"No matter what Traynor says, I'm not a traitor." "I've come here in all sincerity because I can no longer believe in the Master Plan." "It has misled us all, except you here in the Community." "I thought it would save the world." "That the trees and flowers and a few Misfits didn't matter, but they do." "The Plan would destroy them." "We must save the Community before it's too late." "But before you wouldn't help at all." "That's when I still believed in the Plan, Liz." "But now I see it's all been a great error." "What was meant to save the world has destroyed it." "Oh!" "(Screaming)" " Vera!" " Simon!" "I was looking for you and they found me and made me bring them here." "The light!" " What did you do that for?" " Nothing must stand in the way, Simon." "The Master Plan is supreme." "Alpha Four, you certainly took your time getting here." "Traynor, once your controller in chief." "I am resuming command." " Commander Traynor?" " That's right." "You're a social criminal." " No." " You were denounced." "By that man there." "Falsely." "He trumped up charges against me to get me out of his way." "It can be proved, I assure you." "I don't understand all this." "is it true, Controller?" "All I'm sure of at the moment is that our colleague is playing a game." "You invented evidence to say I'd tampered with the Master Plan." "You betrayed me with lies!" "You told me the Master Plan was going to hurt a lot of people, so you changed it." " Rubbish." "More lies." " A little tale to win your confidence, Liz." "You..." "To think that you of all people could hope to overthrow me." "A boy that I introduced to the world of science." "You'd never have been anywhere if it hadn't been for me." "Just a moment. I came to this place because I needed evidence against 2957." "I wanted proof that he was sheltering a misfit Community." " You wanted power." " You were untrue to the Master Plan." " No." " How can you deny it?" "All we know for certain is somebody edited those instruction tapes." "Somebody even changed a figure from 1 ,200 million to 1 ,500 million gallons." "There can't be any doubt in your mind." "Did you ever see the evidence against me?" "You helped create the Plan." "I was its principal architect." "2957 always hated me for that." "Naturally, when I was accused, I had to run." "There was no other way that I could hope to fight back." "I repeat, Alpha Four, I am resuming command." "imprison them!" "You're mad!" "This Plan of yours is burning up the world!" " No use now." " Put them in the hut." "We'll decide in the morning what to do with them." "When we get back to the Ministry, there'll be an inquiry." "But I understand enough of the character of 2957 to suppose that..." "Excuse me, Commander." " Simon, what are you doing?" " Hm?" "Well, look, this is the earth, right?" "Turning on its axis." "Up here we have the great continental land masses." "But down here mainly ocean." " What's called the water hemisphere." " So?" "What happens if you get too much water pumped into the water hemisphere?" "What effect is it likely to have on the land masses?" "You're clever, aren't you, Simon?" "I mean, really clever." "Better than most." "Well, what will happen to us exactly?" "What's the form?" "Well, I'll have to face an inquiry, stand trial." "But as for you people, Misfits, well, you go direct to...institutions." " To jail?" " All right. lf you want to call it that." " And the Community will be broken up?" " Yes." "Traynor." "I suppose it's as much my fault as anybody's." "I was a fool to trust him." "But Liz believed and I thought at least it was possible... ls it...?" "is it true?" " ls what true?" " What he said." "That you trumped up charges against him." "You know, Beth, at one time I was only anxious to be an important and respected member of the Technocracy." "Nothing else mattered to me." "I'm different now." "I trusted Traynor and I was wrong." "Oh, I don't understand you people." "When you're not throwing innocent children into jail, you're cutting each other's throats." "You really believe that?" "With someone you've known all your life?" " Hey!" " What?" "Water vapour." "Yes, why not?" "Can't you screech more quietly?" "Some of us are trying to sleep." "Don't you get it?" "If too much water was pumped into the water hemisphere, the one thing you wouldn't get over the land masses was as much condensation." "It would all happen down here, which would explain that fog over the southern Atlantic and..." "Of course. lf the situation grew critical, complete breakdown of the atmosphere." "Things like static discharge, sonic booms." "Finally breakdown in the structure of the air itself." "Loss of nitrogen, oxygen." "And that's the Master Plan." "That's what Traynor wants." " Everything in order?" " All's well, Alpha Four." " Alpha Four?" " Yes, Commander?" "What are the arrangements concerning the prisoners?" "March them to the jungle edge at daybreak and have the hovercraft patrols pick them up." "Yes." "Yes." "That march sounds like a good idea." "Tire them out." "They might be tempted to make a last stand out of love of a primitive place like this." "(Chuckles)" "A place like this." "Have you ever reflected, Four, how inefficient nature is?" " inefficient?" " Mm." "In the early days of the Master Plan, we had to make certain grave decisions." "There were still a lot of old men about who thought that there was nothing more perfect than a flower." "But objective study showed us that no matter how beautiful it may be, there are few things as wasteful, cumbersome and unproductive as a flower." " Of course." " Something had to be done about that." "Something had to be done about natural forms in general." "And so the infinite leap was taken." "The ultimate commitment made." "Why, to remake the world, Four, in