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Voice of Rob's mother: Just kneel down by the door.

Just outside the door.

Come along, Rob, kneel down by the door.

It's easy enough to open the door.

Easy enough to let us out. How?

You just put your face close to the door.

Come along, Rob, you can do it.

That's right.

That's fine.

Now then.

All you have to do is to say a rhyme.

A nursery rhyme.

An old one.

Any one providing it's old.

Well, can't you remember one?

Then just say it, Rob, just say it.

Say it!

I can't! Say it!

I'm too old to say nursery rhymes.

Well, then... Let's call it history.

Now you're old enough for history, aren't you, Rob?

Yes. And a lot of nursery rhymes are a part of history.

I've always taught you that, haven't I, Rob?

No! So say the one that's in your head.

Which one? The one in there now. Don't lose it.

Think of the soldiers.

Soldiers.

Climbing the stairs.

Swords in their hands.

Searching for people.

Goosey, goosey, gander!

That's the one.

Where shall I...? Where shall I?

Whither shall I wander. That's it.

Approaching footsteps upstairs and downstairs.

Eerie buzzing

'All irregularities will be handled

'by the forces controlling each dimension.

'Transuranic, heavy elements may not be used where there is life.

'Medium atomic weights are available.

'Gold, lead...

'Copper, jet,

'diamond, radium,

'sapphire, silver

'and steel.

'Sapphire and steel have been assigned.'

no!

Sapphire! Steel!

Steel...!

Eerie buzzing

Voices inside room

It could not have been your mother.

But it called to me.

Called your name? Yes, it called...

Rob.

Like that.

I thought it was my mother. It was her voice.

Just like it.

Except, it got a few things wrong.

It made mistakes.

I wasn't fighting her this time, honest.

The voice called me.

I had to go, didn't I?

Have they all stopped again?

Yes.

I mean, I did as I was told.

I wouldn't have gone up there if the voice had not called out to me.

I believe you... Eerie buzzing

..this time.

Did the soldiers come out of the room?

No, they came up the stairs.

Well, not all the way up.

They just kind of appeared on the top staircase.

Something could have been let loose during the breakthrough.

Eerie buzzing a visual refraction.

Yes, you probably call them...

What would he call them?

Ghosts. Ghosts?!

Did anything come out of that room?

No! And the door's not nailed up any more.

No.

No, it's a different door.

Another refraction.

Probably. Look, I saw it!

I mean, you can't have a ghost door as well, can you?

Yes.

Eerie buzzing

but those soldiers looked solid enough.

They would.

They kicked the door open.

What is it?

Clock ticks

something.

I'm not sure, just something.

Clock ticks is it still going?

Yes, but it's lost seven minutes.

Since we came up the stairs.

Yes.

My dad's had that clock for years.

Has it always been reliable?

I don't really know.

This is where the soldiers first appeared.

Are you sure nothing came out of that room?

No, I told you.

Anyway, it'll be open now.

The different door.

Look, I'll show you. Wait

You see.

Eerie buzzing

It's back as it was.

Clock ticks

and so is the clock.

So those seven minutes were lost down there on that landing?

Approaching footsteps

keep still.

And that's what you saw?

No variation, they didn't seem different?

The clock's working perfectly.

It didn't stop, it didn't lose time.

They didn't affect it.

Something did.

When the voice called to you, which rhyme did you say,

which one did you choose?

Well, I didn't exactly choose it.

I was more or less told to say it.

Told to say it?

Yes, it was kind of put into my head, so that I was thinking it.

Which one?

Don't say it out loud.

Look at me.

Rhythmic whirring

look at me and remember exactly what you said.

Say it in your mind.

'Goosey, goosey, gander.

Mother: That's the one.

'Where shall I...?' Where shall I?

'Whither shall I wander?

'Upstairs and downstairs.'

and you only said those three lines out loud?

Yes.

And then the soldiers appeared? Yes.

Inside room: Upstairs and downstairs.

Sapphire?

Upstairs and downstairs.

Yes, steel.

Do it again.

Walk up the stairs again.

Eerie buzzing

Nothing.

Eerie buzzing

so what do we do?

Blame the clock?

The first nursery rhyme derives from the time of the plague.

The second one, which Rob was made to say,

also has historical relevance.

It refers to the parliamentary wars.

Parliamentary wars?

When cromwell's troops searched houses looking for people

who wouldn't pray. Wouldn't pray?

Unbelievers. Ah.

Don't you know your history?

I know mine, yes. Eerie buzzing

but you must have heard of cromwell.

How many lines of that second rhyme did you say?

Three. I wouldn't say it all.

I fought it.

So the danger is still contained in that room.

And the visual refraction, those soldiers that we saw,

they're harmless.

The room was full of them. They're just things let loose.

Does she mean let loose by the breakthrough?

Yes.

You mean, not part of the plan?

They must be harmless.

Those soldiers are an anachronism.

They must have lived and died

a good 100 years before this house was even built.

You know, most of this is history gone wrong.

We've never had that before.

Eerie buzzing

then again, maybe it is part of the plan.

What?

The confusion, it's a way of diverting us.

From what?

I don't know.

But they know it's us.

They're not likely to use tricks we already know, are they?

Voice echoes: Steel.

Sapphire.

Sapphire.

Yes, steel.

Speak to me.

