bit sober and strait-laced.

- Fred.
- I like Fred.

Now, what does he look like?
Tall, short, fat, thin?

He's short and bald and
he's got fat, hairy legs.

Now, are we going to be afraid of someone
called Fred who's got fat, hairy leg

No.

Well, off you go, Colin.

Write me a story about as boy
who has a poltergeist called Fred.

Who's short and bald
and got fat, hairy legs.

Is that what you think is?
A poltergeist?

Yes, but it's not as bad
as it sounds.

Full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing.

I don't understand.

We don't know what these
manifestations are caused by,

but we know it's some kind of energy force some
people contained for a year or two of their lives,

usually when entering puberty.

It's nothing to worry about.

- Hello?
- Hello.

Well, I've seen Colin's headmaster.

He's rather nice.

- That means you got what you wanted.
- No, it doesn't.

But I did. Colin can go back
after the school holidays.

That's marvellous!
But not right away?

The headmaster feels he needs another
couple of weeks just to settle down.

There is only one thing.

If it's about the poltergeist,
Karen already knows.

Oh, good.

Thank you.

He says, although he's aware of this
phenomenon in kids of Colin's age,

and is sympathetic towards it,

that if it should happen again,
he would have to ask Colin to leave.

- He'd have no choice, Karen.
- I can see that.

But what can we do to stop it
happening again?

It's difficult to say. It's not as if it's something
you can prescribe a course of antibiotics for.

Oh, well. I think I'll go
and tell Colin the good news.

I was wondering if Roy might be
able to do something for him.

Like psychoanalyse
the poltergeist?

No, but he could put Colin
in the right frame of mind.

And what frame's that?

You know as well as I do that it's
usually related to puberty and tension.

I suppose Roy could put
years on him?

You really have it in for Roy
just now, don't you?

I just don't think that a psychiatrist without
a noticable trace of warmth could ease tension.

He can be very warm
and very charming.

Well, I don't seem to bring out
that side of his nature.

Colin might.

I think I'll put the idea to Karen. It'll
take him off her hands for a few days anyway.

And put him into your
tender loving care.

Yes.

I suspect he doesn't get all
he should sometimes.

Are you all right?

And this one's Colins.
Really disappointing.

Why is Colin doing PK tests?

We seem to have stumbled across
something interesting.

- Oh, really?
- Yes.

His stories of objects he didn't like
moving, breaking of their own volition,

seems to suggest that his resentment
can trigger off psychokinetic energy.

Maybe the poltergeist
didn't like them eithrt.

As a scientist, I find it hard
to believe in poltergeists.

I'm sure they find it just
as difficult to believe in you.

- Tom.
- May I go on?

A boy in his school tried to get him
into trouble. The boy's room was wrecked.

- So?
- So we have a hypothesis that fits the facts.

That this energy
is not working in random.

It is directed subconsciously
towards particular targets.

Now, if this proves to be correct,

I think we can take
giant strides forward.

We came to get rid of his
poltergeist, not develop it.

The tests I'm doing are
elementary and harmless.

- Colin's results are negative?
- It's no more than I expected.

We can treat those tests as a
control and go on with others.

- I don't think you should.
- It's the only way to find out anything.

- Does it matter compared to the effect on Colin?
- Of course it does, or we wouldn't do it.

He feels like a freak already.
All you can do by testing him

is make him feel even
more freakish and isolated.

That's the opposite of what
we promised to do for him.

I thought you said you wouldn't do
anything without Karen's permission?

I'm not! I'm getting
in touch with her today.

It's only fair to tell you both I've been
in touch with her and advised her to refuse.

I'm really sorry
to drag you out of bed.

It's OK. Just tell me
exactly what happened.

From the beginning.

I woke up, heard a door
banging in the wind,

got up, closed up,

looked in to see if Colin was
all right and he wasn't there.

I didn't know what to do.
So I called you.

Can you think of anywhere
he might have gone?

I don't know.

He doesn't know anyone here.

- Shall I call Karen?
- No, not yet.

