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00:01:01Dr. Morley?
00:01:02Yeah?
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 10,000 miles an hour.
00:01:14Wait a minute, it's slowing down rapidly. It'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. At 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.
00:01:37But that's impossible. It means it's being guided down.
00:01:41Height 10 miles. It must be visible to the naked eye.
00:01:45Height 10 miles. It must be visible to the naked eye.
00:02:16Must be played with many skills
00:02:20And the stakes are met
00:02:23Forbidden secret thrills
00:02:29Somewhere from outer space
00:02:33Moves a dark shadow through the night
00:02:38Don't ever get too close
00:02:42See that phantom's evil eye
00:02:49A white collar
00:02:53Casts a hypnotizing spell
00:02:57Fools that try to fight it never live to tell
00:03:04Fools that try to fight it never live to tell
00:03:34I'm sorry, sir. This road's closed.
00:03:37We have permission to look over this area.
00:03:45Are you all right to speak to the major, sir?
00:03:47Could you come with me, please?
00:04:05If you come, we can start the cutting.
00:04:08Two gentlemen.
00:04:09See you, sir.
00:04:11Thank you. Wait, gentlemen.
00:04:13Have you located it yet, Major?
00:04:16Located what?
00:04:18The object that came in from space.
00:04:20It fell within a five-mile radius of this spot.
00:04:23Don't tell us that all those troops we passed on the way here are on manoeuvres, Major.
00:04:27We tracked it all the way down on our radar.
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 to top secret double A.
00:04:40Yes, we suggest you have some scientific help with you when you find it.
00:04:43It could be dangerous.
00:04:47If we find it.
00:04:49Oh, what do you mean, if?
00:04:51According to our instruments, it should be about 20 feet high.
00:04:54It should be a simple matter to locate the crater.
00:04:57There is no 20-foot object and no crater.
00:05:00What? Are 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. We couldn't have made that much of an error in our estimation, could we?
00:05:10You didn't.
00:05:12We've had three separate checks through our security radar.
00:05:14Cross-reference positions.
00:05:16Put it down here.
00:05:18A few line Americans up in Yorkshire confirmed our figures.
00:05:20There is no doubt that a large object landed here and disappeared.
00:05:24Sir, all units in position for Operation Toothcomb.
00:05:27All right, tell them to start.
00:05:28Dr. Doe, I want every inch of that ground examined.
00:05:30Yes, sir.
00:05:33I've had the whole heath ringed. We're coming in towards the centre.
00:05:36They're using dagger counters, of course.
00:05:38There should be a lot of radiation coming from it.
00:05:40One to a platoon.
00:05:41Platoon, Red Emma reports considerable radiation signals, sir.
00:05:44Map reference, Q457.
00:05:46Tell them not to go any closer until I get there.
00:05:48Might you come with me, gentlemen?
00:05:49Yes, of course.
00:05:54Go!
00:06:24Go!
00:06:54This it, Sergeant?
00:06:55Looks like it, sir.
00:07:01Well, that's what came down last night.
00:07:03There must be something wrong with our instrument.
00:07:11All right, gentlemen, it's quite safe to go in.
00:07:13Good.
00:07:21It's cold.
00:07:22It's freezing.
00:07:24It must have a remarkable latent heat capacity.
00:07:27Capacity quite beyond my experience.
00:07:29I hate to interfere with more mundane matters, gentlemen, but what is it?
00:07:33Oh, can't tell till we get it back to the laboratory.
00:07:35You think that's what came down last night?
00:07:37Oh, yes, no doubt about it.
00:07:38This must have been a white-hot mass of flames a few hours ago.
00:07:41Now its temperature's well below freezing.
00:07:44The headquarters are bound to ask if it's of foreign origin.
00:07:47At the moment, Major, your guess is as good as mine.
00:07:50Do you notice the most amazing fact of all?
00:07:53We tracked that sphere through the atmosphere to speed in excess of 10,000 miles an hour.
00:07:58Yet it landed without even denting the ground.
00:08:01That means it must have been guided down.
00:08:03Guided down with fantastic accuracy.
00:08:06Inhuman accuracy.
00:08:20Lieutenant Hawkins.
00:08:21Sir?
00:08:22On a guard set all around this building and pull men up on the roof.
00:08:25Sir.
00:08:26Get the rest of this area cleared of all non-essential personnel.
00:08:28Very good, sir.
00:08:29Lieutenant Hawkins.
00:08:30Sir?
00:08:31Get that container in right away.
00:08:33Sir.
00:08:34Higgins!
00:08:35Jones!
00:08:36Yes, sir.
00:08:37Pick that up.
00:08:38Come on, Higgins.
00:08:39Yes, sir.
00:08:40Come on, Higgins.
00:08:41Yes, sir.
00:08:42Come on, Higgins.
00:08:43Yes, sir.
00:08:44Come on, Higgins.
00:08:45Yes, sir.
00:08:46Come on, Higgins.
00:08:47Yes, sir.
00:08:48Come on, Higgins.
00:08:50What do you think it is, Sarge?
00:08:52An atom bomb?
00:08:53That's not the reason why, Jones.
00:08:55And if that is an atom bomb, Higgins, and you drop it, I'll have you on a charge.
00:08:58You keep your kindness, 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.
00:09:16If this is an atomic device.
00:09:21The optics, Sarge.
00:09:22Right.
00:09:23Put it down there, will you?
00:09:25Careful.
00:09:26We don't want any surprises.
00:09:30Right, Sarge.
00:09:31Right, Sarge.
00:09:4725 degrees below zero.
00:09:50What do you think it's made of, sir?
00:09:52Oh, a silicate or a selenide of some kind.
00:09:55Dr. 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.
00:10:00Oh, must I?
00:10:01Thank you, please, sir.
00:10:04All right.
00:10:06Well, let's go.
00:10:07Yes, sir.
00:10:15Wait a minute.
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, Anne.
00:10:35I don't think any human mind thought it up.
00:10:41And I don't believe any human hand built it.
00:10:46I 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 in as far as...
00:11:04Hold it, hold it.
00:11:12Any news yet?
