Alternate Title: Blood Beast from Outer Space
1h 25min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | November 1966 (USA)
Mutant humanoids from outer space kidnap young Earth females in order to interbreed and save their species from extinction.
Director: John Gilling
Writers: Jim O'Connolly, Frank Crisp
Stars: John Saxon, Maurice Denham, Patricia Haines
1h 25min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | November 1966 (USA)
Mutant humanoids from outer space kidnap young Earth females in order to interbreed and save their species from extinction.
Director: John Gilling
Writers: Jim O'Connolly, Frank Crisp
Stars: John Saxon, Maurice Denham, Patricia Haines
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00:00:00I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry
00:00:30I'm sorry
00:01:01Doctor Morley
00:01:02Yes
00:01:03Come and have a look at this
00:01:08That's over a hundred miles up coming in from space
00:01:10What's the speed?
00:01:12Over ten thousand miles an hour
00:01:14Wait a minute, it's slowing down rapidly
00:01:16It's undoubtedly a meteorite
00:01:18It'll be a big one then to pick up on radar at that height
00:01:21It'll disintegrate as soon as it hits the Earth's atmosphere
00:01:23I hope so
00:01:25At the moment it's headed straight for London
00:01:31It's changing course
00:01:33Not only that, it's well inside the Earth's atmosphere now and it hasn't burnt up
00:01:37That's impossible
00:01:39It means it's been guided down
00:01:41Height ten miles
00:01:43It must be visible to the naked eye
00:01:45Height ten miles
00:01:47It must be visible to the naked eye
00:01:49The Nightcaller
00:01:56Is a mystifying name
00:02:02For a dangerous, intoxicating game
00:02:10The Nightcaller
00:02:15Must be played with many skills
00:02:19And the stakes are met
00:02:22Forbidden secret thrills
00:02:28Somewhere from outer space
00:02:32Moves a dark shadow in the night
00:02:37Don't ever get too close
00:02:41To that phantom's evil eye
00:02:48The Nightcaller
00:02:52Casts a hypnotizing spell
00:02:56Rules that try to fight it
00:02:59Never live to tell
00:03:08Rules that try to fight it
00:03:12Never live to tell
00:03:38I'm sorry sir, this road's closed
00:03:41We have permission to look over this area
00:03:49You'll have to speak to the major sir
00:03:51Could you come with me please?
00:04:08If you come we can start the cutting
00:04:11Two gentlemen
00:04:12See you sir
00:04:14Thank you, wait gentlemen
00:04:16Have you located it yet major?
00:04:19Located what?
00:04:20The object that came in from space
00:04:22It fell within a five mile radius of this spot
00:04:25Don't tell us that all those troops we passed on the way here
00:04:28Are on manoeuvres major
00:04:30We tracked it all the way down on our radar
00:04:32I'm afraid gentlemen I can do...
00:04:34Look, if you examine our security papers major
00:04:36You'll find that we're cleared by army security
00:04:38To top secret double A
00:04:40Yes, we suggest you have some scientific help with you
00:04:42When you find it
00:04:43It could be dangerous
00:04:47If we find it
00:04:49What do you mean if?
00:04:51According to our instruments it should be about
00:04:53Twenty feet high
00:04:54It should be a simple matter to locate the crater
00:04:57There is no twenty foot object and no crater
00:05:00What?
00:05:01Are you sure?
00:05:02We've had two helicopters out since first light, nothing
00:05:04But that's extraordinary
00:05:06Well there must be
00:05:07We couldn't have made that much of an error in our estimation
00:05:09Could we?
00:05:10You didn't
00:05:11We've had three separate checks through our security radar
00:05:13Cross reference positions
00:05:15Put it down here
00:05:17And you line Americans up in Yorkshire
00:05:18Confirm our figures
00:05:20There is no doubt that a large object landed here
00:05:22And disappeared
00:05:24Sir, all units in position for operation tooth comb
00:05:27I tell them to start
00:05:28Off you go, I want every inch of that ground examined
00:05:30Yes sir
00:05:32I've had the whole heath ringed
00:05:34We're coming in towards the centre
00:05:36We're using Geiger counters of course
00:05:38There should be a lot of radiation coming from it
00:05:40One twelve platoon
00:05:41Platoon, Red Emma reports considerable radiation signals sir
00:05:44Map reference Q457
00:05:46Tell them not to get any closer until I get there
00:05:48Might come with me gentlemen
00:05:49Yes, fine
00:06:31This it Sergeant?
00:06:55Looks like it
00:06:58What else?
00:07:00If that's what came down last night
00:07:02There must be something wrong with our instruments
00:07:10Alright gentlemen, it's quite safe to go in
00:07:12Good
00:07:20It's cold
00:07:21It's freezing cold
00:07:23Well it must have a remarkable latent heat capacity
00:07:26Capacity quite beyond my experience
00:07:29I hate to interfere with more mundane matters gentlemen
00:07:31But what is it?
00:07:32Oh can't tell till we get it back to the laboratory
00:07:35You think that's what came down last night?
00:07:36Oh yes, no doubt about it
00:07:37This must have been a white hot mass of flames a few hours ago
00:07:41Now it's temperature is well below freezing
00:07:44Headquarters are bound to ask if it's of foreign origin
00:07:46At the moment Major, your guess is as good as mine
00:07:50Do you notice the most amazing fact of all?
00:07:52We tracked that sphere through the atmosphere to speed in excess of 10,000 miles an hour
00:07:57Yet it landed without even denting the ground
00:08:00That means it must have been guided down
00:08:03Guided down with fantastic accuracy
00:08:05Inhuman accuracy
00:08:22Lieutenant Hawkins
00:08:31Sir
00:08:32On a guard set all round this building and pull men up on the roof
00:08:35Sir
00:08:36Get the rest of this area cleared of all non-essential personnel
00:08:38Very good sir
00:08:39Lieutenant Hawkins
00:08:42Get that container in right away
00:08:43Sir
00:08:44Higgins
00:08:45Jones
00:08:46Yes sir
00:08:47Pick that up
00:08:48Come on Higgins
00:08:51What do you need Sergeant? An atom bomb?
00:08:53I've got no reason why Jones
00:08:55And if that is an atom bomb Higgins and you drop it I'll have you on a charge
00:08:58If you find us Sarge
00:09:00Now this is Miss Barlow our analysis expert
00:09:03She'll assist Dr. Costin in the investigation
00:09:05How do you do?
00:09:06You will understand of course that the strictest security shield must be thrown over this matter
00:09:10My orders are that the whole establishment is to be cleared
00:09:13Oh you mean the laboratory surely?
00:09:15The establishment
00:09:16Let's see if this is an atomic device
00:09:22The optics up
00:09:23Right put it down there will you?
00:09:26Careful you don't want any surprises
00:09:30Right Sergeant
00:09:3125 degrees below zero
00:10:01What do you think it's made of sir?
00:10:03Oh a silicate or selenide of some kind
00:10:05Dr. Morley before you get too involved I wonder if you'd be kind enough to show me around the establishment so I can set my guard
00:10:11Oh must I?
00:10:12Yes please
00:10:14All right
00:10:18What's he expecting paratroops from Mars?
00:10:21Whitehall obviously thinks it's a satellite one of our friends has set up
00:10:25And we stand to leapfrog their knowledge if we discover its secrets?
00:10:29It's possible that sphere can take our knowledge forward 50 or 100 years Ann
00:10:34I don't think any human mind thought it up
00:10:40And I don't believe any human hand built it
00:10:58Now don't put this down I'm just thinking aloud
00:11:01Origins obscure and as far as
00:11:03Hold it hold it
00:11:11Any news yet?