No point in upsetting her
unless we have to.

Did he take his clothes
and things?

No, he just seems to have got up
and dressed and gone out.

And he didn't leave a note?

- Well, I don't know, I didn't look...
- It's all right, I'll go and look.

Dr Reynolds and I believe that these tests
would be of great value to our research

and would not harm
Colin in any way.

They might conceivably help him.

- Well, I don't know.
- Neither does Dr Martindale, Karen.

I don't think his treatment so far
has had any beneficial effects.

- Has Colin ever walked in his sleep?
- Not that I'm aware of.

Well, it seems that he did
the night before last.

Or that Anne imagined he did.

But if he did,

It can't possibly attributed to
the elementary tests we did.

Rubbish.

Were you be able to do
anything for him?

He's only been with us for a few days,
Mrs Muirhead

Given a little longer,
I can demonstrate to him that he...

he possesses a gift which is something
to be proud of, not something to fear.

Nothing will change, of course.
He'll just feel happier about it.

It's called
'becoming adjusted'.

Can't you stop these things
happening to him?

If we can teach him to bring these things
under control, under his own control,

we'll have achieved
three things.

Colin will have peace in mind,

his schooling will be
uninterrupted in future,

and you will be able to carry on
with your work.

I don't know what to say, Karen.

Certainly, Colin would be very helpful
to us in our work.

What is not so certain is
that we'll be as helpful to him.

But it is certain that,
if he goes home now, Mrs Muirhead,

your troubles will continue.

I think if there is any doubt at all,
I'd better take him home.

Then I must accept your
decision, Mrs Muirhead.

But don't hesitate to ask our help,
if you feel you should need it.

Anne will take you to Colin now.

I thought you took that rather well.

Well, you win some, you lose some.

- May I?
- Of course.

I have come about Colin.

- What's he done?
- Nothing wrong, if that's what you think.

I have come on a matter of
national security.

National security?

I don't understand.

If I said my work was not unconnected with
the Ministry of Defence, would that help?

No, I'm afraid it wouldn't.

I see. Er, no.
No thank you.

Then you don't know the importance
we place on Dr Martindale's research?

- He never told me.
- I don't suppose he did.

But it is a matter of
considerable national importance.

We have had reports of your
son's gifts, Mrs Muirhead.

No doubt you have regarded them
as something less than a blessing.

But I can assure you that our
country could, with your permission,

benefit greatly from them.

Is it something to do with those tests
Dr Martindale wanted to make?

Very much to do with them.

So you can imagine how disappointed
we were when you refused permission

for Dr Martindale to continue
with the tests.

Well, I'm very sorry
but Colin's health comes first.

I'm sure we're all
agreed upon that.

But what leads you to believe
that his health might suffer?

They told me he'd started
walking in his sleep

And Tom Crane advised me
to take Colin away.

I am sure Mr Crane intentions
are of the best.

But he is not a doctor.

Would you say that he was really qualified
to express an opinion on the boy's health?

No, I suppose not.

And you suppose rightly.

But Dr Martidale, on the other hand,
is highly qualified.

And he is sure the tests would not be
detrimental to Colin's health.

On the contrary, he believes that,
by exercising his power,

I don't know.
I really don't know.

We have already consulted
Colin's father.

He has agreed.

Colin's father won't have to look after him
if anything should happen to him.

Nothing's going to happen
to him, Mrs Muirhead.

There are three parties
involved in ths decision.

Yourself, Colin's father...

and Colin.

Would it not be wise
to ask Colin's opinion?

If he against it, then we will
consider the matter closed.

If he is in favour, perhaps you
would reconsider your decision.

- How do you like your room, Colin?
- It's great.

Are you sure you wouldn't
rather stay with me?

You might feel funny being
so long away from me.

Why should I? I'm nearly
always away from home.

I remember you saying that you
like Superman. So I got some posters.

Sometimes you surprise me, Roy.

Do you think there possibly
could be a Superman?

Somebody that does all the things he does?

That's something our tests
are supposed to discover.