a new manner." "For years, we scientists have fought to control nature." "Now, at last, it was decided that we should vanquish her." "An end, do you see?" "An end and a beginning." "Nature is finished now." "Done for." "We observe her death throes." "Easy, now." "Just a hole big enough to crawl through." "There we are, Meg." "Now, don't go hurting yourself again." "We've got to get started in a minute." "All right, Liz?" " Well..." " Hm." "Give it here." "You never were much of a needle woman until you were forced to it." "Will we ever get away from here, Beth?" "Truly?" "We've got to." " Simon?" " Yes?" "is it..." "I mean, are we watching the end of the world?" "If everything is true about the atmosphere breaking up, and not even enough oxygen in the air, that's the finish, isn't it?" "Well, it depends on how far things go, Liz." "If it stops right away, maybe things will be OK." "But if it gets much worse..." "Well, there's hope for Beth and the Community, then." "Some future." "Of course, but what we've got to see to is there's a lot more future for everybody." "This is only a projection for us, so providing we can get back to our time and stop the Master Plan happening, it won't be like this." "No." "No, that's right." "When the others head for the caves, we'll make for the time barrier." "Yes." " You are clever, aren't you?" " What?" "A proper little A plus, but I'm just a D minus." "Nothing's going to change that." "Nothing we can do." "Liz, stop it!" "So, an early start, Four, just as you suggest." " l think I'll get some rest now." " Of course, Commander Traynor." "Right, you first, Beth." "When I've got them all out, head for the caves as fast as you can." "But you, you'll take care." " OK, play." " But I don't see what this is all about." "We look as if we're playing, so everything will seem normal." "Normal?" "But I'm rotten at chess." "Wrong." "Hey, you!" " Stop!" " (Gun fires)" "(Screaming)" "(Paul) He got in front, took the bullet." "(Beth) Quickly!" "(Guard) Stop!" " What's going on?" " They're getting away." "All Deltas, assemble!" "An escape!" " You, what's your part?" " Why don't you let them go?" "Be quiet!" "I'm not taking this from you!" "You made us think you were on our side." "(Traynor) You are out of your own time." "What's going on has nothing to do with you." " Your Master Plan will destroy the world." " Simon, quickly!" "Argh!" "Quickly." "After Beth and the others." "Move!" "Argh!" "You're burning up the world!" "No, Simon, remaking the world." "Doing away with what's useless." "You pumped too much water from east to west." "There's no saying the new world will resemble the old." "The surface may become uninhabitable, so we'll live underground." "We'll live according to science..." "Are you all right?" "An old man, eh, Simon?" "Not able to keep up with the youngsters any more." "But I'll see my life's work completed yet." " Oh, yes." " You want to change everything?" "A new world, Simon." "Very soon." "A new world." " (Deltas groaning)" " All that matters." "It must have gone right through the shoulder." " We can't stay here much longer." " Find something to bandage it with." "If only we had some water." "(Both) Simon!" " ls something wrong?" " No." "We wondered where you'd got to." " We thought Alpha Four had caught you." " No, he was still dazed." "Simon, we've got to talk to you." "I think it's time...time you chose between Vera and me." " Time I did what?" " You know what I mean." "We can't go on without clearing things up. I'm just a D minor..." " lf you're going on about that..." " Maybe I'm just silly." "But I don't like people thinking I'm an idiot." "I'm not. I'm just me." "It's all I want to be, too." "The way Beth is Beth and trees are trees." "There's one thing to understand about these computer tests, as far as we're concerned, they're grotty." " Oh, are they?" " That's what I say, too." " You?" " They're just for 1990 for Technocrats." "But if that world's going to be under the ground or full of clones, I don't want to be more than a D minus myself." "The world under the ground?" "Who said that?" "Commander Traynor." "We've got to get back, Liz." " Yes." " As soon as we can." "Get back where?" "Oh, Vera." "Oh, Vera." "It's all right, really. I am silly." "It's good to be halfwitted." "I should be glad." "Caves, Beth." "The caves." "Yes." "That should be all right now you're patched up." " Must get there." " Of course." "Yes, yes, I'm all right now." "What time is it?" " Nearly 05:00." " Less than half an hour to daylight." "Good." " They won't get far." " Right, move." "Caves up there, Beth." "Leave me here. I'll catch up." "Simon." "You and Liz start getting the Community across." "Yes, that's right. I'll stay with you." "No." " Simon, at once!" " All right." "OK, come on." "Follow me." "Keep together, though." "Come on." "This way." "What's the matter with you?" "Get on your feet." "Come on!" "Move." "(Screams)" "Come on!" " Get a move on!" " Come on!" "Quick!" "Come on!" " All right to move on now?" "Time we did." " Leave me." "That's fine talk." "We get away and leave you." "Come on, Controller 2957." "Suddenly that sounds so formal." "Shall I call you 29 for short?" "Perhaps just Simon." "We've made it." "(Everyone gasping)" " Mm." "Yes, it is. lt's good water." " (Cheering)" "We'll be all right here." "Right, then." "Beth and 2957, then the time barrier." "Look!" "You see?" "You can't escape." "No one..." "No one escapes the new world." "Come on." "Argh!" "No escape from that brightness." "They'll never bother us here." " lf we survive." " You will." "Liz and I mean to see to it." "No!" "Come back!" "Get up!" "Get after them!" "They're enemies of the new world." "On your feet!" "We mustn't stop now." "We must..." "Alpha Four." "Alpha Four."