00:11:13We're just finishing our preliminary examination
00:11:16Ann?
00:11:17Ann?
00:11:18We've carried out routine x-ray spectrometer and radiation tests
00:11:22We find the sphere is made of an undetermined silicon type material
00:11:26This forms an exterior protective shell of three millimeters thick
00:11:31What's inside the sphere?
00:11:33A lattice of carbon filaments
00:11:35But the bulk of the interior contains nothing but a vacuum
00:11:38What about radiation?
00:11:39It's not radioactive
00:11:41It's not what the Geiger counters said
00:11:43The sphere itself emits no radiation at all what was registered this morning on the Geiger counters was superficial
00:11:48Probably picked up by the sphere when it passed through the Van Allen strata on entering the Earth's atmosphere
00:11:54Can I take it from all this that this is not an atomic device?
00:11:59You can rule out all thought of that Major
00:12:01It contains no fissionable material
00:12:04Well that's a relief anyway
00:12:06What about the country of origin? Whitehall's been on my tail all day
00:12:11Well?
00:12:12Well we're not in a position to venture an opinion on that
00:12:17Well sure you must have some idea
00:12:19I think there's one thing we can say for certain Major
00:12:22Yes?
00:12:23I have no idea at the moment
00:12:26I see
00:12:33Well I'm to report to Whitehall
00:12:35Perhaps you'll be kind enough to come with me while I find Dr. Morley
00:12:37He might want to talk to you
00:12:39Yes certainly we're just finishing for the night as it happens
00:12:41Costin and I haven't slept for 36 hours
00:12:44I'll follow you on if I may
00:12:46Fine
00:12:47Miss Bala, Dr. Costin
00:12:51My word that was close I thought for the moment
00:12:54Yes sir
00:12:55The less the military knows at this stage the better
00:12:58Well you see that it's locked away in the storeroom Jack
00:13:01I'll see you both tomorrow then
00:13:04You know when we do break it to them we shall have to do it gently
00:13:08So they can assimilate it
00:13:10Yes it's possible we may have to do a little assimilating ourselves
00:13:14Yes
00:13:16Its potentialities are quite alarming
00:13:20We mustn't let our imagination run riot
00:13:23Good night
00:13:24Good night
00:13:27All right Ann
00:13:42Tired?
00:13:44I could use my bed
00:13:46So could I
00:13:48Steady
00:13:50Well no harm in trying
00:13:53Can I take you home?
00:13:55No
00:13:56No I have my notes to type up
00:13:58Well can I help you?
00:14:00No thank you
00:14:02Well then I'll just say good night
00:14:05Good night
00:14:07Jack
00:14:08Did you change your mind?
00:14:10No
00:14:12What does he really think?
00:14:14Morley?
00:14:15Well we're all gazing in the same crystal ball together
00:14:20But the whole concept of this thing is so fantastic you know
00:14:23Possibilities of origin one hinging on another
00:14:27We don't know
00:14:29I'm really quite grown up you know Jack
00:14:31Honest
00:14:32I don't know and I don't think Morley does either
00:14:35You mean he really is letting his imagination run riot?
00:14:38That's a very unscientific precept Ann
00:14:41Why don't we leave it to Morley he'll come up with something
00:14:43Oh well he's the boss
00:14:46What if I were to turn the lights down?
00:14:49That's a good idea
00:14:51My eyes are tired
00:14:54I quit
00:15:04Good night
00:15:05Good night
00:15:11Good night
00:15:25Come in
00:15:27Will you be wanting anything more Miss Farlow?
00:15:30No thank you
00:15:31Good night Jean
00:15:41Good night
00:16:07Yes sir
00:16:08We have carried out routine x-ray, spectrometer and radiation tests
00:16:12And find that the sphere is made of an undetermined silicon material
00:16:17This forms a...
00:16:20It's a bad line sir I'm afraid I can't hear you
00:16:24I beg your pardon?
00:16:26Oh that was right wasn't it?
00:16:28Yeah word perfect
00:16:30Says he doesn't understand a bloody word I'm saying
00:16:32It's alright sir I'll repeat it
00:16:34According to the information that I've been given
00:16:36This spect...
00:16:38What do you call it?
00:16:39Spectrometer
00:16:40Spectrometer sir
00:16:42No sir spectrometer
00:16:45S-P-E-C-T
00:16:50Yes I'm sure you can sir
00:16:53Does what sir?
00:16:56Oh no no sir that's the salt
00:16:58It's silicon
00:17:00It's an undetermined silicon material
00:17:04Yes well I was about to explain that sir
00:17:07You see it forms a sort of protective shell
00:17:12Which has a vacuum
00:17:15I beg your pardon?
00:17:18I don't think I'm getting through to him you know
00:17:19Neither shall I
00:17:20I'd be delighted if I could get a word in anyway
00:17:23Yes I'm still here sir
00:17:25No sir it's negligible
00:17:28Yes I think I do know what I'm talking about sir
00:17:31I was trying to tell you
00:17:35He's still concerned about the radiation
00:17:37Well tell him there isn't any
00:17:39Yes I know that the Geiger count has registered a certain amount sir
00:17:41But that was explained
00:17:44Yes I...
00:17:47I give up
00:17:49Look it was probably picked up by the sphere
00:17:52On entering the Van Allen strata when it passed through the...
00:17:55Oh you're getting me muddled now sir
00:17:57Picked up when the sphere passed through the Van Allen strata
00:18:02On entering the Earth's atmosphere
00:18:05No I haven't developed a colon Dr Morley
00:18:08Morley M...
00:18:11What?
00:18:13Well no you can hardly blame the majors sir
00:18:16No I don't think electronics forms part of the curriculum at San Jose
00:21:58The storeroom
00:22:00There's someone in there
00:22:10What is it?
00:22:18What's going on? Who sounded the alarm?
00:22:20Must have been the young lady outside I imagine sir
00:22:22Everything all right in here?
00:22:24Yes sir
00:22:26Yes I sounded the alarm
00:22:28Why?
00:22:29Well there was something in here
00:22:37Well there was I swear there was
00:22:39You mean you actually saw something
00:22:41Well...
00:22:43I saw this horrible claw
00:22:46And it held on to my arm
00:22:49And I...
00:22:52I saw and it held on to my arm
00:22:55Sir
00:23:06You there Corporal Cooper
00:23:07Yes sir
00:23:08You seen anyone come in or out of this window?
00:23:10No sir
00:23:15Have a ground search then Hawkins
00:23:17Sure
00:23:23I know there was something in here
00:23:26Both these windows are fastened on the inside
00:23:29I don't care
00:23:31Were you in the laboratory all the time Miss Barlow?
00:23:33Yes yes I was
00:23:36So nobody could have got in or out of this storeroom through the laboratory?
00:23:40I can't understand it I heard it distinctly
00:23:44It?
00:23:45It didn't sound human
00:23:47There was this strange breathing and then this hand
00:23:51Claw you said
00:23:52Hand claw I don't know it wasn't human
00:23:56I did see it
00:24:01I think we better get you home Miss Barlow
00:24:03You need some rest
00:24:05You think I'm imagining the whole thing don't you?
00:24:07I'm just going on the facts as I see them Miss Barlow
00:24:09If anything or anyone had been in this storeroom
00:24:11Then they'd still be in here
00:24:13Now wouldn't they?
