All language subtitles for Journey To The Center of Time (1967) [Sci-Fi Movie]

During the span of man's evolution, time
has been measured by the journey our

planet through the darkness of space.
Scientists use our solar system and the

cold, vast regions of the universe as a
giant timekeeper.

Time has a quality as hazy and distant
as the perimeter of our own galaxy. The

haze occasionally clears for those minds
which inquire into the very nature of

the fabric of time itself. And a glimpse
of the true meaning of time is revealed.

Time from creation to now tugs toward
all yesterdays almost as strongly as the

unborn tomorrows that stretch toward all
eternity.

Someday man will strike a balance
between these two great universal

forces, the past and the future.
And then will man make a fantastic

journey to the center of time.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Mr. Stanton Jr. and Mr. Denning here for
a top priority conference.

Yes, sir. Your route is cleared through
to the time vault.

Denning, how long does my father have to
be dead before you bury him?

I don't understand.
Am I or am I not in full control of

Stanton Industries?
Why, of course.

Then we'll drop the junior.
I'm the only Stanton in Stanton

Industries now.

Power intake. Computer
tapes all go.

Laser beam pulse system go.
Photo sensitives go.

Time selector set at present.
All set, Dave. Standby for time

synchronization.
Check. Time transport system functioning

properly.
Date 6868. Time 11 hours 20 minutes.

5 4 3 2 1 marked.
Marked. Date 6868. Time 11 hours 20

minutes. Countdown checks out. Okay,
Mark. Time synchronization 100. I'm

standing by for basic systems check run.
Ready.

Switch on.
Switch on.

Standby to activate image stabilizer
switch.

Reception 100.
All systems go.

Time selector accuracy 100.
Stand by, Dave. Here we go.

Okay, see you a day before yesterday.
I'm going to set the time selector at

minus 24 hours.
Final countdown.

10
9

8
7 6

5
4

3 2
1.

Date 5868.
Time 11 hours 20 minutes. And standing

by.

Hey, it worked great. Time transport all
go.

All go.
All go.

Accuracy 100. Now I'm setting the time
selector at 0 minus 48 hours.

Need more basic power input.
Basic power systems are pulling maximum

power. Now
check laser beam cycling.

The
flash pulse indicator is up to maximum.

Laser beam cycling is up, too.
We're not getting enough power for the

time transport. Check photon cycling.
I'm sorry, Mark. Photon cycling's up

there, too. You've got all the external
power coming into the lab now. I can't

give you anymore.
Wait a minute.

The internal power supply in your lab,
your auxiliary standby, my meters show a

a power shut off there. Doc, why don't
you try opening it up and see what

happens?
Very well, we'll try it.

Mark the time selectors.
Coming back.

Well, we might as well shut down.
I'm sorry. We weren't ready for that

much power.
Don't blame yourself, Mark. I agreed to

take a chance.
0 - 24 hours.

Always 24 hours.
We'll get there yet, Mark.

We've been at this almost 2 years
already, and we still never gotten

further back than 24 hours. And that's
only phase A. What about phase B?

Remember what Edison said.
At least we know 700 ways that won't

work.
Nothing worth doing is done easily.

Was there any damage, Karen?
Nothing serious. The circuit breakers

all worked. Uh,
Mark, something's burned out. It looks

like one of the time selector circuits.
Nothing drastic,

but that takes care of our demonstration
very nicely.

Good heavens, I'd forgotten all about
that.

Well, if I know Stanton Jr. in his
one-man committee to quote investigate

and evaluate existing research projects
to determine future appropriations

unquote. He hasn't forgotten
and he and his sharp little blue pencil

are due here any minute.
Doctors Manning, Gordon, and White,

please report to main conference room.
Mr. Stanton has arrived with Mr. Denny.

How's that for a quue?
It'll do. Let us go.

Gordon, you know Mr. Stanton. He's very
eager to learn more about this project

of yours.
Mr. Stanton, Mr. Denning, my colleague,

Miss White, Dr. Manning.
Gordon. Gordon. Gordon. Oh, yes. Gordon.

Yes, Dr. Gordon. I believe my father
granted you the largest appropriation of

any research project of last year. $14
million.

Uh, to be exact, it was um Oh, yes.
13,794,52012.

