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'Parameter 3 OK. Strength 4.

'Parameter 4 OK. Strength 5...'

- This the one on the blink? - Yes. Keeps coming and going.

'...until you have rectified this, use Parameter 5 as a stand-by.'

Right, thank you, Moonbase. Over and out.

"Priority to Straker, SHADO.

"General McWhirter looks forward to meeting you..."

Commander, what's wrong?

Stop him!

Get after him!

Get me studio security.

Commander Straker!

Well, where did you come from?

Nobody's to come through that door.

Nobody. Understand?

Oh, Mr Straker...

What the...?!

Open the door! Let us through! Miss Ealand!

OK, Fred. Away you go.

Stop that hovercraft!

Mr Straker, was there anything? Can I help you at all?

Action!

What's going on?

What the...?! Will you please be quiet? We're shooting.

Right, everyone. Settle down. Going again.

It all happened so quick, I never saw him.

There he is! Come on!

Commander! Commander!

Stop that thing.

This way!

Come on!

Ed!

- Said anything at all? - No, sir. He's stayed like this.

Yes, he's in shock. Physical and mental.

- Brought on by what? - Hard to say,

but whatever it was, his mind's had to walk away from it.

- Anything you can do for him? - There is something, yes, but...

I don't like to use it, except in an emergency.

When SHADO's most vital piece of manpower becomes homicidal,

it is an emergency.

He came bursting out but he didn't come in.

What do you mean? This is the entrance to SHADO, isn't it?

Yes, sir. But he left to meet Colonel Lake and didn't come back.

- No, sir. He didn't come this way. - You're certain?

Yes. He couldn't have got past without us seeing.

No, sir. Mr Straker hasn't been in.

We always log him in and out and he hasn't been anywhere near.

- It doesn't make sense. - I'm sorry, I...

I just don't seem to be able to remember a thing.

You can't remember coming back with Commander Straker?

I can recall leaving the airport in Commander Straker's car but...

but after that... nothing, I'm afraid.

Yes, it was a severe blow to the base of the neck.

Don't I know it.

It caused a specific amnesia, covering a period of about two hours.

It's not uncommon.

How long until her memory comes back? Hours? Days?

Well, it might never come back.

- Yeah? - 'Medical Centre, sir.'

He's regaining consciousness.

Do you see it.

See it...?

- Yes, that's right. - Right.

Straker's beginning to break through. We'd better get over there.

Paul. He couldn't have done it. Ed's not a killer.

Kill! Kill...

Get us... They're going to get us!

- How dangerous is this drug? - I told you, it's risky.

It could open his mind or destroy it.

Kill...

Get us...

Time...

They murdered time!

Time... They murdered time.

It could open his mind or destroy it.

I want you to go back five hours. Five hours.

Where are you?

I was in my car.

Go on.

I'd been to the airport... to pick up Colonel Lake.

I wanted to brief you before you talked to General Henderson.

Well, I knew it wasn't for my big blue eyes.

Coming back from the Moon can be disorientating.

Even Moon speeds have some effect on time.

Here, sir? I see, sir. Never knew that, sir.

- What's that? - What?

- Thought I saw something up there. - Dark roads can be disorientating, too.

There is something up there, 15 degrees west... There. See?

- It's Venus. - Wrong direction.

- Space shot? - None scheduled.

- Could be Russian. - We have their schedule, too.

- Space debris. - No, wrong pattern.

If it's a weather balloon, it's drifting against the wind.

It's a UFO. Straker to SHADO Control. UFO in Earth's atmosphere.

Do you read me? Do you read me?

- Check the radio link. - How could it get past Moonbase?

I don't know.

The radio's receiving and transmitting at full strength.

That's absurd. Why doesn't Control answer?

It's not this end.

If they can knock out communications, why not destroy the base?

They may have done just that.

- How long? - About another ten minutes.

- It's coming this way. - Harness.

It's going overhead.

Freeze.

Outside it was night, but here... What's happened?

I don't know.

Look at that.

Why doesn't it fall?

I don't believe it.

We must be dreaming.

It's unreal. What's happening?

Night into day...

Everything stopped, arrested...

It's like a clock that suddenly...

Come on.

It's like a nightmare...

a grotesque nightmare.

Give me that piece of wood.

Commander?

Come on. Let's get back to the car.

If these worksheets are right, this has just happened.

But why daylight? It's been dark outside for two hours.

I don't know. But there must be logic in it somewhere.

Come on, let's get down to Control.

Miss Ealand?

Why haven't Moonbase reacted? They must know something's wrong,

- they could've had Skydiver here. - What will you do?

Call General Henderson for help. That thing's still up there.

If it comes down before we can get assistance...

There must be someone we can contact.

It's no use.

If we could just understand the principle they've used.

There's no pulse.

- Body temperature's normal. - Yet they're fixed, like statues.

It's almost as though they'd been frozen in time.

That's it. Whatever they were doing was fossilized when the force struck.

Yet the lift from your office was working.

Yes, I know. Doesn't fit the pattern.

This isn't frozen.

- They have one thing in common. - They weren't in motion.

Yes, they weren't moving in time. That's why the elevator works.

Then if we can find a monitor that wasn't switched on...

No, they were all switched on.

There's got to be an answer. We just have to think it through.

I don't... seem to be able to... think any more.

God, I feel so tired.

I feel as though I could sleep for a week.

Yes, I know. It must be shock catching up with us.

Wait a minute.

Let me see your watch.

Our watches must have stopped...

the minute we got to the studio.

Just like the clock.

Beginning... to get to us.

Yes... I can feel it.

Medical Centre...