00:24:15Wait I've forgotten all the excitement
00:24:17Just before I heard these noises
00:24:20It felt strange
00:24:21Yes I almost fainted with a terrible pain in the head
00:24:25That's probably our answer
00:24:26A migraine
00:24:27Do you suffer from it?
00:24:28No I
00:24:29And this light
00:24:30The light this blinding light
00:24:32Light?
00:24:33Yes coming from in here
00:24:36Come on we'll get you home
00:24:50Morning
00:25:17Morning
00:25:18Are these Ann's notes?
00:25:19Yes
00:25:25I don't understand what happened?
00:25:27Well there was some trouble here after you left last night Jack
00:25:30What was it?
00:25:31Miss Barlow sounded the alarm bell
00:25:33She thought she heard somebody or something in the storeroom
00:25:36Turned out to be a false alarm
00:25:38So unlike Ann she's not the nervy type is she?
00:25:41No far from it
00:25:42Well anyway there's no harm done
00:25:44Worked my men up if nothing else
00:25:48I'll leave you to it
00:25:52Good let's get to work
00:25:55Bring the sphere in here will you?
00:25:56Yes
00:26:18And that's exactly how I found it
00:26:37That's a pretty grim looking thing
00:26:39I think I was so close to it
00:26:41I don't think you were in any danger Miss Barlow
00:26:43Why do you say that?
00:26:45Well it stands to reason doesn't it?
00:26:47This print couldn't have been made by an animal could it?
00:26:50Not any animal I know
00:26:52Then it must have been made by a man
00:26:54A man?
00:26:55I think that you were the victim of a practical joke Miss Barlow
00:26:58It's the only other explanation
00:27:00Practical joke?
00:27:01Look I wasn't there
00:27:02By my man
00:27:03You think some of them staged this little charade?
00:27:06Baricrum gossip you see
00:27:08Is that this thing came from out of space
00:27:11I believe they're even betting on it with Mars and odds on favourites
00:27:19It's ridiculous I know but you always get rumours flying about among the men
00:27:24I'm sorry about the shock that it must have caused you
00:27:26Thank you
00:27:27I suppose it's a fairly rational explanation
00:27:30It's the only possible explanation
00:27:33If you'll excuse me I'll go and parade the men
00:27:36Give them some PT
00:27:37Work off some of their excess energy
00:27:40Reminds me of the story of the two side ones here
00:27:48Rational explanation rubbish
00:27:50Do you really think it was a practical joke?
00:27:53Well it is a possibility
00:27:55No of course not
00:27:56Why not?
00:27:57Because the Major himself said that no one could have got in or out of that locked room
00:28:01So?
00:28:02So who stopped Ann from opening the door last night?
00:28:04Who held the door from the other side?
00:28:06Whose footsteps did she hear?
00:28:08What about this claw she tells us about?
00:28:10And how did the thing get out of that room by the time the soldiers arrived?
00:28:14Now let's not kid ourselves we all know it has something to do with this sphere
00:28:18And I think for everyone's safety we'd better find out what
00:28:22And find out in a hurry
00:28:27You ready Ann?
00:28:28Mmm
00:28:29Well we start at 5000
00:28:31And then work up to 20
00:28:347 over 4 at 5000
00:28:38362 at 10000
00:28:4110 minus at .07
00:28:44864 at 20
00:28:53How are you getting on?
00:28:55Just finished
00:28:56And?
00:28:58Well as far as I can tell it's an energy valve
00:29:01Of complex and fantastic ingenuity
00:29:04It's so complex we can only theorise it's quite beyond my knowledge
00:29:07It works as a powerful oscillator on the bench circuits
00:29:10It responds to stimuli throughout the electromagnetic spectrum
00:29:13Throughout the spectrum?
00:29:15But how does it maintain equilibrium?
00:29:17Well at the moment I can only suggest that the selenium shell acts as a thermionic buffer
00:29:22And keeps the electrodes at their critical temperature
00:29:24Go on
00:29:25Well the base control seems to be the source of a fluctuating magnetic field
00:29:29Then it could act as an automatic monitor and control the input ratio
00:29:33Yes that's why I suggest that it's an energy valve
00:29:35Good
00:29:36I had a call today from the BBC radio monitoring service
00:29:40They wanted to know if we were doing any experiments with high frequency transmitters last night
00:29:45They were trying to trace the source of some bad interference which cut the radio and television reception
00:29:50I told them it was nothing to do with us
00:29:53Well what time was this interference?
00:29:55About 9 for about 10 minutes or so
00:29:57And it happened again later
00:29:59Just about the time I left for home
00:30:01And you felt ill soon afterwards didn't you Ann?
00:30:04Yes that's right
00:30:05This is an energy valve of incredible power
00:30:08A power quite beyond our comprehension
00:30:11As far beyond it as atomic energy would have been to a 15th century alchemist
00:30:16Now I think that power was switched on last night
00:30:20To transmit messages back to where it came from?
00:30:23No not a message and not to transmit
00:30:25It was switched on to act as a receiver at 9 o'clock last night
00:30:29Well do you see what it does?
00:30:31What its function is?
00:30:34It receives matter?
00:30:35Yes
00:30:36Do you mean the transmutation of matter?
00:30:39Transmitted from some other planet
00:30:41Received by the sphere and converted into its original form
00:30:44Meaning?
00:30:46We've had a visitor from space Ann
00:30:48Well now will you admit that I did see something last night?
00:30:51Now now wait wait we're still only theorising remember
00:30:55Well I go along with Jack
00:30:57Nobody believed me last night
00:30:58Alright we'll accept it for the moment
00:31:01But where did this creature go when Ann sounded the alarm?
00:31:05Well back into space possibly
00:31:08But what's more important
00:31:11Is what did it come for?
00:31:14And will it return?
00:31:21Two fire!
00:31:22On the roof with three men and two machine guns
00:31:25Bellows!
00:31:26Guard the west side of the building
00:31:28Don't forget your positions sir
00:31:48Throat mind comfortable?
00:31:49Yes I think so
00:31:50Fuel telephone to the laboratory ready sir
00:31:51Radio circuit to the laboratory ready sir
00:31:53Check the amplifier circuit
00:31:54Yes sir
00:31:57Right I'm ready
00:31:59I wish you'd let me do this sir
00:32:01Now I'm sorry to pull rank on you Jack
00:32:03But I wouldn't miss this for the world
00:32:05Well good luck then
00:32:07Good luck
00:32:08Oh thank you
00:32:10I still think this is a fantastic lot of nonsense
00:32:13But I'd be a lot happier if you'd let a couple of my men come with you
00:32:16No thank you
00:32:17Now let's get him
00:32:19Right
00:32:31Here Jonesy
00:32:32What?
00:32:33Come here
00:32:35If you stare at something long enough
00:32:37Do you get to imagining things?
00:32:39No not really
00:32:40I was just looking at this thing here
00:32:42And guess what?
00:32:43What?
00:32:44I distinctly saw a little trap door opening atop
00:32:48Get away
00:32:50Then what happened?
00:32:52A tiny little monster from Mars stuck his head out
00:32:55And stared at me with his goggle eyes
00:32:58Go on
00:32:59What happened then?
00:33:00He says take me to your leader
00:33:03Look out there he is
00:33:08And what are you giggling like an hysterical schoolgirl for Jones?
00:33:11We were just having a bit of a laugh Sarge
00:33:13We were wondering what we'd do if a Martian popped out of that thing Sarge
00:33:16You'd place him under close arrest
00:33:18And you'd march him smartly to the guard room
00:33:20That's what you'd do against
00:33:21Yes we would Sarge
00:33:22That's what we said we'd have to do
00:33:25Right
00:33:26Right Sarge
00:33:27Right
00:33:28Right
00:33:29Outside you two
00:33:30Have at them all
00:33:31Can't move
00:33:32Excuse me sir
00:33:33What?