We might find that you're Superman.
Would you like that?

I don't know, sir.

Here's that sticky
stuff you wanted.

Thanks, Tom.

- Hey, you're all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

You don't look it.

I bet you haven't got
the energy to chew that rubbish.

I bet I can.

Has anything happened?

Has Fred been chucking
things around again?

It's psychokinesis now,
not Fred.

What have you been doing?

Just sitting. Trying to make lights flash
while they measure my electricity.

Have you moved anything yet?

I haven't tried yet. Roy thinks I'll be
able to control my psychokinetic energy.

He said that, before you've
even tried?

Do you think it's possible?

We have to believe anything's
possible in this game.

Maybe he said it just
to encourage me

He doesn't need to encourage you.
You came because you wanted to, didn't you?

Well, didn't you?

I just feel so tired
all the time.

Are you not sleeping well?

I sleep all right, but when I wake up,
I feel just as tired as when I went to bed.

Well, maybe I'd better get Anne to cancel
that riding lesson tomorrow.

Good night.

Pull a tiny bit towards you.

That's fine.

I wonder which one
will get dizzy first.

- Hmm?
- Colin or the horse?

Colin's looking a bit peaky,
isn't he?

Do you think maybe this work he's doing
for you is taking too much out him?

It shouldn't be.

I've seen some of the tests Roy's
doing with him. They're not very advanced.

I'm not sure I did the right
thing, letting him come.

Even though that man said it was
in the national interest and all that.

What man?

The man from the
government department.

Do you not know about him?

No.

I thought it was you
that sent him.

He came and told me how important it was
that Colin went back to the unit.

Mum, we're going
or a ride now, OK?

Fine. Take care now.

Which department of the government
did he say he was from?

He said something about defence.

- And his name?
- I can't remember.

I'm not even sure
he gave me a name.

Is something the matter?

No. Of course, not.

I wish Roy would stop
all these tests on Colin.

The poor kid's shattered

What on earth made
Karen let him come?

She felt she had to.

Some man from some government
department asked her to.

How would they know about him?

I expect Roy told Scott-Erskine and
asked him to put pressure on her.

Maybe I'd better get him
to take it off.

Aren't you taking rather
a lot upon yourself, Thomas?

Somebody's got to. There's nobody except us
to see that Colin is all right.

I'm not even sure you're with me
all the way on this one.

Not all the way, perhaps. I'd like to learn
what what could be learn from him but...

Well, I'm with you
in wanting to protect him.

- Can I use your phone?
- Yes, of course.

I think the sooner I get this sorted out
with Roy, the better.

No answer.

Maybe he's at the unit.

Hello, this is Tom Crane.

Could I speak to
Dr Martindale, please?

Ah, OK.

He's not there. Come on,
let's go and see Colin.

It's nearly ten o'clock.
He'll be asleep by now.

- If he is, we can always come away.
- Let's leave it till the morning.

- I want to go now.
- Why?

I don't know.

It's only cos
you're loosing.

I see. It's like that,
is it?

Yes.

OK.

Where do you suppose he is?

I've no idea.

Unless he's sleepwalking again.

If that's what he is doing,
we'd better find him.

You try the rooms up here.
I'll look downstairs.

Oh, Tom. If you find him, don't waken him.
Just lead him gently back to bed.

Right.

Nothing.

What the hell's going on here?

Don't touch it.

Good evening.

- What exactly are you playing at, Martindale?
- I never play anything, Crane.

Please, go to my office.
I'll see you there.

- You're just not real.
- There's more than one reality.

Why are you doing this, Roy?

Because the boy has
extraordinary powers

and it's my job to find out as much
about them as I can as quickly as I can.

And because of what you might call...

divine curiosity.

Though you may say there is... there
is no divinity when it's merely scientific.

What have you find out?

That with help, the boy can control and direct
his psychokinetic energy towards any target.

- Are you sure?
- I was sure before he came back to use.

- How could you be?
- You don't have the monopoly of intuition.

Colin was hypnotised in there.

