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Phone rings

Ringing continues

'..Be 9:24.'

Is steel back yet?

From where? He went outside.

No. Oh, but the rain 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.

Jingling

banjo music

jingling

Jingling intensifies

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.

Thank you.

It's one of my children.

There.

Got a kiss for Johnny Jack, and all the children on his back?

Ah, well.

Where did you come from?

Where did I come from? How can I answer that?

Just try. I come from 250 different places.

But these doors were locked.

Not when I come in.

Tambourine jingles

Shop.

Shop!

There's no-one there, I'm afraid.

No-one in the kitchen? No.

So, what kind of place is this? Where is the staff?

Well, there is no staff.

Yet it's open? Yes.

So, what do you do?

Help yourself, serve yourself? I'll help myself.

Got a kiss for Johnny Jack?

And all the children on his back? Don't you touch her!

Get... Like the coat.

What you want here?

I want service, that's what I want here.

In the meantime...

This is mine.

My squat.

Are you the manager or something?

How did you arrive here?

How did I what?

To this place, how did you get here?

By minding my own business, and not answering questions,

that's how I got here.

And I've had nothing but questions

since the minute I walked through the door.

Well, first she started, and now you.

Has something happened here?

Something wrong?

Oi! Something happened here?

Did you walk, drive, what?

I walked, didn't I?

Here, do you mind? Walked from where?

I said, do you mind?

I'm sorry, mate, but that happens to be one of the tools of my trade.

Ah! Oh!

I said, walked from where?

I don't know where from. You forget?

I don't have to remember. The others. Will you let go?

The others? The others in the company.

They do the thinking, not me. Company of performers, is that it?

That's right. And you are one of them? Yes.

That makes sense. It makes no sense.

How did he get here? I walked, didn't I?

Look, whatever it is that's going on here,

I had nothing to do with it. I wasn't here.

Whatever it was. Ow!

You walked from where?

The others dropped me off, up by the turnpike.

Look, they was going into town, and I didn't want to go, all right?

So, they told me to meet them here. "Wait for us," they said,

"long toll, by the service station."

That's what they said.

So I walked, didn't I? Let go!

I only come in for a cup of tea. I mean, what sort of people are you?

Who are you? You've done nothing but throw your weight around

ever since you came here. That's right.

Well, if this is the future, the future that you represent,

well, you can keep it. Doesn't it worry you?

What? That you've been brought here from the past and trapped here?

Of course that worries me.

And what about him?

He has every right... There's no time here, remember?

What's he doing here?

He's right. No what?

No, why should they be right?

He just happened to be passing by, here in the present time.

That's right. Yes.

He just... he just came in.

He walked through the doors and he came in.

For a cup of tea, right? Ask him what the date is.

Ask him. No.

Excuse me.

What day is it today?

What, you mean the date? Yes.

Oh, I don't know. The 15th, or something.

The 15th of what?

Well, of July, of course.

And the year? The what?

What year is it?

Well, how do you mean? What... what year?

This year. You mean you don't know?

We forget.

Well, it is better be the same as it was

when I woke up this morning - 1957.

Tambourine jingles

It rang. Yes.

Then what?

I answered it.

And?

'..Be 9:24.' I got what you are getting now.

'..Be 9:24.'

two people from 1948.

And an old man from 1925.

And this character from 1957.

It doesn't make sense.

The numbers don't even compute to make any kind of sense.

Well, is there anything special about those particular years?

Nothing of great historical importance, no.

She sighs

there's...

There something wrong.

For us? Yes.

I'm going to take another look round.

Well, if it's any consolation, we have one tiny victory.

That? Yes.

But, silver, I've already checked that.

It was made in 1957, and it has no sinister elements.

Yes, but you and I are looking for different things.

Well, how did you get it away from him?

Well, while you were keeping him busy,

I made a quick reproduction and gave that to him.

He'll never know the difference.

Now, then...

Telepathically: 'Show me more.

'I said show me.

'Show me more.

'I said show me.'

Jingling what was that?

Hm? Oh, that was me.

Tense music

Is something wrong? Tell you what,

seeing as you are dodging about outside,

give us a shout, will you?

A shout? Yeah.

If you see a grey Van, that will be my mates,

only I'm busy, you see.

All right, I'll give you a shout.

Might put on a bit of a show later. If there's time.

Like that, would you? Possibly.

Bet you would. Sorry?

A bit of a show, you know, knees up on the table, that sort of thing.

You'd love that, wouldn't you, darling? No.

Well, it's a chance to cheer up a bit.