00:33:34Oh
00:33:36You try it now sir
00:33:38One, two, three, four, five, testing
00:33:41Coming through loud and clear sir
00:33:43Good
00:33:44You'll be alright?
00:33:45Yes
00:33:46And don't forget
00:33:47Under no circumstances are you to interfere
00:33:52Good luck doctor
00:33:53Thank you
00:34:06I'm switching off the main lighting now
00:34:08That'll enable me to see any visible change in the sphere at the earliest possible moment
00:34:13Here you can start it
00:35:13Tap, tap, tap, tap
00:35:31The sphere is starting to activate
00:35:34Tap, tap, tap, tap
00:35:42It's jammed sir
00:35:43Switch over to the direct line
00:35:49It's growing in brightness
00:35:53Light is brilliant
00:35:56Seems to be something that's affecting the human body
00:36:00There's a very great pain in my head
00:36:07The sphere must be emitting a radiation that is injurious to the human being
00:36:14I suggest, I urge, that everybody keeps clear
00:36:20Until we know more about its effect
00:36:29Oh
00:36:39It's incredible
00:36:41Incredible
00:36:43The sphere's changing
00:36:50It's growing unbearable
00:36:53It's not going right
00:36:54I can't stand it any longer
00:36:56I'm going to get him out of there
00:36:58Major, leave him alone
00:37:01We never expected this would be pleasant
00:37:03He can walk out any time he wants to, so you must leave him alone
00:37:07Even with my back to it, the light is beyond human insurance to cover my eyes
00:37:14The pain in my head is intense
00:37:18It's beyond your jurisdiction now doctor
00:37:20Stand aside
00:37:21Major, Dr. Morley has to be left alone
00:37:23We must respect his wishes
00:37:25My glasses
00:37:27Glasses
00:37:50No
00:37:52No
00:37:53No
00:37:54No
00:37:56Stop
00:38:01Help me, help me, help me
00:38:26Oh
00:38:46Poor devil
00:38:50The sphere
00:38:53It's gone
00:38:56It's gone
00:39:00You two, sing to him, roll
00:39:01Get over to the West Wing
00:39:03Sergeant, what happened?
00:39:04Two of the men thought they saw someone jump from the store room window, sir
00:39:06And?
00:39:07They challenged him, but he ran off
00:39:08A couple of minutes later I spotted him, I opened fire
00:39:10Yes
00:39:11Well I could have sworn I hit him
00:39:12But he just disappeared
00:39:13One minute he was there, next minute nothing
00:39:14Well, didn't you see him clearly?
00:39:16No sir, all I saw was a sort of a black shape
00:39:19Major sir, this way please
00:39:21Cover the gate, Sergeant
00:39:22Sir
00:39:26Sergeant
00:39:56Sergeant
00:40:26Sergeant
00:40:56Sergeant
00:41:22Come in
00:41:24Ah, Doctor Costner
00:41:26Good of you to come along
00:41:28I'm Superintendent Hartley, sit down, would you?
00:41:32Doctor, do you mind if I start off by asking you a question?
00:41:35By all means
00:41:37How well did you know your former colleague, the late Doctor Morley?
00:41:41Not very well
00:41:43I learned in a very short time to respect him and to trust him a great deal
00:41:47Had he survived I'm sure he could have told us something about the creature
00:41:50What he looked like
00:41:51What his purpose was here on Earth
00:41:54You've seen this, have you?
00:41:55Yes, of course
00:41:57I'm afraid I've stirred things up a little bit by giving my story to the press
00:42:00But it seemed to me the only way to get all that's happened into the limelight
00:42:04Ah, yes, when a story like yours breaks
00:42:06Mind you, here at the yard, we view the whole thing with incredulity
00:42:10Still, I can't afford to ignore anything
00:42:13No matter how far-fetched
00:42:15Particularly these days, so much going on in the world, isn't there?
00:42:18In the universe, yes, it's been going on all the time
00:42:21Right now, we're finding out about it
00:42:23Look, I've got a list here
00:42:25Of the names of all the girls who've disappeared
00:42:27You know, with one or two exceptions
00:42:29Not one of these girls has any known living relative
00:42:32And this fact seems to fall into line with your theory, doesn't it?
00:42:35Oh, by the way, just for the record
00:42:37What do we call him?
00:42:38Man, creature, thing?
00:42:40Anything
00:42:41Smith, Jones
00:42:42Smith, good
00:42:43Now, how did you arrive at a connection between Smith and these missing girls?
00:42:47In simple language, if you please, Doctor
00:42:49I thought the press were fairly explicit
00:42:51Smith has been seen
00:42:53Vaguely described, I'll admit
00:42:55But seen standing outside the homes of some of the missing girls
00:42:58So Smith either murdered these girls or spirited them away
00:43:02Taken them back into space
00:43:04For what purpose?
00:43:05I don't know
00:43:07Yes, well, it's a pretty long shot, isn't it, Doctor?
00:43:10Yes, it is
00:43:12Can I ask you a somewhat pertinent question?
00:43:14Yes, go right ahead
00:43:15Are you seeking publicity?
00:43:17If that were asked by anybody but a police officer, I'd clobber him
00:43:20I'm sorry
00:43:21Look, Superintendent, please get this straight
00:43:23I gave my story to the press purely in the hope of getting police cooperation
00:43:26We are not scientists, Doctor
00:43:28I know, but somewhere along the line
00:43:30There must be a bridge between science and criminal detection
00:43:33If you accept my premise that Smith murdered these girls
00:43:36Or abducted them, or whatever
00:43:38Then we must work together
00:43:40Yes, well, I've been given permission to work with you
00:43:42Where do you want to start?
00:43:43I'm glad
00:43:45I received a letter this morning from a woman named Madge Lilburn
00:43:49She's got a daughter that's been missing for three days
00:43:53I think we ought to interview her
00:43:54It goes like this
00:43:55I haven't been to the police because they've never believed my story
00:43:59And then yesterday I read your article in the newspaper
00:44:02Jean went out about seven o'clock that night
00:44:05Says she'll be back about
00:44:06Eleven
00:44:08Anyway, well, we went to bed early, didn't we?
00:44:11Yes
00:44:12See, she's got her own front door key
00:44:13Yeah, she's got her own key
00:44:14Anyway, when Madge went in to call her in the morning
00:44:18When I went in to call her, you see, the...
00:44:19She found her bed and slept in
00:44:22There's one thing you ought to know, though, sir
00:44:25I know what you must be thinking, but really
00:44:27Jean isn't the sort of girl to go off without a word like that, is she?
00:44:30Never has been, no
00:44:31No, she's a good, she's a considerate girl
00:44:33Always been proud of her, you know
00:44:35Yes, I'm sure, I'm sure
00:44:37Did you know where she was going?
00:44:38Did you know where she was going?
00:44:41Well, it was a secret, you see
00:44:44See, she was kind of after this very good job
00:44:47Wouldn't tell us about it
00:44:48No, she didn't tell us what it was
00:44:49But she was very excited about it all, wasn't she?
00:44:52She was
00:44:53Any idea what sort of a job it was?
00:44:57No
00:44:59I'm sure it's all something to do with that horrible man
00:45:02What man?
00:45:03Well, one night last week, there was a ring at the door
00:45:06It was Thursday
00:45:07Yeah, it was my lodge night, wasn't it?
