First broadcast 1st November 1979.
With Sapphire unconscious, Steel is unnerved by the appearance of her ghost on the railway platform with the other spirits.
David McCallum ... Steel
Joanna Lumley ... Sapphire
Gerald James ... Tully
Tom Kelly ... Pearce
David Woodcock ... 1st Submariner
David Cann ... Pilot
With Sapphire unconscious, Steel is unnerved by the appearance of her ghost on the railway platform with the other spirits.
David McCallum ... Steel
Joanna Lumley ... Sapphire
Gerald James ... Tully
Tom Kelly ... Pearce
David Woodcock ... 1st Submariner
David Cann ... Pilot
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00:30I've got one more op to complete and then I go home.
00:47And he did say, sir, the group said, that as your flight is one man short and all my
00:52team have boarded, that you...
00:56All right, sir.
00:59Sorry, sir.
01:55All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension.
02:13Transuranic heavy elements may not be used where there is life.
02:18Medium atomic weights are available.
02:21Gold, lead, copper, jet, diamond, radium, sapphire, silver and steel.
02:33Sapphire and steel have been assigned.
02:51It's up there.
02:57Yes.
02:58How's Sapphire?
02:59Why, she's still asleep.
03:01Are you going up there?
03:03Yes.
03:05It's almost like an invitation.
03:07Huh?
03:08Each time he starts to whistle one of his tunes.
03:10Yes.
03:12I'd like to say that with the seance of what happened afterwards, well, I could have been
03:22wrong about some things, that is.
03:25It was a darkness, you see.
03:28Even the spirit of the schoolteacher warned us.
03:30Yes, yes, yes, she did.
03:32But I knew, I knew the moment the darkness appeared that we were dealing with something
03:36evil.
03:37I sensed it, I felt it.
03:38Even the crucifix trembled.
03:40There he is up there inviting us once again.
03:42Yes, but things are different now.
03:44Hmm?
03:45We know about him.
03:46We know his name.
03:47Oh, yes.
03:49You go back into the waiting room.
03:50Take care of Sapphire.
03:54But what about the darkness?
03:57It's gone.
03:58But it could reappear, couldn't it?
03:59It could, yes.
04:00I thought that's why I got this.
04:04Take care of Sapphire.
04:07All right.
04:16Sammy?
04:22Sam?
04:30Sam Pierce!
04:32That's your name, isn't it?
04:35We know it is, so there's no need for you to hide in the darkness anymore.
04:51We don't have to hide.
04:54That's our privilege.
04:57The privilege of the living.
05:05Steel.
05:27Tolly?
05:31Yes?
05:32Is Sapphire still in there with you?
05:34Of course she's still in there.
05:36Check again.
05:37Check again?
05:38Look!
05:43Yes, she's still here. She's still asleep.
06:32She's asleep.
07:03What's the matter?
07:05What is it?
07:07You said something earlier on.
07:09About the subconscious.
07:11The fact that it could be somewhere else.
07:14I did, yes. Between journeys.
07:16Either that or the séance has had an exhausting effect on her.
07:19After all, she was sent back a long way on her journey.
07:21A great distance in time, and that can be very tiring.
07:23You were right.
07:25I'm just going to have a look.
07:27I'm going to have a look.
07:29That can be very tiring.
07:30You were right.
07:32I've just seen Sapphire on the platform.
07:34I'm sorry, I don't understand.
07:36I have just seen Sapphire, or what looked like Sapphire,
07:38out there on the station platform with Pierce and the others.
07:42And it was as if...
07:44Sapphire was one of them.
07:49The subconscious, can it be seen?
07:52You mean, does it have a human shape?
07:53Yes!
07:54I wouldn't have thought so, no.
07:55Otherwise, it could hardly be termed the subconscious, could it?
07:58All right, Mr. Tully.
08:00Would you say it's possible to have such things as ghosts of the living?
08:03No.
08:05Would you?
08:06I mean, there are all sorts of theories about visual fallacies, but...
08:11The séance hadn't quite finished.
08:13No.
08:15I broke the circle.
08:16Yes, and here's the result.
08:19I'm going to try and take a close look at the other one.
08:25Don't worry, I'll look after her.
08:35I realize how important she is to you.
08:39I'll try talking to her.
08:41I'll try talking to her.
08:43I'll try talking to her.
08:45I'll try talking to her.
08:47What?
08:48Well, many medical practitioners believe that...
08:51talking to a patient who is comatose can often prove therapeutic, even...
08:56curative.
08:57That's a good idea. You do that.
09:17Sapphire.
09:22Sapphire.