00:11:13We're just finishing our preliminary examination.
00:11:16And?
00:11:17And?
00:11:18We've carried out routine X-ray spectrometer and radiation tests.
00:11:22We find the sphere is made of an undetermined silicone 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 counter said?
00:11:42The sphere itself emits no radiation at all.
00:11:44What was registered this morning on the Geiger counters was superficial.
00:11:47Probably picked up by the sphere when it passed through the Van Allen strut 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.
00:12:04That's a relief. Anyway, what about the country of origin?
00:12:07Whitehall's been on my tail all day.
00:12:10Well?
00:12:11Well...
00:12:13We're not in the position to venture an opinion on that.
00:12:16Well, sure, you must have some idea.
00:12:19I think there's one thing we can say for certain, Major.
00:12:21Yes?
00:12:22We have no idea, at the moment.
00:12:25I see.
00:12:32Well, I'm to report to Whitehall.
00:12:34Perhaps you'll be kind enough to come with me while I phone Dr. Mori.
00:12:36He might want to talk to you.
00:12:38Yes, 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 Baller, 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?
00:13:00Uh-huh.
00:13:01We'll see you both tomorrow, then.
00:13:04You know, when we do break it to them, we shall have to do it gently.
00:13:07So they can assimilate it.
00:13:09Yes, it's possible we may have to do a little assimilating ourselves.
00:13:13Yes.
00:13:15Its potentialities are quite alarming.
00:13:20We mustn't let our imagination run riot.
00:13:22Good night.
00:13:23Good night.
00:13:24Good night.
00:13:27All right, Ann.
00:13:38Tired?
00:13:40I could use my bed.
00:13:42So could I.
00:13:44Steady.
00:13:46Well, no harm in trying.
00:13:49Can I take you home?
00:13:50No.
00:13:52No, I have my notes to type up.
00:13:54Well, can I help you?
00:13:56No, thank you.
00:13:59Well, then I'll just say good night.
00:14:01Good 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.
00:15:24Come in.
00:15:27Will you be wanting anything more, Miss Barlow?
00:15:29Oh, no, thank you.
00:15:30Good night, Jean.
00:15:34Good night.
00:16:05Yes, sir.
00:16:06They've carried out routine X-ray, spectrometer and radiation tests
00:16:11and find that the sphere is made of an undetermined silicon material.
00:16:16This forms a...
00:16:19It's a bad line, sir. I'm afraid I can't hear you.
00:16:22I beg your pardon?
00:16:25Oh, that was right, wasn't it?
00:16:27Yeah, word perfect.
00:16:28Says he doesn't understand a bloody word I'm saying.
00:16:31It's all right, sir. I'll repeat it.
00:16:32It's all right, sir. I'll repeat it.
00:16:34According to the information that I've been given, this suspect...
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, no, sir. That's the salt.
00:16:58It's silicon.
00:16:59It's an undetermined silicon...
00:17:03Yes, well, I was about to explain that, sir.
00:17:06You see, it forms a...
00:17:08a sort of protective shell
00:17:11which has a vacuum.
00:17:14I beg your pardon?
00:17:17I don't think I'm getting through to him.
00:17:18Neither shall I.
00:17:19I'd like to, if I could get a word in edgewise.
00:17:22Yes, I'm still here, sir.
00:17:24No, sir, it's negligible.
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 this veer
00:17:52on entering the Van Allen strata when it passed through the...
00:17:55Oh, you're getting me muddled now, sir.
00:17:57Look, picked up when this veer passed through the Van Allen strata
00:18:02on entering the Earth's atmosphere.
00:18:05No, I haven't developed a colon. I'm Dr. Morley.
00:18:08Morley, M...
00:18:11What?
00:18:13Oh, no, you can hardly blame the majors, sir.
00:18:16No, I don't think electronics forms part of the curriculum,
00:18:18Miss Sanders, does it?
00:18:48No, I don't think so.
00:19:48No, I don't think so.
00:20:48Shhh!
00:21:18Shhh!
00:21:48Argh!
00:22:02The storeroom.
00:22:03There's someone in there.
00:22:13What is it?
00:22:19What's going on? Who sounded the alarm?
00:22:21Must have been the young lady outside, I imagine, sir.
00:22:24Everything all right in here?
00:22:25Yes, sir.
00:22:30Yes, I sounded the alarm.
00:22:31Why?
00:22:32Well, there was something in here.
00:22:41There was, I swear there was.
00:22:43You mean you actually saw something?
00:22:44Well, I saw this horrible claw and it held on to my arm.
00:23:02You there, Corporal Cooper.
00:23:04Yes, sir?
00:23:05You seen anyone come in or out of this window?
00:23:07No, sir.
00:23:08Have the grounds searched on Hawkins?
00:23:09Sure.
00:23:10Well.
00:23:17I know there was something in here.
00:23:20Both these windows are fastened on the inside.
00:23:23I don't care.
00:23:24Were you in the laboratory all the time, Miss Barlow?
00:23:27Yes. Yes, I was.
00:23:30So nobody could have got in or out of this window?
00:23:32No, sir.
00:23:33Well, I don't think so.
00:23:34Well, I don't think so.
00:23:36So nobody could have got in or out of this storeroom through the laboratory?
00:23:41I 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.
00:24:04You think I'm imagining the whole thing, don't you?
00:24:06I'm just going on the facts as I see them, Miss Barlow.
00:24:08If anything or anyone had been in this storeroom, they'd still be in here, now wouldn't they?
00:24:15Wait, I've forgotten all the excitement.
00:24:17Just before I heard these noises, I felt strange.
00:24:21Yes, I almost fainted with a terrible pain in the head.
00:24:24That's probably your answer.
00:24:25A migraine.
00:24:26Do you suffer from it?
00:24:27No, I...
00:24:29And these lights.
00:24:30The light, this blinding light.
00:24:32Light?
00:24:33It's coming from in here.
00:24:36Come on, we'll get you home.
00:25:04Morning.
00:25:05Morning.
00:25:07Are these Ann's notes?
00:25:08Yes.
00:25:13I don't understand. What happened?
00:25:15Well, there was some trouble here after you left last night, Jack.