00:45:09Oh, it was Thursday, that's right
00:45:11Well, there was this ring at the door
00:45:12But Madge was all alone, you see
00:45:13I was all alone
00:45:14Well, I begged her to let me get her a dog, you know, Alsatian or something
00:45:19She won't have it
00:45:20Don't say it
00:45:21She says it mucks up the furniture
00:45:24Go on, dear, tell him about the man
00:45:26They haven't got all night
00:45:27There's an idiot chance I would, wouldn't I?
00:45:29Got other calls to make
00:45:30Well, anyway, it was Thursday, there was this ring at the doorbell
00:45:33Well, I was alone in the house, as Reg says
00:45:35I was quite surprised, really
00:45:37I was a bit scared because, well, we don't get visitors very often at night, you know
00:45:41Not during the week
00:45:43Well, except Frieda, she sometimes pops in
00:45:45But I knew it couldn't be her, she'd gone down to Crawley
00:45:47She told me she was going
00:45:49Well, anyway, it was Thursday
00:45:51I was all alone, as Reg says
00:45:53There was this ring at the door
00:46:05Yes
00:46:33Yes
00:46:35Who is that?
00:46:37What is it? What do you want?
00:46:39Mrs Lilburn?
00:46:41Yes
00:46:43Is your daughter in?
00:46:45Oh, no, I'm afraid she isn't
00:46:47Do you want to see her?
00:46:49I have a parcel to leave her
00:46:51Oh, is that all? Well, I'll take it
00:46:54Come on, then
00:46:56I don't want to stand here all night, it's cold
00:46:58Give me the parcel
00:46:59Good night, Mrs Lilburn
00:47:01Good night
00:47:06Oh, he gave me the creeps, though, I'll tell you that
00:47:09Standing there in the shadows
00:47:11He did have a nice voice, though, I must say that
00:47:14Yes, he did have a nice voice
00:47:16It was sort of educated, you know
00:47:18I always say you can tell a well-educated voice
00:47:21And you think this man may have had something to do with your daughter's disappearance?
00:47:24I'm certain of it
00:47:26You shouldn't say that
00:47:27What makes you say that, Mrs Lilburn?
00:47:29Well, there was this packet he left for her
00:47:31Oh, what was in it?
00:47:33A photograph
00:47:35Oh, it was a photograph, a gene
00:47:37It was a very good one, you know
00:47:39Well, it wasn't very flattering
00:47:41Well, it was sort of artistic, you know
00:47:43It was in colour, you see
00:47:45And, well, I'd never seen one like it before
00:47:48It was one of these new ones
00:47:50What do you mean, new?
00:47:52Oh, it was...
00:47:54It was funny, wasn't it?
00:47:55It was. I'd never seen one like it before
00:47:57It was made of a sort of plastic, you know
00:47:59And it was...
00:48:01Well, in 3D, you know
00:48:03May we see the photograph, Mrs Lilburn?
00:48:05I'm afraid not
00:48:07No, she took it with her when she went to the interview
00:48:09I remember her saying, I mustn't forget to take the photograph
00:48:11She said, Mr Medra wants me to take the photograph
00:48:13Medra?
00:48:15Oh, fancy me forgetting that, that's his name
00:48:17Oh, honestly, you ought to have told him
00:48:19She went to see a Mr Medra?
00:48:21Yes
00:48:23So how did you come to meet him in the first place?
00:48:25I think she got it out on that magazine
00:48:27Bikini Girl?
00:48:29Yeah, yeah, Bikini Girl
00:48:31She's always reading this magazine, Bikini Girl
00:48:34She's dying to be a model
00:48:36You got a copy of it here?
00:48:38Well, there should be one somewhere, I think
00:48:41Oh, thank you
00:48:45Mrs Lilburn, you mentioned something about his breathing
00:48:48Oh, yes
00:48:50It was heavy, you know, very heavy
00:48:52Like he'd got asthma or something
00:48:53You know, like when he had that bad turn of bronchitis
00:48:55Do you remember?
00:48:57No, don't remind me
00:48:59He was seven, wasn't he?
00:49:01Medra, that's right
00:49:03Send the name down to records, see if they can dig anything up
00:49:05Yes, sir
00:49:07How many girls is it, Grant?
00:49:09Twenty-one with a Lilburn girlfriend
00:49:11Twenty-one girls disappeared in under three weeks
00:49:13Without a trace and for no reason
00:49:15I thought I'd seen it all
00:49:17I've never come across anything like this
00:49:24I wonder if there'll be any more pictures up there tomorrow
00:49:26Well, they're not doing us much good, are they, sir?
00:49:30Well, I mean, that's very funny, Grant
00:49:53Oh, thank you
00:50:54Miss Malone
00:50:59Mr Medra
00:51:01Mr Medra
00:51:03Come closer, Miss Malone
00:51:12There is nothing to be afraid of
00:51:15Are you afraid of me?
00:51:17No
00:51:19I'm afraid of you
00:51:20Are you afraid of me?
00:51:23No, I'm not really
00:51:26Sit down, please
00:51:32You must remember that no harm will come to you
00:51:36No harm will come to you
00:51:40No harm will come to you
00:51:50No harm will come to you
00:52:20No harm will come to you
00:52:42Any luck?
00:52:44Records have nothing on Medra, sir
00:52:46What about Interpol?
00:52:48No, nothing like that, sir
00:52:49No records as well, no one caught Medra
00:52:51I might have found something
00:52:53Look at that ad
00:52:55Independent television film producer requires talent
00:52:57Young ladies with looks, personality and ambition needed
00:52:59Please write with recent photograph to Box 968
00:53:02There's not much to go on, I know, but it's worth checking
00:53:04Go round the missing girls' homes
00:53:06Tonight, sir?
00:53:08Yes, tonight
00:53:10Yes, sir
00:53:14All of them, sir?
00:53:16All of them
00:53:18What am I looking for, sir?
00:53:20You're looking for copies of this, Tom
00:53:22Copies of Bikini Girl
00:53:24Well, you'd better see about doubling the force there, Commander
00:53:26Yes, sir
00:53:28Right, what's next?
00:53:30We should be discussing Hartley's case now, sir
00:53:32Ah, yes, indeed
00:53:34And by the way, Savage, I see you've made no progress on that
00:53:36research establishment business
00:53:38I'm afraid not, sir
00:53:40Well, it's over a month now, you know
00:53:42I'm sorry I'm late, sir
00:53:44Two more reported missing
00:53:45I got a couple of leads at last
00:53:47I found a common denominator between them
00:53:49They all read a magazine called Bikini Girl
00:53:52And they all applied for a job advertised in this month's edition
00:53:55And you think that that job was used as a bait?
00:53:57Oh, yes, there's a regular pattern to it
00:53:59They apply for the job, they go up for an interview
00:54:01where they have their photograph taken
00:54:03And the photograph is then delivered to the girls' homes
00:54:05on the night before they disappear
00:54:07Now, I've got a couple of descriptions
00:54:09of the man who delivered them
00:54:11It's the same man each time
00:54:13He sounds a bit of a freak, sir
00:54:15Yes, he always comes after dark
00:54:17and he always stays in the shadows
00:54:19He seems to be very tall
00:54:21and he wears some sort of a scarf
00:54:23across the lower half of his face
00:54:25And from the sound of his breathing
00:54:27he could be an asthmatic
00:54:29Well, it shouldn't be too difficult to find
00:54:31Well, I've saved the most important lead until last, sir
00:54:33Grant was checking the girls' homes
00:54:35about this Bikini Girl magazine
00:54:37and he came up with the only piece of luck we've had so far
00:54:39What's that?