It is necessary.

He can control his energy
in response to suggestion.

- When he wakens, he'll remember nothing?
- Nothing at all.

When he went missing from
your flat, he wasn't sleepwalking.

Roy hipnotised him
and brought him here.

I did.

My God!

I asked his permission to hypnotise him. He
agreed. We've used hypnotism extensively.

You know that! What's your
objection here?

- Can't you see?
- Frankly no.

You try and tell him, Anne.
I can't get through to him.

Roy, is Colin that important?

I'm setting up an experiment for Scott-Erskine
in the morning. Come and see for yourself.

It might convince you that what I'm doing
is not only valuable but necessary.

I'm not quarrelling with you what you're
doing, but the way you're doing at it.

I promise you one thing.

If the experiment fails,
Colin can go home.

And if it doesn't?

I'll go on till I found
the limit of his powers.

Dr Martindale tells me you're not happy
about the way he's worked on this boy.

No, I'm not.
You can see why if you look at his face.

He's spent and he's lost a lot of weight.

Isn't that to be expected?

Yes, but there are limits
you shouldn't go beyond.

You think he's approaching
these limits?

The loss of weight tends to be relative
to the results. It can't be predicted.

Dr Martindale promises that
the results will be spectacular.

Doesn't that justify his procedure?

If he moves a mountain
and then dies,

you might feel justified but I don't
think his mother would agree with you.

- Is that likely to happen, Anne?
- No. - Which?

- Moving a mountain or him dying?
- Both.

But his death is the more
likely of the two.

I suppose anything is possible, Tom.

But we must take some risks.

- You're not the one who's taking the risks.
- I've taken my share in my time.

Why are you so anxious
to protect this particular boy?

Because he's relying
on me to do it.

He's established some contact with me so
it's me who hears him when he calls for help.

And because you've taken him away from
the people who would naturally protect him

I? How?

By putting governmental
pressure on his mother.

Indeed.

Where do you stand on this matter, Anne?

In the worst possible position.

I can see both points of view.

- Ready now?
- Ready.

Good luck.

Luck is the last thing
I want today.

Dim the lights down,
will you, please?

This is Roy Martindale, Colin.
Can you hear me?

There's a plate of glass
in front of you. Can you see it?

Fix that glass in your mind, Colin.

Think of nothing else.

Glass is brittle.

Glass is breakable.

That glass is your prison.

That glass is shutting you in.

Closing in on you.

It's breakable, Colin.

Concentrate.

Give your whole mind to it.

Smash it, Colin.

Break the glass
and set yourself free.

Break it.

Smash it.

Destroy it.

Impressive.

I've never seen anything like it.

Colin!

You can't go on using
the boy this way!

We not only can. We must.

Looking beter today, Colin.
How do you feel?

Fine, thank you.

- Good
- He's bored to death.

Can't we take him out somewhere?

I thought you were the one
who insisted he needed rest.

Only from the experiments.

I think another day in bed
will do him good.

If it builds up the tension, we can use
that. He's got a strenuous day ahead of him.

This test is designed to check
the range of Colin's power,

to see at what distance
he can affect objects,

how he can affect them.

Give me target one, will you?

Now, they're set up in a room
in this building.

Target two.

That's set up in a room
about a quarter of mile away.

Number three.

The bonfire's set up at about a mile.

- Does the boy know
where the targets are? - No.

These contain photographs of the three
targets. They're firmly sealed.

Each envilope will be handed
to Colin in turn.

He'll be told to concentrate
on the photographs inside.

What makes you think he can do
any of these things?

He has already done them
in less ambitious forms.

- Sight unseen?
- Yes, or seen by some form of ESP.

As before, Colin's in a state of
light hypnosis to help him concentrate.

I'll call out the targets to him
and he'll attempt to affect them.

We can see any results
on the monitors.

- Aren't you expecting too much of him?
- Gladys, take those to the boy.

I expect nothing at all.

- We're ready, Roy.
- Thank you, Anne.

Bring the lights down.