00:25:19What was it?
00:25:20Miss Barlow's, Ann Barlow.
00:25:21Ann Barlow's?
00:25:22Yes.
00:25:23I don't understand.
00:25:24What happened?
00:25:25Well, there was some trouble here after you left last night, Jack.
00:25:29What was it?
00:25:30Miss Barlow's, Ann Barlow.
00:25:31What was it?
00:25:32Miss Barlow sounded the alarm bell.
00:25:34She thought she heard somebody or something in the storeroom.
00:25:37Turned out to be a false alarm.
00:25:39So unlike Ann, she's not the nervy type, is she?
00:25:42No, far from it.
00:25:43Well, anyway, there's no harm done.
00:25:44Worked my men up, if nothing else.
00:25:49I'll leave you to it.
00:25:53Good, let's get to work.
00:25:55Bring the sphere in here, will you?
00:25:56Yes.
00:26:32And that's exactly how I found it.
00:26:34That's a pretty grim looking thing.
00:26:36I think I was so close to it.
00:26:38I don't think you were in any danger, Miss Barlow.
00:26:41Why do you say that?
00:26:42Well, it stands to reason, doesn't it?
00:26:44I mean, this print couldn't have been made by an animal, could it?
00:26:47Not any animal I know.
00:26:49And it must have been made by a man.
00:26:51A man?
00:26:52I think that you were the victim of a practical joke, Miss Barlow.
00:26:55It's the only other explanation.
00:26:57Practical joke?
00:26:58Look, I'm not a practical joke.
00:27:00Look, I was there...
00:27:01By my men.
00:27:02You think some of them staged this little charade?
00:27:06Barakrum gossip, you see, is 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.
00:27:27I 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 P.T.
00:27:37Work off some of that excess energy.
00:27:40It reminds me of the story of the two sergeants who...
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.
00:27:57Why not?
00:27:58Because 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 Dan from opening the door last night?
00:28:04Who held the door from the other side?
00:28:07Whose footsteps did she hear?
00:28:08What about this cloth she tells us about?
00:28:10And how did the thing get out of that room by the time the soldiers arrived?
00:28:15Now, let's not kid ourselves.
00:28:16We 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?
00:28:29Well, they start at 5,000.
00:28:31And then work up to 20.
00:28:367 over 4 at 5,000.
00:28:39362 at 10,000.
00:28:4210 minus at .07.
00:28:45864 at 20.
00:28:54How are you getting on?
00:28:56Just finished.
00:28:57And?
00:28:59Well, as far as I can tell, it's an energy valve of complex and fantastic ingenuity.
00:29:04It's so complex, we can only theorize. It's quite beyond my knowledge.
00:29:08It works as a powerful oscillator on the bench circuits.
00:29:11It responds to stimuli throughout the electromagnetic spectrum.
00:29:14Throughout the spectrum?
00:29:16But how does it maintain equilibrium?
00:29:18Well, at the moment, I can only suggest that the selenium shell acts as a thermionic buffer
00:29:23and keeps the electrodes at their critical temperature.
00:29:25Go on.
00:29:26Well, the base control seems to be the source of a fluctuating magnetic field.
00:29:30Then it could act as an automatic monitor and control the input ratio.
00:29:34Yes, that's why I suggest that it's an energy valve.
00:29:36Good.
00:29:37I had a call today from the BBC radio monitoring service.
00:29:41They wanted to know if we were doing any experiments with high frequency transmitters last night.
00:29:46They were trying to trace the source of some bad interference which cut the radio and television reception.
00:29:52I told them it was nothing to do with us.
00:29:54Well, what time was this interference?
00:29:56About nine for about ten minutes or so.
00:29:58And it happened again later.
00:30:00Just about the time I left for home.
00:30:02And you felt ill soon afterwards, didn't you, Anne?
00:30:04Yes, that's right.
00:30:05This is an energy valve of incredible power.
00:30:09Of power quite beyond our comprehension.
00:30:12As far beyond it as atomic energy would have been to a 15th century alchemist.
00:30:17Now, 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 nine 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, received by the sphere and converted into its original form.
00:30:44Meaning?
00:30:46We've had a visitor from space, Anne.
00:30:48Well, now will you admit that I did see something last night?
00:30:51Now, now, wait, wait. We're still only theorizing, remember?
00:30:55I go along with Jack.
00:30:57Nobody believed me last night.
00:30:58All right, we'll accept it for the moment.
00:31:01But where did this creature go when Anne sounded the alarm?
00:31:05Well, back into space, possibly.
00:31:08But what's more important is what did it come for?
00:31:14And will it return?
00:31:19Cooper!
00:31:21On the roof with three men and two machine guns.
00:31:23Bellows, guard the west side of the building.
00:31:26Front gate, bring it in position. Sir!
00:31:30Right.
00:31:48Throat mind comfortable?
00:31:49Yes, I think so.
00:31:50Fuel telephones to the laboratory ready, sir.
00:31:52Radio circuit to the laboratory ready, sir.
00:31:54Check the amplifier circuit.
00:31:55Yes, sir.
00:31:57All right, 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, but I wouldn't miss this for the world.
00:32:05Well, good luck, then.
00:32:07Good luck.
00:32:08Oh, thank you.
00:32:11I 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.
00:32:18Now, let's get him.
00:32:19Right.
00:32:27Here, Jonesy.
00:32:28What?
00:32:29Come here.
00:32:31If you stare at something long enough, do you get to imagining things?
00:32:35No, not really.
00:32:36I was just looking at this thing here, and guess what?
00:32:39What?
00:32:40I distinctly saw a little trap door opening atop.
00:32:44Get away.
00:32:46Then what happened?
00:32:47A tiny little monster from Mars stuck his head out
00:32:51Then what happened?
00:32:52A tiny little monster from Mars stuck his head out
00:32:56and stared at me with his goggle eyes.
00:32:58Go on.
00:33:00What happened then?
00:33:01He says,
00:33:02Take me to your leader.
00:33:04Look out, there he is.
00:33:09And what are you giggling like an hysterical schoolgirl for, Jones?