09:32It's no good, Pierce.
09:35No good.
09:37You're still late, you see.
09:40Over 60 years too late.
09:42Oh, I wouldn't say that.
09:44I would.
09:46Your war's finished.
09:48Finished a long time ago.
09:53A bit different to yours, then.
09:56Yours has just begun.
10:16You left me here, Steele.
10:18This is where you left me.
10:20We didn't exactly leave you.
10:22Right here.
10:24So now I suppose I'm as much a part of this station as he is.
10:27No.
10:32Not sure of me?
10:34Well, you can't be sure of me.
10:36I'm sure of you.
10:37I'm sure of you.
10:38I'm sure of you.
10:39I'm sure of you.
10:40I'm sure of you.
10:41I'm sure of you.
10:42I'm sure of you.
10:44Well, you can't exactly do a spot analysis, can you?
10:47It's not your territory, remember?
10:51Why shouldn't I be sure of you?
10:54Because I know it's not in your nature to be sure of anything.
10:57But I know you're Sapphire.
10:59Oh.
11:00And there's only one of you, isn't there?
11:04Yes.
11:05Well, then.
11:08Where's Pierce gone?
11:10How should I know?
11:11Well, you just said that you're as much a part of this station as he is,
11:14so I thought perhaps you'd know.
11:16Well, I expect he's busy.
11:18Busy?
11:19Busy waiting.
11:20For what?
11:22For others, of course.
11:24Others? Like him?
11:26Yes.
11:27And like the pilot and the young man from the submarine?
11:29Yes.
11:30How many others?
11:31What?
11:32How many others is he expecting?
11:35I don't know.
11:36One? Five? Ten?
11:38I said I don't know.
11:39A thousand? A hundred?
11:40I mean, there must be a lot of applicants, surely.
11:44Anyway, Steele, since you left me here,
11:46since you abandoned me,
11:48I've had time to think.
11:50Oh, yes?
11:51And realize.
11:55Realize what?
11:58That we shouldn't be here on this particular assignment.
12:02No?
12:07Our information was false.
12:09Our briefing was wrong.
12:12Those after-images are harmless.
12:15Harmless?
12:16Yes, and they'll be gone soon anyway.
12:19So why don't we just leave them in peace?
12:23All right.
12:25Let's leave them in peace, shall we?
12:30Come on.
12:32I haven't finished talking yet.
12:36Oh.
12:38Oh, sorry.
12:44Well, I suppose my interest in the supernatural started early.
12:51When I was at school, I suppose.
12:55Yes, I think it was when I was at school.
12:58It started as a game,
12:59but I soon realized that I was experiencing something more than that.
13:03When the others have arrived, they'll all leave.
13:06To go where?
13:07I don't know.
13:08To go back where they came from?
13:09I don't know, but I do know that they intend to leave.
13:15Steele?
13:18Would you mind looking at me when I'm talking to you?
13:23After all, there's no one else here.
13:26Only us.
13:28I spent a great deal of time with you.
13:31I spent a great deal of time as a lad
13:34going to churches and places like that.
13:36My hobby in those days was brass rubbing.
13:40And other lads of my age were involved in sporting activities.
13:44But not me.
13:49Tell me what happened.
13:50Happened?
13:52Well, you say you want to talk.
13:53I do.
13:54Well then, tell me what happened when you were left behind.
13:57Well, I suppose I was given the chance to understand.
14:02To understand Pierce and his friends?
14:04Yes.
14:05And to sympathize with them?
14:07To an extent, yes.
14:09And to find them harmless?
14:12Yes.
14:15I've always allowed myself to have an open mind.
14:19To believe that one can approve and accept something
14:22without necessarily having to understand it is, for me,
14:24the first essential before any man can have
14:27a supernatural or religious experience.
14:32A mind that is closed cannot be receptive.
14:36What about the power?
14:38What power?
14:39The darkness, remember?
14:41Oh, yes.
14:42Is it also harmless?
14:45Yes.
14:46You were wrong about that as well.
14:48Yes.
14:50So, in a way, it was fortunate that I was left behind.
14:52Why fortunate?
14:54Well, because of what I've learned, the truth.
14:57Steele, aren't you pleased with me?
15:00Huh?
15:01Yes.
15:03Well, you might at least show it.
15:05You might at least congratulate me.
15:06All right, I congratulate you.
15:08Thank you, Steele. Thank you very much.
15:11I'll just go and fetch Mr. Tully, shall I?
15:23I'm sure he'd like to congratulate you, too.
15:27Oh, there's no need to fetch Tully.
15:30He will be here.
