All language subtitles for The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007) - S03E07 - The Eternity Trap (1) (1080p WEB-DL x265 Panda)_track3_[eng1]

CLYDE: 13 Bannerman Road is
where Sarah Jane Smith lives

and it's home to things
way beyond your imagination.

There's an extraterrestrial,
super computer in the wall,

a genetically engineered
boy genius in the attic,

a school girl investigator
across the road,

and a whole universe
of adventure
right here on the doorstep.

- Ready?
- Always.

PROFESSOR RIVERS:
No-one really knows

just when Ashen Hill Manor
was first built.

But, through history,
there has always been
a house here.

And, so they say, just as long
as there's been stone and oak,

there has always been evil.

They say it was the reputation
of the house

that attracted the magician
Erasmus Darkening.

He entered the service of the
young lord of the manor,
the widower,

Lord Marchwood.

Darkening promised that
in return for his protection,

he would replenish
the family's fortunes
with the secret

of making gold from base metal.

But after two years working
in a secret chamber
far beneath the house,

Darkening's alchemy
had failed to bear
one ounce of gold.

And the people
on Marchwood's land
were uneasy.

There were stories
of how Darkening came
among them at night,

of how he took away people
that never returned

and that he was not human.

(SCREAMING)

LORD MARCHWOOD:
Elizabeth?

Joseph?

Elizabeth! Joseph!

My children, where are you?

RIVERS: No matter how long,
no matter how hard their
father searched for them,

they were never ever seen again.

My children!

My children!

And they say he searches still.

SARAH: It's a good story,
Professor, but I don't
believe in ghosts.

Of course you don't.
And neither do I.
But Ashen Hill Manor

is reputedly one of
the most haunted
locations in the UK.

CLYDE: So let me get
this right, if you don't
believe in ghosts, Sarah Jane,

and you don't
believe in ghosts,
Professor, then...

SARAH: What are we doing here?

RIVERS: To see if we're right.

To find out scientifically
one way or the other.

In that case, I'm delighted
you invited me along
to cover the story.

RIVERS: We're set up
through here.

Are you sure
about this? I mean...

there's no such things
as ghosts, is there?

Clyde, I don't believe you.

After all
the things we've seen,
you're scared of ghosts!

Who said anything
about scared?
Did I mention scared?

I don't think so.

Don't worry. I'm sure.

Whatever people
may think they've seen
at Ashen Hill Manor,

it has more to do
with imagination
than the supernatural.

Introductions,
Sarah Jane Smith,
journalist.

My assistant from the
Pharos Institute,

Toby Silverman.

Hello, Toby.

Um. This is Rani
and Clyde.

Sort of Sarah Jane's apprentice.

And I'm carrying the sandwiches.

So are you the technical genius?

Well, I don't know about that.

I'm just interested in the
quantifiable effects of
meta-normal energies

on the established phenomena.

We should've brought Luke.

Only he said that people
who believed in ghosts

-were still living
in the Dark Ages.
-(BOTH LAUGHING)

Or something like that.

Luke is my son.

Toby is the son of Professor
Sir Rupert Silverman.

The physicist?

What does your father
think of his son dabbling
in the paranormal?

I ought to get on with
putting my monitoring
equipment together.

Yes, of course.

This house has a long
history of psychic activity.

Then there are the
disappearances.

Disappearances?
Nobody said anything about
any disappearances.

No, they didn't.

There's something else,
isn't there?

The Scrivens family,

who legally still own
the house, a mother,
a father and two children,

vanished one night 20 years ago.

The keys were found
still in the doors.

Locked from the inside.

Toby! What on earth
are you doing?

My screwdriver.
I just put it down there
and it's gone, it's vanished.

What's that?

EMF meter.

Paranormal activity causes
a fluctuation in the
electro-magnetic field.

Save your batteries, Professor.

The only ghost at work here
is the spirit of
Sir Isaac Newton.

Gravity.
It fell and rolled away.

Come on.
Let's have a look around.

At least we know
Lord Marchwood was real.

I've no doubt he was.

And his children probably
disappeared, too.

Perhaps Lord Marchwood
did spend the rest of his life
looking for his children.

But the afterlife?
I doubt it.

Ah, it's so sad how this house
has fallen into disrepair.

It must have been
quite wonderful.

Professor Rivers couldn't
have picked a creepier place
for a ghost hunt.

It's felt like someone's been
watching me since we got here.