00:33:12We were just having a bit of a laugh, Sarge.
00:33:14We were wondering what we'd do if a Martian popped out of that thing, Sarge.
00:33:17You'd place him under close arrest,
00:33:19and you'd march him smartly to the guard room.
00:33:21That's what you'd do, isn't it?
00:33:22Yes, we would, Sarge.
00:33:23That's what we said we'd have to do.
00:33:26Sarge, help!
00:33:27Right, Sarge.
00:33:28Right.
00:33:29Outside, you two.
00:33:30I've got a whole corps moved!
00:33:33Excuse me, sir.
00:33:34What?
00:33:35Oh.
00:33:37You try it now, sir.
00:33:39One, two, three, four, five, testing.
00:33:42Coming through loud and clear, sir.
00:33:45You'll be all right?
00:33:46Yes.
00:33:47And don't forget,
00:33:48under no circumstances are you to interfere.
00:33:53Will I, Doctor?
00:34:07I'm switching off the main lighting now.
00:34:09That'll enable me to see any visible change in the sphere at the earliest possible moment.
00:34:29Here, you can start it.
00:34:49Ah.
00:34:54Ah.
00:35:18Ah.
00:35:31The sphere is starting to activate.
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.
00:35:56There seems to be something that is affecting the human body.
00:36:01I don't have any great pain in my head.
00:36:08The sphere must be emitting a radiation that is injurious to the human being.
00:36:15I suggest, I urge, that everybody keeps clear until we know more about its effect.
00:36:39It's incredible.
00:36:41Incredible.
00:36:43The sphere's changing.
00:36:49Like, it's going 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.
00:37:06Even 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. Stand aside.
00:37:20Major, Dr. Morley has to be left alone. We must respect his wishes.
00:37:25My glasses.
00:37:27Glasses.
00:37:37Radiation.
00:37:50No.
00:37:52No.
00:37:53No.
00:37:54No.
00:37:56It's stopped.
00:38:02Help me. Help me. Help me.
00:38:06Help me.
00:38:36Help me.
00:38:46Poor devil.
00:38:50The sphere.
00:38:53It's gone.
00:39:00You two, sing to him, Robinson. Get over to the west wing.
00:39:03Sergeant, what happened?
00:39:04Two of the men thought they saw someone jump from the storeroom 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, but he just disappeared.
00:39:13One minute he was there, the 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.
00:39:18Major, sir, this way, please.
00:39:21Cover the gate, sir.
00:39:22Sir.
00:39:33Come on.
00:40:03Come on.
00:40:33Come on.
00:41:03Come on.
00:41:22Come in.
00:41:25Ah, Dr. Koster.
00:41:27Good of you to come along.
00:41:28I'm Superintendent Hartley. Sit down, would you?
00:41:31Doctor, do you mind if I start off by asking you a question?
00:41:34By all means.
00:41:36How well did you know your former colleague, the late Dr. Morley?
00:41:40Not very well.
00:41:42I learned in a very short time to respect him and to trust him a great deal.
00:41:46Had he survived, I'm sure he could have told us something about the creature.
00:41:49What he looked like.
00:41:51What his purpose was here on Earth.
00:41:53You've seen this, have you?
00:41:55Yes, of course.
00:41:56I'm afraid I've stirred things up a little bit by giving my story to the press,
00:41:59but it seemed to me the only way to get all that's happened into the limelight.
00:42:03Ah, yes. When a story like yours breaks,
00:42:05mind you, here at the yard, we view the whole thing with incredulity.
00:42:09Still, I can't afford to ignore anything, no matter how far-fetched.
00:42:14Particularly these days, so much going on in the world, isn't there?
00:42:17In the universe, yes. It's been going on all the time.
00:42:20Right now, we're finding out about it.
00:42:22Look, I've got a list here of the names of all the girls who've disappeared.
00:42:26You know, with one or two exceptions, not one of these girls has any known living relative.
00:42:31And this fact seems to fall into line with your theory, doesn't it?
00:42:34Oh, by the way, just for the record, what do we call him?
00:42:37Man, creature, thing?
00:42:38Anything.
00:42:39Smith.
00:42:40Jones.
00:42:41Smith. Good.
00:42:42Now, how did you arrive at a connection between Smith and these missing girls?
00:42:46In simple language, if you please, Doctor.
00:42:48I thought the press were fairly explicit.
00:42:50Smith has been seen.
00:42:52Vaguely described, I'll admit, but seen standing outside the homes of some of the missing girls.
00:42:56So Smith either murdered these girls or spirited them away.
00:43:00Taken them back into space.
00:43:02For what purpose?
00:43:03I don't know.
00:43:05Yes, but it's a pretty long shot, isn't it, Doctor?
00:43:07Yes, it is.
00:43:09Can I ask you a somewhat pertinent question?
00:43:11Yes, go right ahead.
00:43:12Are you seeking publicity?
00:43:14If that were asked by anybody but a police officer, I'd clobber him.
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 there must be a bridge between science and criminal detection.
00:43:33If you accept my premise that Smith murdered these girls or abducted them or whatever,
00:43:38then we must work together.
00:43:40Yes, well, I've been given permission to work with you.
00:43:43Where do you want to start?
00:43:45I'm glad.
00:43:47I received a letter this morning from a woman named Madge Lilburn.
00:43:51She's got a daughter that's been missing for three days.
00:43:55I think we ought to interview her. It goes like this.
00:43:57I haven't been to the police because they've never believed my story.
00:44:01And then yesterday I read your article in the newspaper.
00:44:04Jean went out about 7 o'clock that night.
00:44:07Says she'll be back about 11.
00:44:0911.
00:44:10Anyway, well, we went to bed early, didn't we?
00:44:13Yes.
00:44:14She's got her own front door key.
00:44:15Yes, she's got her own key.
00:44:16Anyway, when Madge went in to call her in the morning...
00:44:20When I went in to call her, you see, the...
00:44:21She'd found a bed I'd been sleeping.
00:44:24There's one thing you ought to know there, sir.
00:44:27I know what you must be thinking, but really,
00:44:29Jean isn't the sort of girl to go off without a word like that, is she?