Why?
We're working on a project which is

entirely new, Mr. Stanton. That means
new types of equipment, new techniques,

much experimentation.
Why, Dr. Gordon? What makes your project

so important?
Perhaps this might interest you, Mr.

Denny. This is what really started Dr.
Gordon on the project.

Boy, it looks like an old newspaper
clipping.

It is.
Uh, may I?

Well, don't keep it to yourself, Mr.
Stanton. Let me in on it.

All right. Washington DC, November 27th.
An announcement has been made concerning

an airborne eye that sees the past as
well as the present. Now, what this

particular instrument accomplishes is
this. Operating from a height of some

40,000 ft in space, the eye looks down
and reflects moving images of people and

objects not then present but that were
there on the previous day.

But that's impossible. uh developed by
the Department of Defense and used to

gather information on missile bases in
Cuba. The TV LI guy somehow picks up

reflections of activity and things from
some time before,

referring them to an observation screen.
For instance, the eye may pass over an

empty parking lot to capture pictures of
the spot when it was filled with cars

during the day.
You photograph the past.

Well, that's substantially correct.
Well, I don't know, but taking pictures

of a parking lot the way it appeared a
few days previous, when it strikes me as

the height of useless occupation, hardly
worth almost $14 million.

As useless as raising a crop of mold on
old bread.

Yes, if you like.
That's probably exactly what they told

Fleming before he called his mold
penicellin.

Now, see here, Manning.
Gentlemen. Gentlemen, please. Why don't

we all sit down and let Dr. Gordon
explain how this multi-million dollar

gizmo of his works?
Certainly. I'd be glad to. Our

experiments here are an extension of one
of the fundamentals of Einstein's theory

of relativity. The curved universe
theories, Dr. Gordon, only theories.

Proven, Mr. Stanton. Proven.
We know that there is a definite

relationship and a peculiar one between
time and the three dimensions of space.

Time may therefore be considered a
fourth dimension.

I'm afraid I don't follow you, Dr.
Garden.

Now take this booklet.
It may be said to exist in space in

three dimensions, length, width, and
height.

Of course.
Ah, but it wasn't always like that.

Before it took that shape, it existed as
paper, as wood pulp, and at any time it

may change its dimension. So,
or it still exists, but its

three-dimensional description is no
longer valid except for a certain period

of time. Time is therefore a necessary
fourth dimension.

Yes. In fact, every object, every object
from this booklet to the entire universe

may be said to exist in what the
scientists call the space-time

continuum.
Doctor, may we come back to just what

contribution you have made to this
matter, please?

Certainly.
All right. Have you had any success ever

with any of your experiments?
Yes, partial success. We've been able to

go back in time 24 hours.
24 hours.

In other words, you and Manning here
have been just duplicating uh scientific

experiments that have been tried and
discarded before.

Not at all.
We're working with an entirely different

principle.

Well, Dr. Manning,
instead of the infrared beam principle

used in the early experiments, our
system is based on a laser beam.

Laser beam.
It stands for light amplification by

stimulated emission of radiation.
Oh, I see.

It's a one color coherent light beam
which is extremely selective.

It doesn't spread like ordinary light.
The rays stay parallel. A laser beam is

like
one perfect note from a virtuoso's

violin. While ordinary light is like the
noise from a practicing high school

band. It's May we dispense with your
lyrical classroom lecture and get down

to the facts, please. Now, I still don't
know what it is you gentlemen are trying

to do. If you'll excuse my ignorance.
If it's all right with you, it's all

right with me.
Gentlemen, gentlemen.

Uh, so you think you can take a peek at
the good old days with this laser beam

system of yours, doctor?
Yes.

The past, of course, still exists.
Oh, suppose a scientist on a planet some

50 light years from here were observing
Earth. He would at this moment be

looking at light rays that left this
Earth 50 years ago. He might very well

be watching the First World War. In
effect, some full 50 years of history

would be contained in those beams
traveling to that distant planet.

That's quite an idea.
It's more than an idea, Mr. Denning.

It's fact. And since spaceime is a
continuum, the present is only a point

moving constantly along that continuum.
When you put it like that, doctor, even

I can understand that. Theoretically,
with our equipment, we should be able to

cut in anywhere along that continuum.
Actually, journey to the center of time.

Then why haven't you been able to get
beyond the 24-hour mark?

Well, that's a question to which we
haven't found the answer yet.