00:54:41One of the girls has a younger brother
00:54:43He collects car numbers
00:54:45based on the number of a car
00:54:47parked outside the house
00:54:49Well, that simplifies matters
00:54:51Well, not quite, sir
00:54:53You see, Grant checked records half an hour ago
00:54:55The car's been reported stolen
00:54:57Oh, no
00:54:59Yes, a month ago
00:55:01from the government research establishment
00:55:03at Faisley Park
00:55:05All right, Fred
00:55:07How'd you get on, sir?
00:55:09Splendidly
00:55:11The old man's put the head of special branch
00:55:13in charge of the case
00:55:15Did you get through to the editor of Bikini Girl?
00:55:17Yes, sir
00:55:19The advertisement was paid and posted in
00:55:21with a post office money order
00:55:23They've seen the people concerned
00:55:25The address given was a false one
00:55:27I checked
00:55:29Was there a name on the application?
00:55:31Madra
00:55:33I also found out how many applications
00:55:35had arrived at the box number
00:55:37How many?
00:55:39201
00:55:41Good grief
00:55:43As the editor said
00:55:45...
00:56:11Oh, I'm so sorry, Inspector
00:56:13Did I frighten you?
00:56:15Superintendent? No, you didn't.
00:56:17Oh, congratulations.
00:56:19It's some years since we last met, isn't it?
00:56:21Yes, it is. Six months of living off the proceeds, wasn't it?
00:56:24Mm-hmm.
00:56:25It's in the same game, is he?
00:56:27Different version, same game.
00:56:30Anything I can do for you, Inspector?
00:56:32A superintendent.
00:56:34Medra. That's what you can do for me.
00:56:36Medra. Medra.
00:56:39Don't know.
00:56:41You've had over 200 answers to an advertisement in Bikini Girl over the last 18 days,
00:56:46so don't tell me you don't know.
00:56:48Use my business as an accommodation address.
00:56:51Anything wrong in that, Superintendent?
00:56:54You'll find out what's wrong if you don't cooperate.
00:56:56Now, come on. Give me a description.
00:57:00That'll be hard.
00:57:03She always did seem a creepy sort of bloke, though.
00:57:06But if you don't do business with peculiar people,
00:57:09you don't do business in this part of the world.
00:57:11Now, what did he look like? You must have got a good look at him in here.
00:57:14Mm-hmm. He always had a scarf all over his face.
00:57:16You couldn't see very much of it, but, uh, he was tall, though.
00:57:20Yes, he was very tall. He was about six foot five, I should think.
00:57:24Very odd, too.
00:57:26He always had a strange way of keeping in the shadows.
00:57:29Yes, like you.
00:57:31Now, come out from behind there where I can see you.
00:57:34Ooh.
00:57:36Why do you mean, odd?
00:57:37Well, sort of unnatural.
00:57:39Some people aren't normal, are they?
00:57:41No, they're not.
00:57:43I suppose I've seen this murderer about a dozen times.
00:57:45Each time I've seen him, he seemed sort of weird.
00:57:48I know.
00:57:50Sounds crazy.
00:57:52I think he wore a mask.
00:57:54A mask? But under the scarf?
00:57:56Mm-hmm. A mask.
00:57:58You could see his eyes through the slits.
00:58:00Oh, they were horrible. Green, like a snake's.
00:58:04I like men with nice eyes, don't you?
00:58:07I'll tell you something. He even gave me the creeps.
00:58:11Then why did you agree to handle letters for him?
00:58:13Because he paid me, well, 50 quid down on a pound for each letter.
00:58:17Oh, not bad.
00:58:18I did all right, didn't I?
00:58:20I didn't know he was crooked, though.
00:58:21Who said he was?
00:58:22Well, I thought, uh...
00:58:24What's he done, anyway?
00:58:26You've read in the papers about the girls who've gone missing?
00:58:28Yeah.
00:58:30Well, I had nothing to do with that.
00:58:31No?
00:58:34Oh, letters, girls, photographs.
00:58:38Some men pay a lot for the little in my life.
00:58:42How did he get the letters?
00:58:44Called for them every couple of evenings.
00:58:46You expect him this evening?
00:58:48Mm-hmm.
00:58:49Any particular time?
00:58:50About 6.30.
00:58:52I reckon I'll have a few men.
00:58:54The front door is the only way in.
00:58:57All right. I'll have them here later.
00:58:59You got some letters for him?
00:59:01No, I'm afraid things have been slackening off just lately.
00:59:04Well, you tell him that.
00:59:06Don't detain him and don't try and alarm him.
00:59:08You'll find you can count on me.
00:59:10You'll regret it if I find I can't.
00:59:14Magic seeing you again.
00:59:28You wanted to see me, sir?
00:59:30Yes, Hartley. This is Dr. Costin and Miss Anne Barlow.
00:59:33They're from the Research Institute at Paisley Park.
00:59:35Dr. Costin and I have met. How do you do?
00:59:37Good. Well, now sit down and let's get started.
00:59:39I think we'll get him tonight, sir.
00:59:41He's expected to pick up some more replies to the advertisement at 6.30.
00:59:45I'll have the whole area surrounded, and when he turns up, we'll be waiting for him.
00:59:49If he goes to that shop, we'll catch him.
00:59:52There's no man alive who can get through the net I'm spreading for him.
00:59:55Unfortunately, gentlemen, Medra is no man alive.
00:59:58In fact, he's superhuman, not born of this planet.
01:00:02You're not just up against a criminal mind.
01:00:05We're fighting an alien civilization,
01:00:07one at least a hundred or maybe a thousand years in advance of ours.
01:00:11Let's show the man.
01:00:14This is a map of the planetary system.
01:00:18Here's the sun with its nine major planets.
01:00:21Earth is the third planet.
01:00:23This is the fifth planet, Jupiter,
01:00:25the giant planet with its 12 moons.
01:00:28And this, gentlemen, is where Medra comes from,
01:00:32Jupiter III, the third moon,
01:00:34known to astronomers as Ganymede.
01:00:36Now, wait a minute.
01:00:38Just let's assume that Medra did come from outer space.
01:00:41How can you possibly know that it was from Jupiter III?
01:00:44As you know, we've been examining a sphere at Paisley Park.
01:00:47We've been able to collate enough evidence
01:00:49to prove that it was an energy valve of incredible proportions,
01:00:52a valve which is the slave of a master system,
01:00:55the whole of which is used to transmit and receive matter.
01:00:58But why Ganymede?
01:01:00We've been tracking intense radioactivity on our radio telescopes for a month now.
01:01:04We have cross-references enough.
01:01:06The master transmitter is on Ganymede,
01:01:09and we can produce 50 other scientists and astronomers to prove that as well.
01:01:12But why has he come to Earth?
01:01:14Why is he involved with these missing girls?
01:01:16That's what we're trying to find out.
01:01:18One possible explanation might be
01:01:20that they're being abducted for experimental purposes.
01:01:23Genetic experiments, do we?
01:01:25Yes, the investigation of man under laboratory conditions.
01:01:28Dissemination would be a simple matter for a science like theirs.
01:01:32Don't forget one thing.
01:01:34Medra is laboring under great difficulties, too.
01:01:36He's in a foreign environment, like a diver under the sea.
01:01:40We think he has to wear a special kind of breathing apparatus
01:01:43built into a mask to cope with our atmosphere.