00:44:32Never has been, no.
00:44:33No, she's a good, she's a considerate girl.
00:44:35Always been proud of her, you know.
00:44:37Yes, I'm sure, I'm sure.
00:44:39Did you know where she was going?
00:44:42It was a secret, you see.
00:44:44See, she was going 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.
00:44:58No.
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.
00:45:07Thursday?
00:45:08Yeah, it was my lodge note, wasn't it?
00:45:09Oh, it was Thursday, that's right.
00:45:11Well, there was this ring at the door.
00:45:12Match was all alone, you see.
00:45:14I was all alone.
00:45:15I 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.
00:45:25Go on, dear, tell him about the man.
00:45:27They haven't got all night.
00:45:28Give me a 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.
00:45:36I was quite surprised, really.
00:45:38I was a bit scared because, well, we don't get visitors very often at night, you know.
00:45:42Not during the week.
00:45:44Well, except Frieda, she sometimes pops in, but I knew it couldn't be her.
00:45:47She'd gone down to Crawley.
00:45:48She told me she was going.
00:45:50Well, anyway, it was Thursday.
00:45:52I was all alone, as Reg says.
00:45:54There was this ring at the door.
00:46:08Yes?
00:46:33Yes?
00:46:35Who is that?
00:46:37What is it?
00:46:38What do you want?
00:46:39Mrs Lilburn?
00:46:41Yes?
00:46:42Is your daughter in?
00:46:44Oh, no, I'm afraid she isn't.
00:46:46Do you want to see her?
00:46:47I have a parcel to leave her.
00:46:50Oh, is that all?
00:46:51Well, I'll take it.
00:46:54Come on, then.
00:46:55I don't want to stand here all night, it's cold.
00:46:58Give me the parcel.
00:47:03Good night, Mrs Lilburn.
00:47:05Good night.
00:47:09Oh, he came with the creeps, though, I'll tell you that.
00:47:12Standing there in the shadows.
00:47:14He did have a nice voice, though, I must say that.
00:47:17Yes, he did have a nice voice.
00:47:19It was sort of educated, you know.
00:47:21I always say you can tell a well-educated voice.
00:47:23And you think this man may have had something to do with your daughter's disappearance?
00:47:27I'm certain of it.
00:47:28Right, you shouldn't say that.
00:47:29What makes you say that, Mrs Lilburn?
00:47:31Well, there was this packet he left for her.
00:47:33Oh, what was in it?
00:47:34A photograph.
00:47:35Oh, it was a photograph, a gene.
00:47:38It was a very good one, you know.
00:47:40Well, it wasn't very flattering.
00:47:42Well, it was sort of artistic, you know.
00:47:45It was in colour, you see.
00:47:47And, well, I'd never seen one like it before.
00:47:50It was one of these new ones.
00:47:52What do you mean, new?
00:47:53Oh, 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.
00:48:00And it was in 3D, you know.
00:48:03May we see the photograph, Mrs Lilburn?
00:48:05I'm afraid not.
00:48:06No, she took it with her when she went to the interview.
00:48:08I remember her saying,
00:48:09I mustn't forget to take the photograph, she said.
00:48:11Mr Medra wants me to take the photograph.
00:48:13Medra?
00:48:14Oh, fancy me forgetting that.
00:48:15That's his name.
00:48:16Oh, honestly, your daughter told him.
00:48:17So, she went to see a Mr Medra?
00:48:19Yes.
00:48:20How did you come to meet him in the first place?
00:48:22Oh, I don't know.
00:48:23Well, you know what I think, Madge?
00:48:25I think she got it out on that magazine.
00:48:28Bikini Girl?
00:48:29Yeah, yeah.
00:48:30Bikini Girl.
00:48:31Bikini Girl.
00:48:32She's always reading this magazine, Bikini Girl.
00:48:35She's dying to be a model.
00:48:37I've got a copy of it here.
00:48:38Well, there should be one somewhere, I think.
00:48:43Oh, thank you.
00:48:46Mrs Lilburn, you mentioned something about his breathing.
00:48:49Oh, yes.
00:48:50It was heavy, you know, very heavy,
00:48:52like he'd got asthma or something.
00:48:54You know, like when he had that bad turn of bronchitis.
00:48:57Do you remember?
00:48:58Oh, don't remind me.
00:48:59He said then, wasn't it?
00:49:00Medra.
00:49:01That's right.
00:49:02Send the name down to records, see if they can dig anything up.
00:49:05Yes, sir.
00:49:06How many girls is it, Grant?
00:49:08Twenty-one were the Lilburn girls, sir.
00:49:10Twenty-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,
00:49:17but I'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.
00:50:30I don't know.
00:51:00Miss Malone.
00:51:05Mr. Medra.
00:51:07Mr. Medra.
00:51:09Come closer, Miss Malone.
00:51:18There is nothing to be afraid of.
00:51:21Are you afraid of me?
00:51:24No.
00:51:25I'm not really.
00:51:27Sit down, please.
00:51:31You must remember that no harm will come to you.
00:51:35No harm will come to you.
00:51:39No harm will come to you.
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00:52:41Any luck?
00:52:43Records have nothing on Medra, sir.
00:52:46What about Interpol?
00:52:47No, nothing like that, sir.
00:52:48I've checked all the photographers as well.
00:52:49No one called Medra.
00:52:50I might have found something.
00:52:52Look at that ad.
00:52:54Independent television film producer requires talent.
00:52:56Young 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 around the missing girls' homes.
00:53:06Tonight, sir?
00:53:07Yes, tonight.
00:53:10Yes, sir.
00:53:14All of them, sir?
00:53:15All 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, Commandant.
00:53:26Yes, sir.
00:53:27Right, what's next?
00:53:28We should be discussing Hartley's case now, sir.
00:53:30Ah, yes, indeed.
00:53:31And by the way, Savage, I...
00:53:33I see you've made no progress on that research establishment business.
00:53:36I'm afraid not, sir.
00:53:37Well, it's over a month now, you know.
00:53:38I'm sorry I'm late, sir.
00:53:40Two more reported missing.
00:53:42That makes 23, doesn't it?