Doctor, I understand that you refer to
this uh watching the past as phase A of

your project.
Yes.

And that phase B is really the important
aspect of it.

That's correct.
Would you mind telling me just what is

phase B?

Looking into the future.
Oh,

really? Looking into the future. Now,
despite all the trouble you've had

looking into the past, you still think
you can succeed in this uh scheme?

We do.
And for what purpose, may I ask? We are

on the threshold of space travel, Mr.
Stanton. Actually traveling to other

planets.
Our existing predictor instruments are

not adequate.
Predictor instruments, doctor,

instruments that are used in jets,
rockets, spacecraft.

They give predictive information about
the future. Look into the future as it

were. But their capacity is measured
only in seconds. Now we need to look

ahead hours, days, even weeks.
Fascinating, Dr. Gordon. Absolutely

fascinating.
Yes, it's all very interesting, doctor.

But I must say it's also also very very
far-fetched.

Doctor, are you prepared to demonstrate
this uh looking into the future for us

now?
No, not quite yet.

I thought not. Well, gentlemen, I'll
take into consideration your request for

funds, but I'll have to warn you. If you
don't come up with anything more

concrete within 24 hours, I'll be forced
to shut down this section and convert it

to weapons development. Good day,

doctor.
Young Stanton isn't quite like his

father. He hates to put the family money
into anything that isn't going up. And

why doesn't he put it all into taxes?
That's the only thing sure of.

You shouldn't antagonize the man, Mark.
He's a pompous fool.

Well, we know that. And empty vessels
make the most noise, but unfortunately,

we're dependent on this one.

We wondered where you disappeared to.
Just getting a little fresh air.

Boring won't do any good.
I guess not.

Such a lovely evening. The mountains
look so much softer in the moonlight.

Yeah.
Doesn't get you at all, does it?

What?
All this?

What would you like? Serenate. Poetry.
Why not?

All right, I can be poetic.
Let's see. Uh, a lady of science named

White travel much faster than light. She
took off one day in a relative way and

returned on the previous night.
you nut.

You know,
you're actually

You're actually quite pretty for a girl.
Well, you're not entirely impossible

yourself.
There's even a full moon.

The perfect setting for romance.

It's a shame for it to go to waste.

What do you say?
Help yourself.

Susan.
Ah, good morning, Mr. Denny. How are you

this morning?
Well, I'm not so sure after getting

caught in that rainstorm last night.
Here today for the test.

Oh, yes. Yes. I'm looking forward to it.
It should be very interesting.

Yeah, we were just discussing this.
Mr. Stanton come in yet? I saw him in

the hall a little while ago. He's on his
way down to the time vault. I think he's

going to watch the test from there.
Oh, well, I won't be in the way if I

watch it from here, will I?
Oh, no, not at all.

Dr. Gordon just told monitoring to stand
by. I think they're ready for countdown.

Oh, I better get a move on then. See you
later, Mr. Denning. Right, Dave.

I've changed the settings gradually,
though. I'm sure the circuits are all

right. Right.
Stay with it for a while, Dave. We're

running a check.
No hurry. I've got all the time in the

world, past, present, and future. Don't
worry about a thing. I'm going to run a

computer check for myself.

Oh, by the way, maintenance replaced the
burnout circuits last night, so uh

everything should be aok. Okay.
Got the image stabilizer.

Switch is off.
Standby.

Setting minus one.

Setting minus two.

Morning,

Gordon. Mr.
Gentle, sittingus 3ing

starting.
Well, I hope for your sake, but you

people have something uh to show me this
morning.

In a minute, spent sitting minus ball.
I'm uh not against sinking money into

research as long as it pays off.
It didn't take Stanton long to get into

the act. Setting - 5.
Setting - 6

7

8 9
10.

There, that does it. Circuits check.
Standing by for exterior systems check

run.
Okay, then what are we waiting for?

Phase B.
Okay, phase B it is. Resetting

time selector
and starting recheck on countdown.

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 marked time
synchronization 100.

It's all yours, Doc. Take her away.
I have set the time selected 0 plus 24

hours towards the future.

Time selector set.
Standby to activate time transport

circuits.
Standing by.

Switch on.
Switch is on.

Time transport system indicators. No go.
How's it for you in there?

Negative.

I'm going to increase the power input.
Stay with the overload indicator.

I'll only take it to maximum capacity.