01:01:46Yes, I see.
01:01:49Gentlemen, I have a suggestion to make.
01:01:53Well, it's not a suggestion, it's a fait accompli.
01:01:57I have applied to Medra for an interview.
01:01:59You've what?
01:02:01I'm meeting him tonight at the place where you hope to trap him,
01:02:04at Thorburn's bookshop.
01:02:05You'll do no such thing, Anne.
01:02:07Look, Jack, you need information, don't you?
01:02:10You need his knowledge. Without that, all your work will be wasted,
01:02:13the kind of threat we believe he is will grow.
01:02:17You need someone to find out what he's about before the police get him,
01:02:21because I don't think he'll be taken alive.
01:02:24I can't agree with that, Miss Barlow.
01:02:26But the idea does make sense, Doctor.
01:02:28It's easy enough for you to say, but it's not your life she's risking.
01:02:31Anne, I can't agree to it.
01:02:34I'm not under your jurisdiction in this matter, Jack,
01:02:36so no one's going to stop me.
01:02:38Just give me a few minutes with him, that's all.
01:02:41We gave Dr. Morley a few minutes.
01:02:44I know.
01:02:46But Medra must have known that Dr. Morley constituted a direct threat to him.
01:02:51But so would you.
01:02:53I don't think so.
01:02:56Just a few minutes, Jack. Please.
01:02:59After all, I don't see she can come to any harm.
01:03:01The place will be well guarded.
01:03:03We'll be less than a stone's throw away from her.
01:03:07All right.
01:03:09Have it your way.
01:03:12All right, boys, take up your positions.
01:03:21The moment Medra moves into the alley, both ends will be sealed off.
01:03:25Are you sure there's no other way out of that shop?
01:03:27No, there's a window, but it's heavily barred.
01:03:30Only if he's coming, he shouldn't be long now.
01:03:33What about Miss Barlow?
01:03:36She'll be here any minute.
01:04:06Doctor.
01:04:28She's ahead of time.
01:04:36Come on.
01:04:57Typical of Thorburn to leave the door unlocked.
01:05:00Lazy brute.
01:05:37Miss Barlow.
01:05:40Miss Barlow.
01:05:44Why did you ask for this interview?
01:05:49I was interested in your advertisement.
01:05:55I'm sorry.
01:05:58I don't know what to say.
01:06:01I don't know what to say.
01:06:05You are a professional model.
01:06:08Yes?
01:06:11I'm afraid I don't believe you.
01:06:14Look in my eyes.
01:06:19I said I'd give her three minutes.
01:06:22Yes, with Medra.
01:06:25In the shop, with or without Medra.
01:06:28Yes.
01:06:31In the shop, with or without Medra.
01:06:34Three minutes and there's only two left.
01:06:37I'm no sign of him.
01:06:39I wish I could be sure of that.
01:06:41You are frightened of me, aren't you?
01:06:44Yes, I'm frightened.
01:06:48That's how I know you're lying.
01:06:51Only those who wish me harm become frightened.
01:06:55Now tell me the truth.
01:06:58I came to see you
01:07:01to ask your purpose in visiting the Earth.
01:07:04And to learn the secrets of my planet, Ganymede.
01:07:08What else did you come here for?
01:07:11To find out what has become of the girls you abducted.
01:07:15We scientists
01:07:18have tried not to accept the idea that
01:07:21you wish to destroy.
01:07:24We believe that you are of a
01:07:27civilization and intelligence
01:07:30a thousand years in advance of ours.
01:07:33Yet you do destroy.
01:07:36Haven't you learned the futility of violence?
01:07:40We have suffered from violence just as you have.
01:07:44We try to be gentle.
01:07:47I want to know...
01:07:50Yes?
01:07:52What happened on your planet?
01:07:55We interfered with the laws of the universe
01:07:58just as you are attempting to do now.
01:08:01We found it impossible to suppress the emotions of love and hate.
01:08:06So we slipped back into the dark abyss.
01:08:09The problem of life is that there is always an enemy
01:08:13who will kill or be killed.
01:08:16There is always someone to fear.
01:08:20You have no need to fear me.
01:08:23On the contrary, I fear what I cannot control.
01:08:27And I cannot control an intelligence that is almost equal to mine.
01:08:32A mind such as yours searches and destroys.
01:08:50Okay, let's go.
01:09:05Ann!
01:09:19Ann!
01:09:49Are you all right?
01:09:51He was here all the time.
01:10:05Go on, get your men to search every square inch of this area.
01:10:09I'm going to ring around the whole of Soho.
01:10:12I'm sorry.
01:10:14It's evident that we're dealing with a creature
01:10:16not only of superhuman intelligence and power,
01:10:19but one also possessing a primordial lust for violence and savagery.
01:10:23Also, gentlemen, it's my opinion
01:10:25that Medra could be the forerunner of a full-scale invasion.
01:10:28You mean there's no limit to the number that can be transferred here by this device?
01:10:32No. None at all.
01:10:34That's why it's imperative that we track down that sphere
01:10:37and destroy it before it's too late.
01:10:39How do we locate it?
01:10:41Well, when it's in use, it emits secondary radiation.
01:10:44What about radio detector bands?
01:10:46No, they're not on the same radio spectrum.
01:10:51Wait a minute. It's the same spectrum.
01:10:54A different method.
01:10:56If we use something more powerful than a radio detector band,
01:10:59we could pick out the spots that were made negative
01:11:01and find it by a process of elimination.
01:11:03But we'd need the cooperation
01:11:06of every radio astronomy establishment in this whole country.
01:11:09Well, I can promise you all the help you can use.
01:11:12Well, then I'd better get back to Faisley Park right away.
01:11:15Go with him. Stay on everything he wants.
01:11:17Right, sir.
01:11:18Can I have your permission, sir, to put out a warning on radio and television?
01:11:21I want the girls who replied to that advertisement to get in touch with us.
01:11:24We know that over 200 girls replied to that ad, sir.
01:11:27I am aware of that, Hartley.
01:11:29But there's something here even more important.
01:11:31I know that, sir.
01:11:32All right, put out the warning.
01:11:34But nothing else.
01:11:35I want to hold what happened last night from the press to the last possible moment.
01:11:39Before the news, we have an urgent police announcement.
01:11:43Will any girl who applied for a position in answer to an advertisement
01:11:47that appeared in this month's edition of Bikini Girl magazine,
01:11:51under the box number 968,
01:11:54please contact the nearest police station immediately.
01:11:57The police wish to state that by answering the advertisement,
01:12:01these girls have placed themselves in great danger.
01:12:04Yes, well, let's hope that saves at least one girl from...
01:12:07A fight worse than death, sir?
01:12:09We should cut out the jokes, Grant. It makes me nervous.
01:12:11And take your foot off the chair.
01:12:14The equipment should be ready soon.
01:12:16Good.
01:12:17Oh, Lieutenant, make sure that the master references are marked out exactly.
01:12:21You think it'll work?
01:12:23It all depends on whether we can find and set the wavelengths of the sphere.
01:12:26If we can and we need to do it fast, we can plot the position from our monitors.
01:12:30The Jodrell Bank radio telescope,
01:12:32the American radar early warning system at Bilingdale in Yorkshire,
01:12:35there in Cornwall, here in London.
01:12:37If and where the lines converge will be the site of the sphere.
01:12:41After that, sir, it'll be up to you.
01:12:43Every army combat unit in the south of England is standing, too.
01:12:47I only hope it's enough.
01:12:49Thank you very much indeed for getting in touch with us.
01:12:52We'll be there in ten minutes.