15:33He will be with us soon.
15:40I've often felt that I was the wrong age for proper psychical achievement.
15:46A friend of mine once told me that cats,
15:48children of old people, have the best results.
15:54Perhaps that's because they have the time to be patient,
15:58the time to be tolerant.
16:01So, in a way, I'm looking forward to reaching 70.
16:06Even getting into my 80s, which means I should find success.
16:11Don't you think so, Steele?
16:13Yes.
16:14Yes.
16:15As soon as Mr. Tully arrives, we'll pack up and leave.
16:19I thought you'd agree.
16:20After all, we have such a fine working relationship, don't we?
16:23Yes.
16:24One of the best, right?
16:26That's probably because we know each other so well.
16:28Of course.
16:29And can anticipate each other's thoughts and moods.
16:32Exactly.
16:33So there's never any real need to even ask each other questions.
16:37Never.
16:38Even though there's one particular question that keeps nagging inside the head.
16:44Like the one that's inside my head right now.
16:48The one that's crying out for an answer.
16:52Well, perhaps it doesn't need an answer.
16:57Oh, but it does.
17:02Ask it.
17:04Ask your question.
17:05Ask your question.
17:10If you're the sapphire that I've grown to know and to love...
17:25Who is that person?
17:30What person?
17:32That person in the waiting room with Tully.
17:46I suppose I'd be quite prepared to go on until I was...
17:54Steel!
18:02Steel!
18:05Steel!
18:21I've learned darkness from this field, Lord, and by thy great mercy descend the small pebbles and daisies of this land.
18:32Oh!
18:38I couldn't get out of the play.
18:45It's my little kid's birthday tomorrow.
18:47I was going to look after the garden.
19:02Such a war had just begun, didn't I?
19:07By thy great mercy, descend the small pebbles and daisies of this land.
19:11Light thy darkness, Lord.
19:32Ah!
19:42Ah!
20:02Light thy darkness, Lord. Light thy darkness, Lord.
20:06Oh, please leave us alone. I beg you.
20:09Wake up. Wake up. You must wake up.
20:12We haven't harmed you. I haven't harmed you.
20:15Oh, please. Please let us go.
20:18I promise. I promise that I'll leave. I'll go now. I promise that.
20:24I leave. I leave you in peace.
20:31Oh, thank you.
20:37I'm sorry. I didn't understand. I'm sorry.
20:42Just me? You mean...
20:47Just me?
20:48Just me?
20:57Sapphire!
21:00I'll get help, Sapphire. I will. I'll get help.
21:14Steel! Steel!
21:19Steel!
21:23Steel!
21:26Steel, they said I could leave.
21:32They said I could go, and I'm going.
21:35But don't worry. I'll get help.
21:40I'll send back help.
21:48I'm so glad.
22:19Are you in there?
22:27Excuse me. I need one op.
22:31Just the one. Then I'm off home on leave.
22:35I don't mind what I fly. I'll go tail-end Charlie. It makes no difference to me.
22:40And I know you fellas are flying too short, so...
22:44Really? Can't any of you use me? Please?
22:56Excuse me, sir.
23:13I'm sorry.
23:38I've been allowed to leave.
23:41Have you now? Yes.
23:47Reckon you'd better leave now.
23:50But this seems to be the only remaining exit point.
23:53That's right. Over the bridge.
24:03I noticed just now that there were others down on the platform.
24:09Who are they? Just others.
24:16When I first came here two months ago, I said that I was your friend.
24:20I still am.
24:23I said then that I wanted to help you, and I still do.
24:28My dear boy, whatever it is that has this shameful hold on you...
24:38I'm not going to let you.
25:08Ow!
25:29There'd be a detail out here for adoring.
25:32Wire detail.
25:34Might find you.
25:37Or what's left to you after the next barrage.
25:43And again, they may not come.
25:46I mean, you can't blame them.
25:48Even the stretcher-bearers won't come out here.
25:59Sammy?
26:02Pierce.
26:04Private S. Pierce.
26:10You should have left us alone.
26:13We were causing no harm.
26:16You just wanted what was owed to us, that's all.
26:18Pierce! Come on!
26:25You asked me once, remember?
26:28You asked me to sit and talk with you.
26:31Well, I've sat and I've talked.
26:34On my terms for a change and not yours.
26:41It's going to be a favorable winter.
26:44It'll slip into spring like it was one and the same.
26:49And then it'll be Eastertide.
26:53Anyway, you'll be leaving us soon.
26:56You'll be leaving us soon?
26:59You've got no choice.
27:26You've got no choice.
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