The only way...

they could get past Moonbase...

travel... so fast...

cheat time.

Sound barrier...

Heat barrier...

Light barrier...

Time barrier...

They can control it...

but only for so long...

until the field force... they built up...

on the way here... begins to wear off...

like the waves of pressure you see in front of an aeroplane.

That's why... they haven't landed yet.

They're still... in a different continuum.

Yes. They obviously have to shed the field force

before they can operate here.

But, why... how are they reaching us?

I don't know. Maybe we'll find out back in the Control Room.

Are you OK?

Fine.

Come on, let's go.

- What is that stuff? - X50.

Speeds you up to ten times normal - heart, muscles, brain, coordination.

They used it in high-G test flights, then banned it.

- It burned people out.

Normally, we'd be moving so fast, we'd just be a blur.

But the room is lead-lined, Colonel.

Built to resist any known force field.

- Commander. - What is it?

Down the corridor. I saw something move.

'All right, Straker.

'Come and get me, big man!'

Transistor microphone. Somewhere over there to the right.

'You've got to get me, Straker.

'I'm the only one who can help you.

'I'm the only one who can put it right.'

He's behind that wall.

You stay here. Now, cover me.

'No, it's not that easy, big man.

'Things always come easy for you, don't they, Straker?

'Not this time. Not me.'

He's around the corner, by the covered way to J and K block.

Over here.

Now, stay behind that wall.

- Where'd he go? - He's on one of the sound stages.

'You've heard of silent films, haven't you, Mr Big?

Well, this is the new bag.

'Non-moving movies.

'Kind of restful, isn't it?

'Yes, this is the place, Mr Big.

'Yes, sir, I is here if you can but find me.'

Take the other exit. We'll cut him off.

Where'd he go?

'You don't look so big now, Commander.

'Don't you know me yet?

'I'm Turner, Radar Operator, Class One.

'I know you, Commander.

'The big man. In charge of the world.'

'Big Deal Straker.

'The guy the girls admire.

'Yeah, well, I'm the big deal now.

'They promised me, and you're nothing, Straker. You're...

'Wrong again, Straker.'

He got a good start.

Go for the tyres.

“Hiders, seekers

"Finders, keepers

"Where are you going to find me? Where are you going to find me?"

'You're it, Straker. You are tag.

'They're coming soon, Straker.

'As soon as they've brought their power down.

'They'll be here soon.

'And you're not going to spoil it.

'Oh! They're marvellous, Straker.

'They're brilliant!

'They can do things we can't even conceive.'

'Have you any idea what they've done here, Straker?

'They've taken a millionth of a second of our time and frozen it.

'This is taking place in a millionth of a second, Straker.

'That's why Moonbase doesn't know anything's wrong.

'Compared to them, we're midgets, Straker. All of us.

'You're no match for me, big man.

'You're not on my level.'

'Don't you understand, Straker?

'Hasn't it soaked into that blond skull of yours yet?

'I'm outside of time, Straker.

'I am outside of time!'

What's he mean “outside of time"?

Well, time has stopped in here, we know that,

but the aliens have given him immunity in return for his help.

He's independent of time? He can move however he pleases?

- Yes. - That's why we can't pin him down.

How are we going to find him?

Well, we've gotta try. Trying is all we've got.

Let's go.

They may be years ahead of us but we've one thing they haven't.

Bloody-mindedness. It built this planet.

'Oh, well done, big man!

'You've found where I am.

'Come on, then.

'I'm waiting for you.

'And your lovely lady.'

'It's all right, Straker. I don't intend to kill you.

'You see, in the new order, I am going to be boss

'I think you might be rather useful for making the tea.

'I'm going to be boss, Straker.

'They promised me that in return for my help.'

- You can't handle it. - 'I can handle it.'

No, you're small-time. You haven't got the horsepower.

'I've got more than I need to fix you.'

No, come on. It takes guts and brains to be the boss.

'Listen, you primitive idiot.

'How do you think they're transmitting their power?

Because I fixed a piece of equipment in the Control Room,

'so it could act as an aerial, a piece of SHADO equipment, Straker.'

I don't believe you. What piece of equipment?

'You must think I'm as stupid as you are.'

I didn't say anything about not killing you.

'It's not that easy, Straker.'

Look.

Slowing down...

Drugs... Hypodermic...

Used too much energy...

- What will another shot do to you? - Doesn't matter...

Quick...

The Molly. It's our last chance.

Shouldn't I have another shot?

- It was dangerous, wasn't it? - I made my choice long ago.

Take that key.

Put it in there.

Hang on to this.

You've kept very quiet about this.

It's that old bloody-mindedness.

- Can you hold on? - Shall I get another one of these?

No. There's no point. We won't get a second chance.

We miss with this first one, they'll fry us.

- What's their range? - We have to wait till they're close.

Turner, don't be a fool! Give me that key!

They don't need you now!

Turner, listen to me!

Big man!

I think I'll just play that back.

I think I'll just play that back.

It's a shame. I can do it all again, but I can't change anything.

That should slow you up, big man!

You're too late, Straker.

Give me the key, Turner.

Come and get it, Commander.

You're out of your league, Straker.

The nearer they come, the more power they transmit to me.

I can play time like a trumpet now.

You primitive idiot.

You can only see me where I've just been,

or where I'm going to be, not where I am...

unless I want you to.

You're licked, Straker.

Commander, what's wrong?

Stop him!

It's all right, Commander. It's all right.

Now, try... try and rest.

- Incredible. - Yes but there are more things.

- But how? - I'm not sure, but...

in some way, they were able to expand a moment in time.

Commander Straker experienced such an extended moment.