Vaker,

there's only one other thing we can try.
Accelerate the laser beam cycling.

Mark, we've never subjected the unit to
such speed.

It's a risk. I say take it.
Now, wait a minute, Manning. You have no

authority to make a decision as rash as
that. Dr. Gordon is in charge of this

project, not you.
It may shatter the laser's ruby mark,

or it may not. If it does, we're out of
business. But if we don't get this damn

thing working, we're out of business
anyway.

Very well. We'll try it.

Oh, that's enough. Mark,

what's the reading?
I don't know. I can still accelerate,

but the needle's glued to the top of the
flash pulse indicator. No way of telling

what our cycle speed is.
Better decelerate.

No, wait. It could be the time transport
calibrations. They may be off.

Try moving the transport ahead.

Keep going

to the top.

Keep going. That's it. M. I've passed
the maximum input. Now,

how far? Oh, 100,000 years. That's twice
that. Even more.

I'm bringing time transport back.
Time transport back to zero hours.

Hold it there. I'm going to open the
photon cycling all the way.

No, don't do that, Mark.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Wait, look

the test area.
Time central.

It's fantastic.
Look at that gigantic spacecraft.

But how? The time transport circuits are
completely fused.

The time selectors.
What's the reading mark?

5,000
years.

But that's impossible.
in the future.

It can't be.

Know as much as you do. The lab just
seemed to vanish.

All right, we'll stand by, but hurry,
please.

What happened? Where's the lab gone? I
don't know. One minute, everything was

operating properly. Dr. Gordon, Mark,
and Karen were in the lab. Suddenly,

there was a tremendous power surge.
Mr. Stanton was in there when it

happened.
Mr. Stanton. Well, can't you do

something? Bring them back.
Are they in danger?

You better try to establish contact with
them wherever they went.

Susan has a monitoring been able to
establish a bearing on the lab.

Negative. Monitoring tried to establish
contact, but any attempt at

communication with the lab has failed.
Apparently, everything's been cut off

from within their unit.
Then that means they're really lost,

doesn't it?
No, not necessarily. They're still

getting a faint but steady signal from
their laser beam pulse system.

Monitoring is attempting to trace that
signal. Now,

trace it to where?
To whatever dimension in time or space

they've traveled into.
You mean they've traveled somewhere into

time? Well, I follow you, but not very
far.

Well, you're familiar with the time
space continuum.

I'm familiar with the theory. All right,
then. Now, that lab is still inside the

time vault, but somehow they've they've
transported themselves through some some

warp in the continuum.
Monitoring has just completed their test

data from the recorder into the
computers. We should know very shortly

how far and in what direction the lab is
traveling.

Then, what do we do? It's a wild chance,
but before the overload, all our systems

and circuits were synchronized with
those in the lab. A central control is

equipped to take over complete control
of the lab in the event of any

emergency, such as a power failure from
within the lab.

Monitoring reports that time
synchronization to the lab was set on

plus factor phase B. They've traveled
into the future.

The future?
How far? Well, there's no way of telling

their exact time coordinates, but
according to the laser beam, the lab has

stopped moving.
Quick, get engineering up here right

away. I want all the plans of the time
transport circuits inside that lab. The

overload burned out certain vital
circuits, and apparently has created new

ones. New ones that that somehow somehow
we're going to have to duplicate here in

our master control if we ever hope to
bring them back.

We've done it.
The future.

A window. 5,000 years into the future.
I almost wish we hadn't.

Why do you say that?
It's almost as if we've discovered the

end of the world.
We don't know that. Come, there's much

to do. We've got to take note of every
reading. Record what fuses have been

made and what new connections have been
made in the transport system.

I don't know if those circuits are
stable enough not to burn up.

We better work fast. It won't be long at
this cycling speed before the laser

explodes.

You know something?
It looks like you could step right out

into it.

We're in the center of some sort of
nuclear war. Doctor, get us out of here

before we get killed. This is not a
window into the future. This is real.

The lab we have been transported here
physically.

A time rift.
A warp of the space-time continuum.

that matter
can pass through

5,000 years in a matter of seconds.
Come on. The condition will deteriorate

suddenly. The readings, the new circuits
quickly.

Mark the hatch.

Do not be alarmed. We mean you no harm.
We observed your craft as it appeared

from nowhere.
You'll please come with us.