00:53:43Yes, sir.
00:53:44Oh, we had but a couple of leads at last.
00:53:46I 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.
00:54:00They go up for an interview where they have their photograph taken.
00:54:03And the photograph is then delivered to the girls' homes on the night before they disappear.
00:54:07Now, I've got a couple of descriptions of the man who delivered them.
00:54:10It's the same man each time.
00:54:12He sounds a bit of a freak, sir.
00:54:14A freak?
00:54:15Yes, he always comes after dark and he always stays in the shadows.
00:54:18He seems to be very tall.
00:54:20And he wears some sort of a scarf across the lower half of his face.
00:54:24And from the sound of his breathing, he could be an asthmatic.
00:54:27Well, it shouldn't be too difficult to find.
00:54:29Well, I've saved the most important lead until last, sir.
00:54:31Grant was checking the girls' homes about this Bikini Girl magazine.
00:54:35And he came up with the only piece of luck we've had so far.
00:54:37What's that?
00:54:38One of the girls has a younger brother.
00:54:40He collects car numbers.
00:54:42He was coming home from scouts one night.
00:54:44And he took down the number of a car parked outside the house.
00:54:47Well, that simplifies matters.
00:54:49Well, not quite, sir.
00:54:50You see, Grant checked records half an hour ago.
00:54:53The car's been reported stolen.
00:54:55Oh, no.
00:54:56Yes. A month ago.
00:54:58From a government research establishment at Faisley Park.
00:55:02You're all right, Fred.
00:55:04How'd you get on, sir?
00:55:05Oh, splendidly.
00:55:07The old man's put the head of a special branch in charge of the case.
00:55:10Commander Savage? Why on earth should he do that?
00:55:12Still a hush-hush, I'm afraid, Tom. Let's leave it at that.
00:55:15Did you get through to the editor of Bikini Girl?
00:55:17Yes, sir. The advertisement was paid and posted in with a post office money order.
00:55:20They've seen the people concerned. The address given was a false one. I checked.
00:55:24Was there a name on the application?
00:55:25Medra.
00:55:27I also found out how many applications had arrived at the box number.
00:55:30How many?
00:55:31Two hundred and one.
00:55:32Good grief.
00:55:34Yes, the editor said that sort of ad always gets a lot of replies.
00:55:37Yeah, but they must have forwarded the applications on to somewhere.
00:55:39To Truza. To an address in Soho.
00:55:50Oh, I'm so sorry, Inspector. Did I frighten you?
00:56:15Superintendent, no you didn't.
00:56:16Oh, congratulations.
00:56:18It'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. It's in the same game, you see.
00:56:26Different version, same game.
00:56:29Anything I can do for you, Inspector?
00:56:31A superintendent.
00:56:33Medra. That's what you can do for me.
00:56:35Medra? Medra.
00:56:38Don't know.
00:56:40You had over two hundred answers to an advertisement in Bikini Girl over the last 18 months.
00:56:44So don't tell me you don't know.
00:56:46I use my business as an accommodation address.
00:56:49Anything wrong in that, Superintendent?
00:56:52You'll find out what's wrong if you don't cooperate.
00:56:54Now, come on. Give me a description.
00:56:57That'll be hard.
00:57:00He always did seem a creepy sort of bloke, though.
00:57:03But if you don't do business with peculiar people, you don't do business in this part of the world.
00:57:09Now, what did he look like? You must have got a good look at him in here.
00:57:11Mm-hmm. He always had a scarf all over his face. You couldn't see very much of it.
00:57:15But, uh, he was tall, though.
00:57:17Yes, he was very tall. He was about six foot five, I should think.
00:57:21Very odd, too.
00:57:23He always had a strange way of keeping in the shadows.
00:57:27Yes, like you.
00:57:29Now, come out from behind there where I can see you.
00:57:32Ooh.
00:57:34Why do you mean, odd?
00:57:36Well, sort of unnatural.
00:57:38As some people aren't normal.
00:57:39No, they're not.
00:57:41I suppose I've seen this murderer about a dozen times.
00:57:44Each time I've seen him, he seems sort of weird.
00:57:47No, I know.
00:57:49Sounds crazy.
00:57:51I think he wore a mask.
00:57:53A mask? But under the scarf?
00:57:55Mm-hmm. A mask.
00:57:57You could see his eyes through the slits.
00:57:59Oh, they were horrible.
00:58:01Green, like a snake's.
00:58:03I like men with nice eyes, don't you?
00:58:06I tell you something, he even gave me the creeps.
00:58:09Then why did you agree to hand the letters for him?
00:58:12Because he paid me, well, 50 quid down on a pound for each letter.
00:58:15Oh, not bad.
00:58:17I did all right, didn't I?
00:58:19I didn't know he was crooked, though.
00:58:21Who said he was?
00:58:23Well, I thought, what's he done, anyway?
00:58:25You've read in the papers about the girls who've gone missing?
00:58:28Yeah. Well, I had nothing to do with that.
00:58:31No?
00:58:33No. Letters.
00:58:34Girls. Photographs.
00:58:36Some men pay a lot for the little, in my line.
00:58:40How did he get the letters?
00:58:42Called for them every couple of evenings.
00:58:44You expect him this evening?
00:58:46Mm-hmm.
00:58:48Any 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.
00:58:56All right. I'll have them here later.
00:58:58You got some letters for him?
00:59:00No, I'm afraid things have been slackening off 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.
00:59:13Magic seeing you again.
00:59:28You wanted to see me, sir?
00:59:30Yes, Hartley. This is Dr. Costain and Miss Anne Barlow.
00:59:32They're from the Research Institute at Faisley Park.
00:59:35Dr. Costain and I have met. How do you do?
00:59:37Good. Well, now sit down. 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,
00:59:47and when he turns up, we'll be waiting for him.
00:59:49If he goes to that shop, we'll catch him.
00:59:51There's no man alive who can get through the net I'm spreading for him.
00:59:54Unfortunately, gentlemen, Medra is no man alive.
00:59:57In many respects, he's superhuman.
00:59:59Not born of this planet.
01:00:00You're not just up against a criminal mind.
