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Yes, where were you going when you drove in here for pe...?

There are suitcases in your car. Don't answer his questions.

You looked, did you?

Yes, I looked.

I said, don't answer his questions.

We don't have to.

You do have to.

If you want us to get you back into your own time.

To face whatever consequences you have to face.

What do you mean "consequences"? I don't know. You tell me.

I said, what do you mean?

Well, it's obvious you're both running away from something. Are we?

Don't! Don't you think we've had enough?

Gaming machine rattles

that's odd. I was thinking of playing that machine.

Oh, my god, look!

I was holding... Look.

What? Look at the clock.

It's moved forward by ten minutes.

But our bodies haven't been affected.

Only this place has.

So what is it moving forward to?

To whatever is going to happen...

Here.

All irregularities will be handled

by the forces controlling each dimension.

Transuranium heavy elements may not be used where there is life.

Medium atomic weights are available...

Gold, Mercury...

..Copper...

Jet, diamond, radium, sapphire, silver and steel.

Sapphire and steel have been assigned.

'Saturday, nine, four...

'Saturday, nine...'

door creaks

'Had expected... Had expected...'

static

music notes repeat rapidly

It's at a standstill again.

At four minutes passed nine.

Yes, the radio's the same.

Apart from a slight variation. Ten minutes worth.

What about the traffic?

Different vehicles this time, but the same kind of repeated sound.

Well, let's find out some more about those two as a loving couple.

Well, they are only human, aren't they?

What happened? Mm?

That sound, things moving by themselves.

Something must've happened. It did.

You may not have noticed, but the timing in this place

is at a standstill. For the moment.

But that's not possible. And yet you're here.

Where did you get this?

I poured it for myself. From where?

From behind there.

Would you like it back? No.

Telepathically: 'Separate them.'

erm... do you think I might have the keys to your car?

What for?

And your suitcases, if you wouldn't mind?

As a matter of fact, I do mine. Oh...

Well, it makes no difference.

Don't!

If he tries to get into that car... Don't! Don't play their game.

What is our game?

He's gone outside.

Yes.

But outside... It's perfectly safe.

Provided neither of you tries to leave this place.

Game machine rattles

hey, you!

We happen to be running away, that's all.

She from her husband, I from my wife.

We already know that.

Oh, you know that, do you?

Well, that's not exactly an arrestable offence, now, is it?

Nor is being here in the future where we don't belong.

We didn't mean to come here. We're not trespassing.

Adultery.

They can't hang you for it. How can you be so sure?

Perhaps, in this time period... We...

We don't belong to this time period, remember?

Keys clink

excuse me.

Lock clicks

Car door closes

lovely old car, isn't it?

Game machine clacks

He has every right to be upset.

To be angry. To be protective?

Yes.

Why not?

No-one can condemn this.

Only the church perhaps, but...

I don't care that much about the church, and neither does he.

"He"? What?

You keep referring to him as "he".

Does he not have a name? Of course he has a name.

Then tell me it. No.

All right, then... your name. Tell me that.

You keep telling us over and over again that you've done no wrong.

It's true. Then tell me your names.

Why should I? All right, then, him.

Tell me about him.

Where did you meet him?

Ask him that. And when?

How long have you known him? About seven or eight months.

What does it matter? That's not very long.

It's long enough to...

Long enough to what? To know that I love him.

And I suppose that means you're able to forgive him almost anything.

No, it doesn't mean that.

What year is this?

Which decade?

The 1980s.

Therefore, there's no need for me to lie to you.

I mean, with 30-odd years lost somewhere, well...

I mean, I could tell you just about anything.

I mean, you can't very well go back and check up on us, can you?

It's a clear night.

What if she and I were to climb into the car and drive away,

just drive back where we've come from?

We've already explained - there is no time here.

You would simply arrive back here again.

Arrive again? Man scoffs

how could we arrive again? Well, isn't it obvious?

No, I mean, if... If we went straight back...

..No stops, no turns, just drove in a straight line

for 50 or 60 miles?

You would arrive back here once more.

Oh...

What if you came with me?

Me? Yes.

You belong to this place, this time. Do I?

So, you'd be my... my passport.

So, if I went back, in a straight line...

With you at my side, then what would happen?

What would you like to happen?

Excuse me.

That lady you are prepared to move mountains for is waiting for you.

What was that?

A bit more fun at our expense?

Possibly. Yes, I thought so.

Jangling

whispers: Silver.

'Steel.' 'yes, I heard that.

'Came from just outside.'

'the woman.' 'What about her?'

'is she still there?' 'Yes, of course she's still...

'No.

'No, she's not.

'Wait.'

I'm sorry, what did you say?

I said, "yes, I thought so". Oh.

The woman disappeared, just for a moment.

But a shadow of her remained? Yes.

The same thing happened to the man. And the time?

It's still the same. Four minutes passed nine.

How do you explain the shadows? I can't.

Whatever happened, it doesn't seem to have upset them.

That sound.

What was it?

Something banging. Open window perhaps?

No, it wasn't an impersonal sound.

Someone... That's impossible.

Time's at standstill here.

No-one can leave or enter this place.

No, there was something rattling in the wind.

One of the garage signs, perhaps.

No, it was a higher frequency than that.

More like a cymbal or a triangle.

You mean, it wasn't an accident? No.

The sound is being produced by someone.

Someone wants us to know they're here.

Nothing.

Whatever it is, it's not in here.