It's psychological,
you know this place is
supposed to be haunted

-and your imagination
starts to work overtime.
-Hmm.

No wonder Luke
wanted to stay at home.

I could get bored of
jumping at my own shadow
pretty fast.

What about the disappearances?
An entire family
vanishes into thin air.

Whether or not you believe in
ghosts, that's just sinister.

I've seen so many
strange things in my life,
wonderful and frightening,

yet all of it had
a scientific explanation
of some kind.

The trouble with ghosts is
that there simply isn't any

scientific basis
for them to exist.

(BELL TOLLS)

What's that?
Dinner time?

I didn't see any bell tower.

That's because there isn't one.

(BELL CONTINUES RINGING)

Miss Smith?

Didn't you hear it?
The bell. The church bell.

What bell?

CLYDE:
There's no bell tower,

there's nothing.

But why did we hear something
like Quasimodo on a joy ride

and Professor Rivers
and Toby heard nothing?

It doesn't make sense.

I'm telling you, I don't care
whether Sarah Jane
believes in ghosts or not,

-there's something seriously
freaky about that place.
-(GROWLING)

Let's check up here.

"The History Of
Ashen Hill Manor."
Perfect.

RANI:
Look at this place,
it's beautiful.

Yeah.

I bet Castle Dracula looked
okay on a sunny day too.

Look.

(DOOR OPENING)

-Doesn't look like
it's been used years.
-Well,

that would be because
everyone just disappears.

- Are you scared?
- (SCOFFS)

Clyde Langer, scared?

I've taken on just about every
creep in the universe, right.

I ain't afraid of no ghost.

Good. Come on, then.

Oh...

It smells like
cucumber farts in here.

It's just old and damp.

It must have been
wonderful here years ago.

A picnic by the fountain.
Taking the boat out
on the lake.

If you like to paddle.

(LAUGHS)

(WATER RUNNING)

Who turned that on?

- (CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER)
- RANI: Who's there?

Is there someone out
here messing with us?

Cos we're not falling
for it, okay?

(DOOR OPENS)

- (WALTZ MUSIC PLAYING)
- I'm not hearing this.

You don't believe that?
Wait till you see this.

Wet footprints?

(RADIO BROADCAST CRACKLES)

(CHILD SOBBING)

Hello?

What are you doing?

If it's a ghost,
it can't hurt us.
It's already dead.

Besides, listen to her.

(CHILD SOBBING CONTINUES)

Hello?

(SIGHS)

Feeling freaked yet?

What's wrong?

RIVERS: I think what you
experienced was a Stone Tape
manifestation.

RANI: Some of us are a bit new
to this kind of thing,
you might need to explain.

It's the theory that events
can be recorded on physical
matter, normally stone,

and then, under certain
circumstances,
they get played back.

It's the most convincing
explanation for most
so-called hauntings.

The house is built on a giant
slab of granite bedrock,

which research suggests
is a great conductor
of these psychic recordings.

There are stories about the
Grey Lady that walks the
castle rampart,

or sometimes a legion
of Roman centurions
marching along a road.

Only people only ever
see them from the knee up.

Because the Roman Roads
were lower?

Exactly.

I heard about this castle
where some lord was murdered
by his jealous brother.

He lopped of his head
and every Halloween, it rolls
down the castle steps.

The man in the mirror,
he didn't look like
any sort of recording.

If it was a disembodied spirit,

let's hope he shows
up again tonight.

It's after 8:00
and it's gone dark.

It's time to begin
the experiment.

If I could have everybody's
mobile phones, please.

Our phones? What for?

Mobiles can interfere
with our equipment.

We can keep in touch
throughout the house
with walkie-talkies.

I'd like to speak to Luke first.

And Clyde and Rani
should call their parents.

Of course.
We'll be in the control hub
running final checks. Toby.

Hi, Mum. Everything's cool.

Just bedding down
for the night in the
old haunted house.

I haven't seen any ghosts yet
but I reckon they're
on a skeleton staff.

And yes, we've had dinner,
we had ghoul-lash.

(LAUGHING)

The EMF network?

All meters through the
house operating and on-line.

Thermostats?

Operating and on-line.

Video cameras?

Toby?

Sorry. For a moment...

I thought I saw...

You saw what?

Oh, nothing.

- All cams are fine.
- Good.

Oh, no.

Hang on,
nursery cam's on the blink.

Mmm-hmm, I'll go and check it.

Apparently Luke's been
driving Dad round the bend
all afternoon.