This is Roy Martindale.
Can you hear me, Colin?

Can you see target one?

Move them, Colin.

Bend them.

Do it, Colin.

Do it.

Now.

Target one unaffected.

Target two, Colin.

Can you see target two?

Push against it, Colin.

Push it over.

Feel its surface
against your will.

Push it over.

Now.

Target two unaffected.

Target three, Colin.

Can you see target three?

Yes.

Burn it, Colin.

Burn it... now.

Target unaffected.

Something's happened.

Something terrible has happened.

Feeling better?

Yeah, I'm OK.

Roy wanted to send you to the clinic,
but I thought you'd be comfortable here.

How right you were.

I'd have preferred somewhere
less impersonal than the spare bedroom.

It's too early to start discussing
your bedroom preferences.

- Shall I boil you an egg?
- You're inspired this morning.

- I won't be a minute.
- I hope you will. I don't like raw eggs.

It went up at exactly
the same time as the experiment.

Coincidence.

- It can't be.
- That ship was about five miles away.

And he didn't affect
the targets at all.

He didn't even try
until the last one.

Do you still have that envilope?

Yes.

All sealed,
just as they were.

What are you looking for?

Anything in this picture
that might have misunderstood.

Anything that might have directed
his mind towards that place or tanker.

I can't see anything that
would have done that, can you?

No.

My God. ***

How did that get in there?

Did it happen?
Did it really happen?

Did what happen, Colin?

Did it blow up?
Did it burn?

Yes.

It was seeing the dead birds.

It made me angry.

That't what I did it, Tom.

I didn't think about
the men on board.

Did any of them die?

They all died, didn't they?

- I killed them all.
- It's all right, Colin.

Anne and I will take you
home tonight.

You're convinced that the boy was
responsible for the explosion on that ship?

Quite convinced.

Yet you tell me he's of
no further use to us.

I find that difficult to accept.

Well, I have him tested thoroughly.

It seems that the energy he released against
that ship took him to the limits of his power.

And we're back to square one,
is that it?

Well, hardly.

We now know how much destructive
power a subject can contain.

We know it can be
chanelled, directed.

I'd say we'd advanced quite a
number of squares.

What we need now is another subject of
Colin's quality help us make further advances.

Colin's burned out.

I don't agree.

I think perhaps it's just
that his batteries have run down.

I'm wondering whether a series of physical and
psychological tests might not be a good idea.

- Well, if you insist...
- I haven't decided where

Possibly Davidson's unit
in Cambridge.

I see.

After... a decent interval, I take it?

He has been somewhat overstrained.

I'm touched by your concern

belated though it might be.

Don't you feel better for that?

Wonderful

I don't know why you didn't carry on to John
O'Groats. It couldn't have been far off.

Come on.

Where have you two been?

- About 15 miles further
than I'd intended. - Rubbish!

You never believe what's happened
since you've been out.

I've been offered the commission
of my life.

To do over a whole mansion
in Yorkshire.

An Adam house.
They want me down right away.

That's wonderful!
But what about Colin?

Well, it's incredible.

Mr Scott-Erskine's office rang to say they
want him in London as soon as possible.

He feels Colin would benefit
from some simple physical tests.

- And how does Colin feel about it?
- Well, it's only for a week this time.

- Then I'll be back for the Easter holidays.
- That's marvellous, Karen. I'm really pleased.

They're sending a car to pick him up.
I've got so much to do.

- I'm afraid lunch...
- Don't worry about us. We'll cope.

It's all worked out so well,
I can hardly believe it.

Have you got everything?

I don't want to go to London.
I want to stay here.

It's only for a week.

Then we'll have the whole
of the Easter holidays together.

Here's the car now.

Come on, sunshine.

Hey, hey

Take care, lovey.

I shall expect a written account
of your experiences.

See you on Friday. OK?

I'll answer it.

Look at that car
they've sent for you.

What luxory, eh?

That was Scott-Erskine's office.

They said they want Colin for tests

and they'll be sending
a car tomorrow.