How do we know?
But how do you know you'll be safe?

You don't. But if you're found here
outside of our barrier, you will surely

be destroyed.
We must hurry. Come with us.

We seem to have very little choice.
Where are you taking us?

to the council chambers within our
starship to Dr. Vina. Dr. Vina will be

as interested in asking you questions as
you are in having yours answered.

picking up a faint video signal from the
lab, but it's it's not strong enough for

clear reception on the time screen.
All right, let's see what we can pick up

on the screen now.
Monitoring, this is central control.

Now, I've reprogrammed the time selector
and transport circuits in our master

control. I'm going to attempt to utilize
the laser beam pulse system as a guide

to pick up video image. Please stand by
and record all phases of our first

contact.
All right, Susan, stand by to activate

time screen.
Standing by.

All right, screen activated.

Image activated.

Reception 100 standing by.

Susan, try advancing the time selector
slowly forward.

Just what do you hope to accomplish by
all this, if I may ask? Well, we know

they went forward into the future. It
seems logical that if we can beam in on

the lab's last position and slowly
advance, we should be able to pick up

their image.
Negative so far, the vault's beginning

to fade out.
Keep trying. Keep trying. Try changing

the time coordinates. Still negative. I
don't think it's going to

Wait. Wait. Look. It's working.

My god. Where are they lost if we don't
act fast? We've got to take a chance.

Try to bring them back before it's too
late.

Dave, we're drifting. I don't think
we'll be able to hold them much longer.

Just long enough to try to bring them
back.

We're losing them.

Quick, lock in time synchronization.
I can't. We're drifting.

We've got to hold them. We may not get a
second chance. But

the circuits are unstable. Lock in is
impossible.

They're gone. We've lost them.
Keep trying, Susan. We'll get them

again. We've got to. There's There's no
telling where they are now.

Possible explanations. Less than an hour
ago, we were in our laboratory. In our

own world, now
you are still in your own world, Dr.

Gordon. We are the aliens, not you.
Aliens? I don't quite understand.

Ours is a colonization ship. We come
from a dead world far beyond your

galaxy. And we have been searching for a
new world with an environment close to

that of our own mother planet. This is
still Earth. The year is 6968,

but yours is a dying world.
Dying.

How?
I wish I could tell you that the reason

was natural, but I am afraid that it is
man's own folly. Ours was an untimely

arrival upon your planet. Regrettably,
we've landed in the midst of a

devastating global war. A war which will
leave Earth dead and mankind

annihilated.
How do you plan to survive on Earth

that's dying? We don't. There is a
creeping death all around us. We cannot

stay. But
where could you go? We must return to

the stars, to another planetary system
where Earthlike worlds exist.

Breakthrough. Breakthrough. Units 9
through 14, report to fuel depot sector

6. Units 1 to 9, report to repair. All
other units are on Earth. Standby.

All our efforts may be in vain. We're in
a race. A race we may not win.

A race. Attention all personnel. Attack
imminent. Massive troop movement

reported outside barrier.
It is only a matter of time before the

large scale assault may succeed. We must
make the necessary repairs on our ship

before that happens or perish.
Why?

With all your resources. Why don't you
build stronger defenses?

Our makeshift defenses are adequate to
protect us for a while, but there is

grave danger if we cannot complete those
repairs in time.

Major breakthrough. Major breakthrough.
Enemy has penetrated the barrier.

Repeat, barrier penetrated. Enemy forces
rapidly approaching.

This is council control. Activate
secondary force field. Repeat, activate

secondary force field.
You see, even with our advanced

technology, we are not invulnerable.
Man's atomic weapons are as primitive to

us as as spears are to men. But even
modern man can be killed by a spear. But

if you're just here for repairs, as you
say, why would they want to attack you?

In hopes of procuring our weapons, our
advanced technology. To them, it is a

means to carry on their way of life, the
waging of war.

They've broken through.

We shall not succeed. Our journey ends
here. But you, you must return to the

past. Taking with you the fate of
mankind.

Fate of mankind. You must return to your
own time.

Tell them. Tell them.
Your skull.

Warn them. The laser weapon. They must
control it.

We have no laser weapon. You will have
it will leave your earth a sterile,

burned out slag in space. It will

My people will help you reenter your
time space warp. You must go with them.

You must return to you. You

Follow me.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat up

here.

monitoring. This is central control.
Stand by that video overload indicator.