What?
Luke's your dad's star pupil.

-He's probably just secretly
planning your wedding.
-Ugh.

Not any more. Dad taught him
to play chess today.

And Luke beat him six times
before he went home.

Oh, I bet he had
your father in pieces.

I closed that book.
I know I did.

Is there a draught in here?

Someone tell me the
window is open.

- Please.
- It isn't.

Must be a draught
coming down the chimney.

That's him! That's the man
from the pavilion.

That's Erasmus Darkening.

The magician?

I bet he made a mean balloon
giraffe at kids' parties.

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

That's better, Professor.

Oh. The camera doesn't do
you any favours.

I heard that.

Where is the Professor?

Something seriously
freaky just happened.

Which I'm sure has
a rational explanation.

She's in the nursery.
Won't be long.

-Happy with
the positioning, Toby?
-Right on target.

Miss Smith wants to talk to you.

I'll be down in a minute.

(MOBILE PLAYING LULLABY)

I refuse to believe that book
was opened by any ghost,

and certainly not the ghost
of a supposedly evil magician
from the 17th century.

Well, something
opened it, Sarah Jane.

CLYDE:
And there wasn't any breeze,
we would have felt it.

That was definitely
the man in the pavilion.

(BEEPING)

Oh! Wow! Look at that!

-What is it?
-EMF readings throughout
the house are spiking.

Something's happening.

(RIVERS SCREAMS)

What happened?

Where did she go?

RANI: She's vanished.

Come on!
Better check the landing.

Professor Rivers didn't
strike me as the kind
that plays hide and seek.

RIVERS:
Hello? Hello?

Is anybody there?

Professor? Where are you?

You had us all worried
for a second.

Hello? Where am I?

Is anybody there?
Can anybody help me?

Professor! Celeste!

Wherever Professor Rivers
has gone, she can't hear you.

But where is she?

I don't know.
But these readings are like
nothing I've ever seen before.

What is that?

It's like your EMF meter
only more useful.

(MUSIC BOX MUSIC PLAYING)

Who set that off?

Poltergeist activity.

This room is famous for it.

Or perhaps just
a freak mechanical fault.

(CREAKING)

I just got head-butted
by a rocking horse!

No, you must've knocked it.

I didn't! I know I didn't!

The electro-magnetic signature
is increasing by
five milli-Gauss...

Eight... 10...

This is astonishing!

No, this is freaky!

These readings are going crazy.

CHILD:
♪ Ring a-ring o' roses,
A pocketful of posies ♪

We have to get out of here.

Are you kidding?
This is amazing!

Look!

Come on, now!

- It's locked!
- It can't be.

The energy in here is building!

I don't want to be
in here when it peaks.

Come on!

♪ We all fall down! ♪

Still say there's no such
thing as the paranormal then?

I only wish the Professor
were here to see it...
And my father.

Your watch. Did it pick up
something alien?

The readings were confused.

Alien?

Now, that's more like it.

-Aliens I can handle.
-We have to track down the
source of whatever

is happening here,
we have to stop it
and get Professor Rivers back.

And how do we do that?

We do what we always do.

We look for clues.

Ah, my readings
are different now.

Still energy signatures
that I don't recognise.

Neither human nor alien,
but less intense,
almost dormant.

The EMF readings have gone
back to normal as well.

Those readings in the nursery
were completely unnatural.

Unnatural, but not supernatural.

There's an energy source
somewhere in this house.

If we can locate that,
we'll be on our way to
finding the Professor.

So we split up, yeah?

Oh, I don't think so, Rani.

Professor Rivers
managed somehow to disappear
in the blink of an eye.

The same thing
may have been happening here
for centuries.

Yeah. But it's a big house,
and we don't know
how much time we might have.

Hmm.

All right, but don't take
any unnecessary risks.

Hey, there's nothing
to worry about,

we all know Luke is the
loose cannon in the gang.

I'll check the levels
through the house.

Yes, have a look around,
but be careful.

Okay. The study.

Always a good place for clues.

This place doesn't look like
it's been touched since
the last people disappeared.

Yeah. Just be careful.

Around here I wouldn't be
surprised if there really was
a skeleton in the cupboard.

(LAUGHS)

Oh, jumping at shadows, now.

CHILD:
Please, you must leave here.

You're Lord Marchwood's
children. But you can't be.

We want our father.

Your father?

He keeps us from him.

Who does?

You must leave the house
before he comes for you,
all of you.