01:00:03We're fighting an alien civilization,
01:00:05one at least a hundred or maybe a thousand years in advance of ours.
01:00:09Let's show the man.
01:00:12This is a map of the planetary system.
01:00:16Here's the sun with its nine major planets.
01:00:19Earth is the third planet.
01:00:21This is the fifth planet, Jupiter,
01:00:23the giant planet with its 12 moons.
01:00:26And this, gentlemen,
01:00:27is where Medra comes from.
01:00:29Jupiter III, the third moon.
01:00:31Known to astronomers as Ganymede.
01:00:34Now, wait a minute.
01:00:36Just let's assume that Medra did come from outer space.
01:00:39How can you possibly know that it was from Jupiter III?
01:00:42As you know, we've been examining a sphere at Paisley Park.
01:00:45We've been able to collate enough evidence
01:00:47to prove that it was an energy valve of incredible proportions.
01:00:50A valve which is the slave of a master system,
01:00:53the whole of which is used to transfer energy.
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
01:01:02on 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
01:01:11to prove that as well.
01:01:13But why has he come to Earth?
01:01:15Why is he involved with these missing girls?
01:01:17That's what we're trying to find out.
01:01:19One possible explanation might be
01:01:21that they're being abducted for experimental purposes.
01:01:23Genetic experiments, do you mean?
01:01:25The investigation of man under laboratory conditions.
01:01:28Dissemination would be a simple matter
01:01:30for 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,
01:01:38like a diver under the sea.
01:01:40We think he has to wear
01:01:42a special kind of breathing apparatus
01:01:44built into a mask to cope with our atmosphere.
01:01:46Yes, I see.
01:01:49Gentlemen,
01:01:51I have a suggestion to make.
01:01:52Well, it's not a suggestion,
01:01:54it's a fait accompli.
01:01:56I have applied to Medra for an interview.
01:01:58You've what?
01:02:00I'm meeting him tonight
01:02:02at the place where you hope to trap him,
01:02:04at Thorburn's bookshop.
01:02:06You'll do no such thing, Anne.
01:02:08Look, Jack, you need information, don't you?
01:02:10You need his knowledge.
01:02:12Without that, all your work will be wasted,
01:02:14and the kind of threat we believe he is
01:02:16will grow.
01:02:18You need someone to find out what he's about
01:02:20before the police get him.
01:02:22Because 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,
01:02:30but it's not your life she's risking.
01:02:32Anne, 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
01:02:48that Dr. Morley constituted a direct threat to him.
01:02:50But so would you.
01:02:52I don't think so.
01:02:55Just a few minutes, Jack.
01:02:57Please.
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.
01:03:06All right.
01:03:08Have it your way.
01:03:10All right, boys, take up your positions.
01:03:21The moment Medra moves into the alley,
01:03:23both 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?
01:03:35She'll be here any minute.
01:03:50♪
01:04:21Doctor.
01:04:27She's ahead of time.
01:04:51Typical of Thorburn to leave the door unlocked.
01:04:54Lazy brute.
01:05:21♪
01:05:23♪
01:05:49Miss Barlow.
01:05:52Miss Barlow.
01:05:56Why did you ask for this interview?
01:06:00I was interested in your advertisement.
01:06:14You are a professional model.
01:06:17Yes.
01:06:19I'm afraid I don't believe you.
01:06:20Look in my eyes.
01:06:25I said I'd give her three minutes.
01:06:27Yes, with Medra.
01:06:29In the shop, with or without Medra.
01:06:32Three minutes and there's only two left.
01:06:34On no sign of him.
01:06:36I wish I could be sure of that.
01:06:38You are frightened of me, aren't you?
01:06:41Yes.
01:06:43I'm frightened.
01:06:46That's how I know you're lying.
01:06:47Only those who wish me harm become frightened.
01:06:51Now, tell me the truth.
01:06:54I came to see you
01:06:56to ask your purpose in visiting the Earth.
01:07:00And to learn the secrets of my planet, Ganymede.
01:07:04What else did you come here for?
01:07:07To find out what has become of the girls you abducted.
01:07:12We scientists,
01:07:13have tried not to accept the idea that you wish to destroy.
01:07:19We believe
01:07:21that you are of a civilization and intelligence
01:07:25a thousand years in advance of ours.
01:07:29Yet you do destroy.
01:07:32Haven't you learned the futility of violence?
01:07:36We have suffered from violence just like you.
01:07:39We try to be gentle.
01:07:41I want to know...
01:07:44Yes?
01:07:46What happened on your planet?
01:07:50We interfered with the laws of the universe
01:07:53just as you are attempting to do now.
01:07:56We found it impossible to suppress the emotions of love and hate.
01:08:01So we slipped back into the dark abyss.
01:08:04And now,
01:08:05The problem of life is that there is always an enemy
01:08:08who will kill or be killed.
01:08:11There is always someone to fear.
01:08:15You have no need to fear me.
01:08:18On the contrary,
01:08:20I fear what I cannot control.
01:08:23And I cannot control an intelligence that is almost equal to mine.
01:08:28A mind such as yours,
01:08:30searches,
01:08:31and destroys.
01:08:53Okay, let's go.
01:09:01Anne!
01:09:09Anne!
01:09:31Anne!
01:09:50Are you all right?
01:09:52He was here all the time.
01:10:01Come on.
01:10:06Go 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 not only of superhuman intelligence and power,
01:10:19but one also possessing a primordial lust for violence and savagery.
01:10:24Also, gentlemen, it's my opinion that 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?
01:10:33No, none at all.
01:10:35That's why it's imperative that we track down that sphere and 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.
01:10:55If we use something more powerful than a radio detector band,
01:10:59we could pick out the spots that were made negative and find it by a process of elimination.
01:11:03But we'd need the cooperation of every radio astronomy establishment in this whole country.
01:11:10Well, 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. Can 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.
01:11:25We know that over 200 girls replied to that ad, sir.
01:11:28I am aware of that, Hartley. But there's something here even more important.
01:11:31I know that, sir.
01:11:33All right, put out the warning. But nothing else.
01:11:36I want to hold what happened last night from the press till the last possible moment.