Why don't you get on with whatever it is you're supposed to be doing

and leave us alone?

No appreciation. Shame.

Shame? It's a tragedy.

Listen, I'm the best tambourine player on the road.

I'm the only musician amongst them. Play something.

What, now? Now.

When the others come, 'ey?

All right. I'll look forward to that.

Tambourine jingles

hm...

I don't trust these.

Any of them.

And it's...

As sapphire says, there's nothing really sinister about it.

Nothing that could really harm us. Then why don't you trust them?

Well, it's as if...

As a musical instrument, it's... It's never been played.

You see, every musical instrument that ever was, or is,

is its own recording device, did you know that?

No. Ah, well.

Listen.

Monotone jingling

here that?

You see, that's just noise.

This instrument has only ever made a noise, never music.

Well, it's a drum, isn't it? You can't expect it to play a tune.

No, but you can expect it to make music.

Its own sort of music, some sort of rhythm.

Properly handled, of course.

What you are trying to say is that a man who says

he is part of a travelling company made up of...

Musicians and performers.

..Should be able to get some kind of music, in other words?

Yes.

Especially when he's the only real musician amongst them.

What? His words.

Oh.

Monotone jingling

if you can make a reproduction of a tambourine...

Mm?

..Could you make one of a car?

A car!

Well, a car would be more difficult. With sapphire's help,

we could probably make an image of the real thing,

but it would only be an image. An illusion.

Would that be enough to allow you

to remove the real one for a closer inspection?

Well, the image would fool them, but only visually.

Well, that should be enough.

Tambourine jingles

Makes it a long day, doesn't it, when there is no time?

Jingling

Oh...

When we've done this...

I'm going to have a walk out there to where those traffic sounds are.

I'd like to know what would happen if we try to leave this place.

Under the circumstances, so would I.

Now, silver, you want me to project an image of the car?

Yes. Like you did last time, only a fixed one this time.

Right.

So...

Crackling

You're trying to tell me that I am more than 20 years adrift?

Yes. And this is the future?

That's right. Get away!

Well, look about you.

Isn't this a little different to what you are used to?

All places look the same to me. I never really need to look.

He is telling the truth.

What, we don't get any older?

Apparently not.

So what's 20-odd years?

Now, you get ready to project the image

the moment I drive this thing away.

But, silver, won't they hear it?

Well, for a fraction of a second, perhaps.

I shan't be driving in a conventional way.

Are you ready? Whispers: Yes.

Right.

I mean, the future could be a lot of fun.

Providing the price of a pint hasn't changed.

A pint of what?

Whirring

oh!

What's that? What?

Silver, it must be now.

It sounded like a motor.

Your friends... where are they?

Somewhere.

But I'm not sure.

All right?

I'm not sure.

Game machine clanks

say...

..Are you going to leave me in there with that freak?

Why, what's he done to you?

Well, nothing.

It's what he might do.

Sort it out, did you?

Just a minute.

I want to talk to you.

Go ahead.

Well, not here.

It's about him, you see.

Your man friend? Yes.

I want to tell you the truth about him.

Take me with you, will you?

Please take me with you. It's important.

Where's silver?

He's gone to look for a way out.

Is it unlocked?

It is now, yes.

Wait in there.

How did that get in here? I'll tell you later.

No, tell me now.

Ok. I'll wait in here.

What's she doing here?

She says she has something to tell us.

Why don't you find out what it is?

I'm not talking to you.

Not just you. I'm not saying anything to you.

You never once left that cafe.

Only now.

You hardly move from the table.

You're afraid to leave your friend's side

for a few moments of the time.

And here you are now with me.

I've explained. Not to me, you haven't.

Who are you?

Look...

I've got things to say, all right?

Things to tell you. Then tell me.

No, not unless all three of you are here.

If you hurt me, I shan't help you.

I shan't help any of you.

You're going to need me.

'Show me.

'Show me more.

'I said show me.

'More.'

Woman gasps

your eyes...

What's happened to your eyes?

What did she say?

Sapphire?

She gasps

steel...

It's our death.

Our destruction.

You know the danger I sensed in the yard?

You called it a sensation of fear.

They're playing tricks with your mind.

No, I was sensing violence.

Our destruction. Yours and mine.

So, it wasn't an emotion from the past?

No. From the future.

Yes. Our future.

But why?

Crackling

crackling

crackling

steel?

Tense music

They are like us, steel.

But they are like us.

Same as us.

Well... almost.

Music stops

how do they differ?

I think they answer to a higher authority.

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