We're going to try it again. You ready,
Susan?

Ready.
Screen on.

I hope we're not too late.
We're not, but there's no time to lose

if we're going to get them out of their
lives.

What makes you even think they're in in
that time cold

coordinate? So far, we haven't seen any
sign of them. Just this futuristic

holocaust.
They're out there, Mr. Denning.

How can you be so sure? You see, we're
picking up this image from the lab's

equipment. In other words, everything we
see on this screen is identical to what

Dr. Gordon and his crew see from the
lab.

Then as long as this picture remains
stable, that means they're intact.

That's basically correct. But we have no
way of knowing if they're still inside

the lab.
I doubt very much if they'd step out in

the bat.
Monitoring reports they've just picked

up a change in the time selector
settings from the lab.

Does that mean they're coming back?
That's a good bet. Reset our time

selector to the present. Reestablish
video contact within the time vault.

Time selector set at 0 - 5,000. We
should be back in seconds after we left.

I've tried to minimize any chance of us
colliding with ourselves in time. Will,

Megan?
Of course, we will. And we'll bring back

her warning.
We will not.

What makes you so sure?
Well, isn't it obvious, Manning? The war

did happen. We didn't get back without
warning.

Maybe we did. Maybe they just didn't
listen. Sometimes people don't listen to

warnings that might save them. But
whether or not they lost be something we

can do, at least we can.
Gentlemen, please Kevin.

Laser beam pulse system go. The overload
indicator shows that we've overloaded

the laser's ruby could shatter if we're
not careful.

Does that mean we'll be trapped here?
No, Stan. Our lab may be set to drift

and we'd wander aimlessly through time
and space like a ship at sea.

All set, Doc. Standing by for time
synchronization.

Standing by.
All right.

Mark, activate time transport.
Time transport activated.

We should be back in the time vault in a
few seconds. I wonder if

Doc Karen the screen
something coming at us fast.

Whatever it is, we're on a direct
collision course.

Laser beam pulse system increasing in
strength causing heavy static

interference and video reception.
All right, activate image stabilizer.

Image stabilizer activated.

It looks like they're coming back our
way.

Monitoring confirms Dr. Gordon's time
selector has been reset to the present.

How long will it be before we see them?

Well,
I imagine just a matter of seconds,

unless it takes longer to come back than
it does to go.

How accurately can they time their
return?

Within a few seconds of their original
departure. They're safe if they return

within 24 hours in either direction, but
we're not taking any chances on losing

them again. Standby to attempt time lock
in on the lab as it passes through our

time, plus or minus 24 hours.
It looks as if we're not the only ones

traveling in time.
Vision course.

The radio may not work, but it's our
only chance.

This is Dr. Manning. We are from the
year 1968.

We're traveling the time space continuum
on a direct course with you. Collision

imminent. Unable to correct. Over.

I repeat, collision imminent. Unable to
correct.

Do you hear us? Please reply.
The laser system. Perhaps we can fire a

warning without overloading the laser.
I'll set the discharge at 50%. Any more

than that will destroy the other craft
and our baser. Stand by for discharge.

It worked. The discharge acted like an
invisible barrier.

It didn't work. They're going to crash.
Kill us all. I've got to stop.

Stand to wait, you fool. You'll be
murdering, destroying everybody who's

out there.

Laser power surge from the lab. It's too
much. Locking is impossible. They're

going too fast. Release time locks.

They're gone.
What happened? Where did they go?

Monitoring is still tracking the lab.
They haven't stopped yet.

Monitoring. This is central control. We
made visual contact with the lab as it

passed through our time. Our time
selector indicates they are traveling

along the space-time continuum into the
past. We're standing by to reestablish

visual contact. Please verify closest
possible date.

They must be completely out of control.
No change in speed. They're still

traveling.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Yeah.

Wow.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Come on. Fire.

Hey,

what's going on?

How far we've traveled?
Two millennia.

Perhaps even farther.

It looks prehistoric.
Mark What is the time select reading

now?

1 million years.
1 million years.

BC.
Both of you go back to your pants. See

that the settings remain as they are. I
must have readings. Otherwise,

the laser system. The ruby's cracked. It
could shatter.

I'm going to take a look outside. You
people do what you have to do. I'll let

you know what it's like out there.
Stanton, come back. The warp condition

is unstable. It may collapse any second.
The lab may move on.