I'm in a room.

In a tiny room. How are you standing?

Facing a wall. You haven't changed your position?

No, I'm as I was when I was last in the house with you.

You're still in this house sapphire. Yes.

Keep remembering that and don't move.

Don't change your position.

Don't make yourself a part of that room.

No.

We walked right into it, didn't we?

I walked right into it.

Don't think that, you're still in this house with us.

Right?

Sapphire.

Yes, I heard that.

Good.

Now describe the room to me.

It's part of a cottage.

One with a scullery in an old cottage.

Day, or night?

Day.

But it's not, it's night.

Keep remembering that it's night and that you're here with us.

Yes.

Think of that room as a picture.

Nothing else. You're looking at a picture.

It was a picture.

Yes.

It was a picture of a cottage at the top of the stairs. Can you see it?

Yes, I can see it. It was waiting for us.

It got into the picture.

It wants me to think I'm in a room in that cottage.

Well, you're not.

No.

It's cold here.

You're not in that room, sapphire.

It's very cold here.

Something happened in this room once.

That room?

Something terrible.

It knows that.

It wants me to know it.

It wants me to sense it.

It wants me...

..To be a part of this room.

To be a part of what happened.

Sapphire.

She sighs

sapphire!

It's all right.

I'm in control of it.

I won't think what it wants me to think.

Now when I tell you, I want you to do something for me.

I want you to look over your right shoulder.

Do it very quickly and then back.

Can you hear me?

Yes.

I want to know if you can still see the picture.

Very quickly, then back.

Now.

Sapphire.

It's all right.

The picture's not there, but... Don't tell me!

Are you facing the way you were? Yes.

Good, then stay like that.

Don't move.

Can't we get the picture?

Wouldn't that stop it?

If you try to get the picture you'd end up in this room with me.

Echo of coin rattling

what was that?

Couldn't we smash the picture?

It wouldn't smash what's hiding inside it.

Apart from which you might smash me.

Sapphire.

Could you try to take time back?

I could try, yes.

Even ten minutes would do it.

I'll try. Will you help me?

Yes.

Now concentrate.

Rhythmic whirring

Rhythmic whirring

Rob. Shh!

Go to sleep, Helen.

No, I want sapphire.

Where is she?

Keep her down there.

Is she upstairs?

Now sapphire take it back. Yes, steel.

Take it back. I can hear her.

I know. But I can't see her.

Where is she? Helen, please, be quiet.

Where are you, sapphire?

It's all right, Helen, just do as Rob says.

Yes, sapphire.

You've got to do it now, sapphire, before it's too late!

Rhythmic whirring

'That's it.

'Don't you know your history?

'I know mine, yes.'

'but you must have heard of cromwell.'

that's me.

'How many lines of that second rhyme did you say?

'Three. I wouldn't say it all.

'I fought them.'

Don't lose it.

Rhythmic whirring

'so the danger is still contained in that room.

'And the visual refraction, those soldiers that we saw.

'Well, they're harmless.

'The room was swarming with them.

'They're just things let loose.

'Does she mean let loose by the breakthrough?

'Yes.

'You mean, they're not part of the plan?

'They must be harmless.

'Those soldiers are an anachronism.

'They must have lived and died a good hundred years

'before this house was even built.

'I mean, most of this is history gone wrong.

'We've never had that before.'

keep it going.

Keep it going.

You can do it, sapphire.

I can't. You can.

I can't. You can!

Please, steel, it's no good.

It's in here with me.

Eerie buzzing

sapphire...

It's fighting and it's winning.

I'm not strong enough.

I can't win.

You don't have to win, sapphire.

Can you hold it for two minutes?

Can you give me two minutes?

Yes.

Steel, be careful.

What are you going to do?

I'm going to your father's workshop for a moment.

Until I come back, you keep Helen here.

Try to keep sapphire talking.

Right.

Sapphire, steel said...

Yes, I heard.

Is this like the ship?

The what?

The job you had to do on a ship?

Um, yes, only this is slightly more difficult.

Sorry.

Only I'm supposed to keep you talking.

You're doing fine, Rob.

Sapphire.

Hello, Helen.

I want to see you, sapphire.

Soon, Helen, soon.

Just be patient, hm? Yes.

Eerie buzzing

Eerie buzzing

Eerie buzzing

I'll tell you one thing, Rob.

Yes.

I'm glad the rhyme you chose.

What?

You could have settled for oranges and lemons.

Approaching footsteps

eerie buzzing

Then again if roundhead soldiers belong anywhere,

they belong in this hellhole.

Loud footsteps

Rob, do you hear that?

Hear what?

Approaching footsteps

Rob, will you fetch steel.

Rob, quickly!

Please.

Something terrible happened here.

Oh, please.

Help me.

Steel! I'm coming.

Please.

Help me.

Quickly, please.

Open the door and stand clear.

Don't touch me.

You're freezing. Don't come near me.

Get the child.

Quickly!

Sapphire's up here. Come on!

Get her away from me.

It's cold. Come on!

Someone was killed in this room.

A young girl and it wants me to be her.

It wants it to happen all over again.

Steel, don't!

The girl's killers are here.

They've broken down the door.

Steel!

She gasps

eerie buzzing

sapphire.

It's gone, the room's gone.

But they haven't!

Helen screams

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