Who? Who will come?

Was it you that opened the book?

Were you trying to warn us
about Erasmus Darkening?

He will take you all,
you will never leave.

Don't go. I want to help you!

(FAINT GROWLING)

Clyde, look at this.

Someone was
researching the house and
the people that disappeared.

Well, it didn't do them
much good, did it?
They still all disappeared.

Look, this list goes
all the way back to 1655,

Lord Marchwood and his children.

And your friend,
Erasmus Darkening.

"I am unable to find
any historical records of
Erasmus Darkening.

"But Marchwood's household
accounts prove he existed.

"Stories that Darkening was
responsible for disappearances

"from local villages are
impossible to substantiate.

"Perhaps the answer lies
in the secret passage."

Did you say secret passage?

Mmm-hmm.

As in whoever wrote that
went looking down it
and maybe never came back.

We should show this
to Sarah Jane.

Oh, no, wait, wait, wait.

What is it?

It's a list of the
secret passages.

Well, guess what?
There's one in
Toby's control room.

Hello?
Is there anybody out here?

Whoever you are, I'm not
here to hurt you. I promise.

Save yourself, my lady!
Get thee to the netherworld!

Hello?

When me and Luke were being
held prisoner by those
nutsy Gorgon nuns,

he got us out by opening
a secret passageway.

It's just a question of
finding a panel
or something to press.

Ah!

Hey, presto!

-I think we've hit
a brick wall.
-(CHUCKLES)

Now that's magic.

-It looks pretty dark
down there.
-Yeah.

Never leave home without one.

Especially if you're going
somewhere with
Sarah Jane Smith.

You coming?

Well, someone's got to hold
your hand, haven't they?
Go on.

Couldn't you have brought
a bigger torch?

What and spoil the
look of my jacket?

I'm not just an action hero,
you know. I am a style icon.

Yeah. Yeah.
(LAUGHING)

Very Spider-Man!

Come on.

It's all right, Toby.
It's only me.

-Are you all right,
Miss Smith?
-I'm not sure.

Well, they do exist, Miss Smith.

And we could be on the verge
of something so enormous here.

Is that why you're so jumpy?

Oh, I'm not jumpy, I'm excited.

This could be the scientific
discovery of all time.

The ultimate question answered.

Is there life after death?

And that would mean you could
prove yourself to your father?

I'm presuming that
he doesn't approve
of your area of research.

Science has a very
short-sighted view
of the paranormal.

-For a good reason.
-There is nothing scientific
about ignoring phenomena

just because it doesn't fit
in with your view of the
universe, Miss Smith.

Believe me, Toby, my view of
the universe is very detailed

and I understand humanity's
need to believe in
some sort of afterlife,

but whatever is
happening here,
ghosts do not exist.

Well,

I have those EMF
readings for you.

Darkening!

Where?

He's gone.

Are you sure
you don't believe in ghosts?

RANI:
Look at this place.

CLYDE:
I take it all back.

Everything else,
that was not creepy.

This place,

this is creepy.

This is Creepsville,
Transylvania.

Look at this stuff.

Ah!

This is Hogwarts,
Tim Burton style.

It's Harry Potter
has a close shave off
Sweeney Todd.

Clyde, do you know where we are?

Well, it isn't Santa's workshop.

According to the legend,
Erasmus Darkening
spent two years

working in a secret chamber
beneath Ashen Hill Manor.

This is it.

It's all for real.

I guess he hasn't
been around in a while.

Maybe this is the reason
for whatever's going on here.

If this part of the
legend is true.

Then maybe he really
did make those
two kids disappear.

And Professor Rivers?

Rani, this guy lived
hundreds of years ago.

And I know what I saw
in the pavilion. It was him.
Darkening.

Well, I have to admit it,

I've seen some weird stuff,

but there's weird
and then there's...

this place.

What was I saying again?

It's like electronics but
from hundreds of years ago.

And it's still working.

(MAN LAUGHS EVILLY)

Who's there?

MAN: Welcome to my dominion.

My halls of granite.

You crossed my threshold
of your own free will
and now by my will,

you shall stay.

For all eternity.

Release us from this purgatory.

- (GUN SHOTS)
- Get back!

Whatever is going on
in this house is far more
dangerous than a haunting.

CLYDE:
Get down!

What was that?
The poltergeist activity.

I think it's following us!

CLYDE:
It doesn't matter
what you shut out,

you never know what you're
locking yourself in with.