Come back, Stannon.
If we move on, he'll be lost in time.

Some loss.
I'll go after him.

No, Mark. I'll go after them. It's my
responsibility. I'm still the senior

here.
You two get back to the panels, see to

those settings, and see that they stay
as they are.

Well, I think we've got to reprogram the
circuits in our master control.

Are you getting any video?
Nothing on video. However, we are still

maintaining a signal from the lab's
laser pulse system, but it's it's weak.

Very weak.
Could that be because of the great

distance they've traveled?
I'm afraid not. It's more likely a

malfunction within their unit. The laser
ruby.

Is that serious?
Well, it could be if anything happened

to it. You see, that ruby is a power
source for the entire lab and the only

link we have with them.
Monitoring indicates the lab has come to

a halt and telemetry from the lab
indicates the systems are very weak. The

warp could collapse at any minute and
the lab move on.

Can they give us a time coordinate?
No, they've dropped it in our labs. We

have to locate and retrieve the lab.
They consider the condition critical.

All right, stand by to activate time
screen.

Standing by.
Screen activated.

Standby to boost reception. This is
central control. We're going to increase

power input and attempt to get clear
reception on the lab. All right, I'm

going to boost power gradually.

Almost. Just a little more.

All right, we've got them. Now, let's
try and bring them back.

Monitoring is standing by. Anytime
you're ready.

All right, lock in time coordinates.
Time coordinates locked.

Set the time selector present. Plus or
minus 24 hours.

Time selector set.
All right, I'm going to try to bring

them back slowly. We're just holding
them by a thread. If we have a burnout

or a setting change in that lab or even
ours, we'll short out all our circuits.

You ready, Susan?
Ready.

All right, switch on.

Mark,
starting to drift. I'll have to hold it

here.

Dave, what you already know?
Can power input circuits.

Well, that does it. All the systems are
gone.

There's nothing more we can do.
We're still picking up the laser signal

from the lab. At least they're still
intact.

She's right, Dave. That's something.
Yeah, sure that's something, but it may

not be enough. That warp condition was
unstable to begin with. The lab can move

on anytime.
Maybe hours before we can rewire and try

again.

Mark. Mark. What is it?
Keep the warp open and watch the laser,

Rookie.

Well, it's worse than we thought. The
circuit took a beating towards that.

Dave, the laser beam. We've lost the
signal.

Monitoring, this is central control.
We've just lost a signal from the lab.

Do you still hold a bearing on them?
No bearing.

The lab's gone.
There has to be something we can do. We

can't just leave the moon stranded, lost
in time.

We're not giving up yet. Not until I've
rewired every circuit and checked out

every system.

Heat. Heat.

Art, where are you?
Ben,

they came after me and tried to attack
the lab. I discharged the laser and the

ruby shattered. Mark, what are we going
to do?

Let's head for those rocks right. Come
on.

There's a cave right over here. We can
hold up in there. Come on.

That was close. Too close. Doesn't sound
as if it's going to let up. We'll just

have to sit him out.
Set him out. Let's try to find another

way out of here.

All right.

We've been wandering around for hours.
Yeah,

we were lost when we came in here.
But you, Manny. Hey, you you really

fouled us up now. You got us in here
deeper.

Look, Stanton, if it weren't for you,
we'd be back in our own time now.

Mark Karen, come over here quickly.

What do you think of this outcropping,
Mark?

Well, if it weren't for its enormous
size, I'd say it was an emerald. A giant

emerald.
All right. And this

a diamond. But they can't be real.
It is. And you know what it means?

It means we're rich.
Not at all, Stanton.

These are worthless stones to us unless
we can find a ruby. One of the

approximate size and weight to replace
the one that was shattered in the laser

unit. Come on. Heat. Heat.

I've never seen anything so beautiful,
so majestic.

Just hope the place has the ruby we
need. This creek must be a lava pit.

The
intense heat and pressure formed all

these gems. This cavern must be the
center of a volcano.

Take it easy, Stanton.
Don't worry. I know what I'm doing.

Look, you get what you want. I'll get
what I want.

Get away from there.
Now listen, Dr. Gordon, you're not

giving me any orders. This is not your
expedition. It was an accident. An

accident with my equipment and bought
with my money. So, I'll do as I damn

well please.