Jangling

we heard it again. Somewhere above us.

It was here. It was close by.

Well, you were both out here. You didn't see anything?

Nothing. That image we saw of the old man,

perhaps it was something to do with him.

You said the image was first seen in here.

Yes.

Nothing.

Just a moment.

Where's silver? Why is he here?

Well, he is here cos he was sent. Sent to do what?

To wait and watch, same as us.

Steel, I want to talk.

Silver is a technician, why's he been sent to watch?

Why don't you ask him that?

I have asked him, and he doesn't know.

He simply doesn't know why he is here.

Neither do we. Of course we do.

Think about it for once, steel.

Why are we here? We are here because...

We're usually sent to the beginning of an event, when things start,

when damage has begun. It has begun.

I don't see any signs of damage.

Time has stopped here. It is standing still.

People from 1948 just happened to be running around in the 1980s.

I don't call that serious damage. No?

No, not at this stage. Not yet.

Well, you said it earlier.

You said that we're on some sort of a countdown to an event

that is due to happen. But supposing...

That it already has happened. That this is it.

The three of us here not knowing why we are here.

Supposing there is nothing for us to wait for.

Supposing it is waiting for us.

Here.

Quickly.

'He is no longer an image.'

'no.' is it...

Are you wanting serviced?

Only that is at the front of the building, see, not here.

This is private here.

'Talk to him.'

What's wrong?

See, this is private this part of the building.

Private property. You shouldn't be here.

I said, what's wrong? Why are you frightened of us?

Well, I...

I suppose it's cos I can't see you very clearly.

And I've never believed in ghosts,

so I'm not likely to want to start now.

And what do you see? I see everything as it should be.

Except for you lot.

Tell us. Tell you?

Yes, tell us what you can see.

Well, I see the house, don't I?

As it should be, as I should see it.

And the sheds, the path...

The cold frame.

That wooden fence there.

You lot sort of...

Well, sort of over it all.

In the wrong...

Well, in the wrong place.

Can you tell us what year this is?

What year? Yes.

Well, what year do you expect it to be?

It's 1925, of course.

Echoing repeatedly: Of course.

Voice fades

We were the images that time. We were the ones that didn't belong.

1925.

And 1948.

So which of them is wrong?

Or lying.

Well, what kind of lie would it be? What would be the point of it?

They've described accurately a place and a man.

They've described visiting the place and talking to the man.

Yes. 23 years later.

Well, maybe as we did, they saw the ghost of an old man

23 years...

But he wasn't a ghost.

If anything, we were the ghosts to him.

You see, my first thought is that everything is haphazard, a mess.

Time just mixed and jumbled up together...

And your second thought? ..Making no sense.

Well, my second thought is that it's just too haphazard.

It's too obvious. It's like something that has been designed.

Sapphire was saying the same thing earlier on.

It's like something being designed.

Mm. Only just what exactly are we doing here?

Yes, what was your briefing? Well, it...

You know, come to think of it,

it wasn't an actual briefing, not the usual.

It was more like a kind of knowledge.

Something telling you you should be here. Yes.

And you? The same. Steel?

Yes.

Well, there's one simple way to find out.

Silver... have you been told anything we haven't?

Well, I've just said. No, concerning this place.

No.

You weren't given any special information?

Special? Privileged information.

Information that's been withheld from us. No.

You were here before us.

That's right. Why?

I don't know why.

Silver, specialists never ever move in

until operators and investigators have done their work.

Yes, but this is different, isn't it? Is it?

Well, haven't we just said so?

Didn't we just agree that this...? No, we haven't agreed anything.

We're just comparing notes, that's all.

Very well, then.

Ignoring the fact that you are operators

and I am a mere specialist, but accepting the fact

it was a kind of shared knowledge that brought us here, I mean...

Sapphire and silver: ..Why the delay of six hours?

Yes. Between my arrival and yours.

I mean, six hours?

You yourselves could have picked up

quite a lot of privileged information in six hours.

Yes, well, we don't know why.

So as I said, there is one simple way of finding out.

All we have to do is leave this place...

Loud rumbling

time... Has moved forward again.

By 20 minutes.

Rain patters

lightning crackles

thunder listen to that.

Jingling

It's happened again.

You heard that sound?

Yes.

Door closes

it was the sound of a musical instrument.

I think it was a tambourine.

A tambourine? Yes.

No, we didn't hear that.

If it is part of an arranged plan...

..Would those two be a part of it?

I don't know.

Ten minutes, then 20. When does it stop, I wonder?

When it's ready.

Yes, well, I don't like being a part of an arranged plan.

I prefer to make the moves.

Steel?

Listen.

Just the rain. No, no. There's someone walking.

There's someone walking outside.

No, don't.

Whoever it is, they're coming this way.

They're coming here.

Stay here.

The clock.

Door closes we know.

What is it?

Someone coming. Someone coming here?

Footsteps approaching

Where? Just outside.

Careful.

Whoever it was couldn't have gone. I would have heard them.

Close the door behind me.

Lock it.

Telephone rings

Rain splatters

Phone rings

Ringing continues

'..Be 9:24.'

Is steel back yet?

From where? He went outside.

Well, no. Oh, but the rain's stopped.

Storm must have passed.

Silver, nothing is supposed to change here.

It's still 9:24.

What shall I do? You'd better find him.

Oh, who is it?

What?

The person who is coming here. Who is it?

It didn't happen. We heard someone arrive.

Jangling

Jingling

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