01:12:54Sir, that girl I was speaking to has met Medra.
01:12:56What?
01:12:57Met him last night.
01:12:58Did you get the address?
01:12:59Thank you. I'll send a police officer round to get the details.
01:13:02Have the place raided.
01:13:03That's not all, sir. She just had a photograph delivered.
01:13:05You can guess the description she gave.
01:13:06I'm going to see her.
01:13:07If they stick to the pattern, she should go missing later on tonight.
01:13:13I want 20 men for a raid and I want them armed.
01:13:18Anything happen yet?
01:13:20Why don't you relax?
01:13:21Relax?
01:13:24I guess you're right. There's nothing I can do until Hartley gets through.
01:13:27Tell me, this transmutation of matter, do you think we'll ever be able to do it?
01:13:33It's possible. You might say we have our feet on the bottom rung of that ladder.
01:13:36We have.
01:13:38Yeah, we can transmit in two dimensions.
01:13:40On the telly.
01:13:42All we need is the third. Substance.
01:13:45And then we'll be able to pay them a visit, eh?
01:13:47Would you like to be the first volunteer?
01:13:49No bloody fear.
01:13:51Good. Then you can relax.
01:13:54Because before we did that, we'd have to land a transmitter on Ganymede, which we're not able to do.
01:14:00I think we can stick to present problems for the moment.
01:14:03Sir, it's me.
01:14:05Didn't you say it was a strange interview?
01:14:08I must say I was a bit scared at first.
01:14:10It was this beautiful suite of offices, you see, with no one in them.
01:14:14And then the door opening without any warning.
01:14:16Of course, I realised it was worked by some kind of remote control, but they make you jump when they open, all the same.
01:14:22And this Mr Medra, did he threaten you?
01:14:25Well, you'll think this is funny, I know, but I can't remember him.
01:14:31I remember standing in this room asking if he was there.
01:14:33And I remember his voice speaking.
01:14:35It was a wonderful voice.
01:14:38Kind and soothing.
01:14:41Do you know what I mean?
01:14:43And you don't remember this being taken?
01:14:46No, the first I knew about it was when this man rang my door and handed it to me.
01:14:49I told you about that.
01:14:50It seems a perfectly ordinary photograph to me.
01:14:53Well, not to me it isn't.
01:14:57It's so lifelike.
01:14:59And the background seems to... to alter.
01:15:03Alter? Well, how do you mean alter?
01:15:05Well, sometimes when I...
01:15:08Oh, forget it, it's just my imagination.
01:15:11And you don't remember anything at all about the interview?
01:15:14Nothing.
01:15:15The only thing I remember after Mr Medra's speaking was being in the street outside his office.
01:15:19Yeah, well, perhaps it'll come back to you later.
01:15:22I'm having a flat watched, Mr Malone, so if you see some men hanging about, don't be afraid.
01:15:27I can't believe I could be in any danger from Mr Medra, though.
01:15:30That's just why you are in danger.
01:15:32Because you don't believe it.
01:15:45CLATTERING
01:16:16CLATTERING
01:16:19No luck at Medra's office, sir. He's deserted.
01:16:22Did you leave somebody outside?
01:16:23Yes, sir.
01:16:24How did you get on with the Malone girl?
01:16:26She didn't tell us a thing we don't already know.
01:16:28I've got a feeling, though.
01:16:30I think Medra will make a move for her tonight.
01:16:32We're staying put.
01:16:45EERIE MUSIC
01:17:15EERIE MUSIC
01:17:45EERIE MUSIC
01:18:02I know that, sir, but I would like to keep this girl under surveillance.
01:18:05Just follow Medra if he shows, Hartley.
01:18:07We must find the sphere, locate and destroy it.
01:18:10Keep in constant touch.
01:18:12Very good, sir.
01:18:15EERIE MUSIC
01:18:18Sir.
01:18:20EERIE MUSIC
01:18:42PHONE RINGS
01:18:45Yes?
01:18:46What?
01:18:48Medra's just picked up another girl.
01:18:50Don't lose them, Hartley.
01:18:52Lieutenant, keep this line open and mark the route.
01:18:58Message coming through from Jodrell Bank, sir.
01:19:00What is it?
01:19:01They've started to pick up a signal from the sphere, sir.
01:19:03No direction obtainable at present strength.
01:19:06EERIE MUSIC
01:19:15EERIE MUSIC
01:19:37EERIE MUSIC
01:19:39Farlingdale's picked up the signal, sir.
01:19:41Well, it's all up to Hartley now.
01:19:43I hope he can keep our sight.
01:19:45I don't think it matters.
01:19:47Medra knows he's being followed and I don't think he cares.
01:19:49PHONE RINGS
01:19:51Hartley?
01:19:53We're heading through Guildford.
01:19:55Looks as though they're making for the Hogsback.
01:19:58Hartley, as soon as you have your men positioned,
01:20:00trap him and if need be, shoot the girl.
01:20:02Wait a minute, Commander.
01:20:04Hold it.
01:20:06I don't think I've made myself clear.
01:20:08We're trying primarily to destroy the sphere, not Medra.
01:20:10I must have an opportunity to communicate with him.
01:20:12After that, I don't care what you do.
01:20:13Don't you see, if we can separate him from the sphere
01:20:15or destroy it, we'll eliminate his only means of mobility.
01:20:17He'll be as helpless as a genie without a lamp.
01:20:19Aren't you being a bit rash?
01:20:21Please, Commander, do what I say.
01:20:23I'll do my best, but you'll have to leave it to our discretion.
01:20:25Message from John the Bank, sir.
01:20:27They have a bearing, green 7451.
01:20:36All right, keep at it.
01:20:38I've got a signal now.
01:20:40Farlingdale has a reading, sir.
01:20:41Blue 857.
01:20:43Well, that's about 10 miles from here.
01:20:45Position now reported, sir.
01:20:47Village of Rusley.
01:20:49All right, let's go.
01:20:51Where are you going?
01:20:53I'm looking for the girl.
01:20:55Stay here.
01:21:20Surround this place.
01:21:22Corporal, send the men south-east.
01:21:24Yes, sir.
01:21:50Every exit is guarded.
01:21:57In a few minutes, I shall be returning to my planet.
01:22:00Nothing you do can stop me.
01:22:03My task here on Earth is completed.
01:22:06Tell us about your planet, Medra.
01:22:09A thousand years ago,
01:22:11we made our first stumbling steps into space.
01:22:14We visited the Earth,
01:22:16only to find we could not survive its atmosphere.
01:22:18But we from Ganymede knew that we were superior beings
01:22:21and had nothing to learn from you.
01:22:24We had knowledge that could lead
01:22:26to eternal peace and progress,
01:22:28but also embodying the darker powers
01:22:31of universal destruction.
01:22:33So our civilization ended,
01:22:35just as yours will end.
01:22:37But there were survivors.
01:22:39A few.
01:22:41And they were terrible to look upon.
01:22:43It took centuries of procreation
01:22:45before signs of normality began to appear.
01:22:48A hand like this,
01:22:50instead of this.
01:22:52My face?
01:22:54You would like to see it, perhaps?
01:22:57It is quite typical.
01:23:11Is that why you came to Earth?
01:23:13To find new blood?
01:23:15You have no need to fear
01:23:17for the young women who are returning with me.
01:23:20They will come to no harm.
01:23:22You see, we have learned our lesson.
01:23:25One day I may return,
01:23:27if it isn't too late.
01:23:44Let's hope they find the cure.
01:23:47And tell us.
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