01:11:40Before the news, we have an urgent police announcement.
01:11:44Will any girl who applied for a position in answer to an advertisement
01:11:48that appeared in this month's edition of Bikini Girl magazine,
01:11:51under the box number 968, please 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.
01:12:18Lieutenant, make sure that the master references are marked out exactly.
01:12:21Do you think it'll work?
01:12:23It all depends on whether we can find and set the wavelengths of the sphere.
01:12:27If 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, we'll be the site of the sphere.
01:12:41After that, sir, it'll be up to you.
01:12:44Every 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 just speaking to has met Medra.
01:12:57Met him last night.
01:12:59Would you get the address?
01:13:01Thank you. I'll send a police officer around to get the details.
01:13:03Have the place raided.
01:13:05That's not all, sir. She just had a photograph delivered.
01:13:07You can guess the description she gave.
01:13:09I'll go and see her.
01:13:11If 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.
01:13:17Anything happen yet?
01:13:19No.
01:13:21Why don't you relax?
01:13:23Relax?
01:13:25I guess you're right. There's nothing I can do until Hartley gets through.
01:13:28Tell me, this, um, this, what do you call it, um, transmutation of matter,
01:13:32do you think we'll ever be able to do it?
01:13:34It's possible.
01:13:36You might say we have our feet on the bottom rung of that ladder.
01:13:38We have?
01:13:40Yeah, we can transmit in two dimensions.
01:13:42On the telly.
01:13:44All we need is the third, substance.
01:13:46And 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,
01:13:58which 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.
01:14:13And then the door opening without any warning.
01:14:15Of course, I realized it was worked by some kind of remote control,
01:14:18but they make you jump when they open, all the same.
01:14:21And this Mr. Medra, did he threaten you?
01:14:23Well, you'll think this is funny, I know, but I can't remember him.
01:14:29I remember standing in this room asking if he was there,
01:14:32and I remember his voice speaking.
01:14:34It was a wonderful voice.
01:14:36Kind and soothing.
01:14:39Do you know what I mean?
01:14:41And you don't remember this being televised?
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.
01:14:51It seems a perfectly ordinary photograph to me.
01:14:54Well, not to me it isn't.
01:14:58It's so lifelike.
01:15:00And the background seems to... to alter.
01:15:04Alter? Well, how do you mean alter?
01:15:06Well, sometimes when I...
01:15:09Oh, forget it, it's just my imagination.
01:15:11And you don't remember anything at all about the interview?
01:15:15Nothing. The only thing I remember after Mr. Medra's speaking
01:15:18was being in the street outside his office.
01:15:20Yeah, well, perhaps it'll come back to you later.
01:15:23I'm having a flat watched, Mr. Malone,
01:15:25so if you see some men hanging about, don't be afraid.
01:15:28I can't believe I could be in any danger from Mr. Medra there.
01:15:32That's just why you are in danger.
01:15:34Because you don't believe it.
01:15:41I don't believe it.
01:16:12No luck at Medra's office, sir. He's deserted.
01:16:15Oh. Did you leave somebody outside?
01:16:17Yes, sir. How'd you get on with the Malone girl?
01:16:19She didn't tell us a thing we don't already know.
01:16:21I've got a feeling, though.
01:16:23I think Medra will make a move for her tonight.
01:16:26We're staying put.
01:16:41MUSIC PLAYS
01:17:11MUSIC FADES
01:17:41MUSIC FADES
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.
01:18:09Keep in constant touch.
01:18:11Very good, sir.
01:18:18Sir.
01:18:20MUSIC PLAYS
01:18:21MUSIC FADES
01:18:42PHONE RINGS
01:18:45Yes?
01:18:47What?
01:18:48Medra's just picked up another girl.
01:18:49Don't lose them, Hartley.
01:18:51Lieutenant, keep this line open and mark the route.
01:18:57Message coming through from Jodrell Bank, sir.
01:18:59What is it?
01:19:01They've started to pick up a signal from the sphere, sir.
01:19:03No direction obtainable at present strength.
01:19:05PHONE RINGS
01:19:20WHIRRING
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 out of 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 to kill.
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.
01:20:14Don't you see, if we can separate him from the sphere or destroy it,
01:20:16we'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, blue 857.
01:20:43Well, that's about ten miles from here.
01:20:45Position now reported, sir.
01:20:47All right, let's go.
01:21:10Where are you going?
01:21:12To look for the girl.
01:21:14Stay here.
01:21:18All right.
01:21:29Follow you, men. Come on and build it.
01:21:31Any load up in the end?
01:21:33Not today.
01:21:35Bring it up.
01:21:48Surround this place.
01:21:50Corporal, set the main so every exit is guarded.
01:21:58In a few minutes, I shall be returning to my planet.
01:22:01Nothing you do can stop me.
01:22:04My task here on Earth is completed.
01:22:07Tell us about your planet, Medra.
01:22:10A thousand years ago, we made our first stumbling steps into space.
01:22:15We visited the Earth.
01:22:17Only to find we could not survive its atmosphere.
01:22:20But we from Ganymede knew that we were superior beings and had nothing to learn from you.
01:22:26We had knowledge that could lead to eternal peace and progress.
01:22:31But also embodying the darker powers of universal destruction.
01:22:35So our civilization ended, just as yours will end.
01:22:39But there were survivors.
01:22:42A few.
01:22:44And they were terrible to look upon.
01:22:46It took centuries of procreation before signs of normality began to appear.
01:22:51A hand like this, instead of this.
01:22:55My face?
01:22:57You would like to see it, perhaps?
01:23:00It is quite typical.
01:23:02Is that why you came to Earth?
01:23:05To find new blood?
01:23:07You have no need to fear for the young women who are returning with me.
01:23:11They will come to no harm.
01:23:13You see, we have learned our lesson.
01:23:16One day I may return.
01:23:19If it isn't too late.
01:23:21I will return.
01:23:23I will return.
01:23:25I will return.
01:23:27I will return.
01:23:28I will return.
01:23:30If it isn't too late.
01:23:44Let's hope they find the cure.
01:23:47And tell us.