Get out of here before the place got
hurry.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Stanton, come back. We've got to stick
together.

Come on, Karen. Stanton, get away from
us.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.
Heat.

10 Hey.

We're pretty close now.
You know, if we could step up the power

input several points, we might have
reception.

Yeah, but I don't think these circuits
will stand much more. It's pretty

makeshift now.
Look, the laser signal.

Wait a minute. Monitoring reports
they've picked up activity from the lab

again. It's moving
in which direction?

Back on a steady course towards the
present

with increased video power input two
points. Activate image stabilizer. You

better cross your fingers and let's hope
we don't overload this time. All right,

Susan. Stand by to activate time lock
in.

I'm ready. Lock in activated.
This is Dr. Manning. We are from the

year 1968.
We're traveling the time space continuum

on a direct course with you. Collision
imminent.

The laser system. Perhaps we can fire a
warning without overloading the laser.

It didn't work. They going to crash.
Kill us all. They're going to stop.

Stand you fool. You'll be murdering
destroying everybody who's out there.

No.

Was that the lab?
It couldn't be. We're still getting a

signal from the lab's laser beam system.
Well, then what was it?

I don't know.
Monitoring confirms it was not the lab.

They're still picking up its bearing.
The lab is stationary in its original

position in the past and telemetry
indicates the systems are go. They can

move ahead at any second.
You better watch these controls now.

They may attempt transport again.
Dave, the time lock system is dead.

The controls, the settings, they're
exactly the way they were when we first

arrived. But that's impossible.
Nothing's impossible. Stanton must have

doubled back. Maybe even destroyed
himself. I have a feeling we'd better

activate the time transport while
everything's still working.

The same thing could happen to us.
Well, that's a chance we'll have to

take. I'm setting the time selector to
return us to our own time.

Plus or minus how many seconds?
30 seconds plus departure time.

Here we go again. They're moving.
All systems check with the exception of

the time lock.
What if they overshoot again? Isn't

there some way we can stop them?
No, they'll have to hit their time mark

on their own.
Laser beam increasing. They should be

coming through at any second.
It worked. They hit their time lock.

Yeah, but they're not locked in. They're
still drifting and beyond the 24-hour

mark.

What is it, Mark? So strange, so quiet.
We better hurry. We're off our time,

Mark.

Mark.

Our

calculations weren't exact enough.

We've returned too far back in time.
Why aren't we Why aren't they moving?

We've disrupted the time flow. We're
existing in a world outside of time. A

parallel world.
Look, they are moving only so slowly

that you can barely see it.
We're existing at such an accelerated

time rate. We'd be nothing more than
shadows to them.

There can't be two of us.
Sooner or later, time will catch up with

us. Ourselves and our counterparts.
What could happen?

Two solid objects can't occupy the space
of one. I don't know what would happen.

We explode. Implode.
I don't know, but at any rate, we cease

to exist.
There's got to be a way out of this.

There's a chance. What?
After the time left.

To what? And when?
Come on. I don't know what. It's our

only chance. We've got to take it.

Doctor, are you prepared to demonstrate
this uh looking into the future for us

now?
No, not quite yet.

I thought Well, gentlemen, I'll take
into consideration your request for

funds, but I'll have to warn you. If you
don't come up with anything more

concrete than 24 hours, I'll be forced
to shut down this section and convert it

to weapons development day.
There's only one other thing we can try.

Accelerate the laser beam cyclist.
Mark, we've never subjected the unit to

such speed.
It's a risk. I say take it.

Now, wait a minute, Manning. You have no
authority to make a decision as rash as

that. That's a Gordon in charge of this
project. Not you.

It may shatter the leaders.
Or it may not. If it does, we're out of

business. But if we don't get this damp
thing working, we're out of business

anyway. Anyway,
very well. You enjoy.

Oh, that's enough. Mark. Mark.
What's the reading? What's the reading?

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

We can still accelerate, but the
needle's glued to the top of the flash

pulses again. There's no way of telling
what our cycle speed is.

Better decelerate.
No. No.

Wait. It could be the time transport
calibration. They may be off.

Try moving the transport ahead.
Hold it there. I'm going to open the

photon cycling all the way.
No, don't do that, father.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat up

here.
Oh,

Mark, what'll it be like? Another earth,
another time.

Who really knows?
We may be the Adam and Eve of a brave

new world.