" (Man) What's the matter?" " l don't know. I can't seem to..." " No, Mrs Skinner." " She's upset, can't you see that?" "I was an idiot to give my consent." "Liz?" "Liz, dear." "Come along, that's enough." "We're going home." " But, Mummy..." " She must go back." "The child's afraid." "We can't force her." " l'm not afraid. I can't find the barrier." " What?" "I can't. lt was just here where we're standing but now it's gone." " Gone?" " Oh, Daddy, it's gone. I can't go back." "I'll never be able to find out what happened to you now." "The barrier's vanished, vanished!" "(Sobs)" " Are you..." "Are you all right, sir?" " Hm?" "Oh, yes, right as rain." "Who needs all those ribs, anyway?" "That job Skinner had to do." "Was it to do with a machine in the cupboard?" "I found the switch by accident." "Soon as the cupboard opened, he pulled the machine to pieces." " What did you do with the parts?" " He threw them away." " Right, fine." " Seemed to be very unusual." "A sort of rain machine." "That ruby in the middle..." "Honestly, I only know a bit about science and I am on your side." "If I had time and opportunity, I'd set up a special inquiry about a kid like you." "You'll be able to prove your loyalty soon." " What's that mean?" " l can take a knock as well as anyone but have a prejudice against rough stuff." "So I am about to reassume command of this station... the hard way." "(Sighs)" " Fritz!" " Ja, Herr Kapitan?" "It's here." "Yes, it's something in here." "Kommen Sie schnell!" "Ich habe keine Zeit mehr!" " Not happy?" " No." "So she really wanted to go back then?" "Whatever, if the barrier's vanished, there's something else to worry about." "Oh?" "Such as?" "Well, Simon." "What the devil happens about Simon?" "He's still in 1940 and he's still my responsibility." "But he's stuck there, trapped in your blasted time bubble." "Look, there's, erm...nothing to say the barrier has vanished permanently." " Hm?" " Remember what I told you, that only certain people were sensitive to these time phases, young children who hadn't become cynical and disillusioned." "So?" "We haven't shown much respect for Lizzie's illusions." "That weighty discussion we had about whether she should go back, the rights and wrongs - it'll give her inhibitions." " What are you getting at?" " Don't you see?" "When she's relaxed, the barrier is there." "But when she's upset about the whole thing..." " Wait a minute!" " l think it may be the answer." "(Sighs) But in the end, Jean didn't want her to go back." " l must abide by that." " Yes, of course." "But, erm..." "You regard Simon as your own personal responsibility." "When all's said and done, you get in some pretty tense states." "Usually about the same time that Liz is all upset about you." "Vicious circle, eh?" "Relaxation." "Freedom from care." "So important for all of us." "I envisaged a little jaunt across the fields, just you and Liz, and me." " A jolly romp." " A jolly romp?" "Yes, to show there's no invisible barrier between father and daughter." "A man is as young as he feels." "You believe that, don't you?" " Well, Skinner." "Clear what you're to do?" " l think so, yes." " Can I count on you?" " Yes, sir." "Right." "When I give the signal, then." "(Whistles)" "(Thud)" "(Groans)" "Ooh!" "Ah!" "Ow!" "Ah!" " Skinner!" " Was ist jetzt los?" "Can't you see?" "He's collapsed!" "He's bleeding from the ears." "Look, blood!" " Er..." "Blut!" " Wo ist Blut?" "Have a look, confound you!" "Come on." " What's the matter?" " l can't..." "Give it to me!" "Come on, Frank, the door!" "Come on, come on." "Up." "Commander?" "No, Commander." "Try tunnelling next time. lt's less noisy." "(Sighs)" "Nein!" "The boy!" "Where is the boy?" "(Man) Der Junge!" "Wo ist der Junge?" " Wo ist der Junge?" " Es ist nicht meine Schuld." "Wissen Sie mit wem Sie sprechen?" " Er war hier?" " lch weiss nicht." "Suchen Sie darin." "(Footsteps)" "(Laughter)" "Oh!" "I said race you but I didn't mean an Olympic sprint!" "You know, you should have more respect for my grey hairs." "Liz, we're not bothering about that any more." "Honestly, let it go." "Everything will work out of its own accord." "Let's give old Traynor the slip." "Whatever happens, he mustn't catch us." "(Panting)" "A man is as young...as he feels." "Skinner?" " Come on, no hiding." "That's not fair." " (Giggling)" "There's a whole two shillings riding on it when I catch you." " (Liz squeals)" " Aha!" "The barrier, Daddy, it's come back!" "The barrier!" "Danke." "(Tuts) No time." "Never enough time." "That boy, running off. (Tuts)" "Es ist uns nicht sehr gut gegangen." " (Clattering)" " Was ist das?" "Yes!" "This is the hole just here." "(Tapping)" "Ach!" "Yes, Daddy, it's just the way it was before!" "Liz, if you don't want to go back, we're not saying..." "Shut up!" "I'm saying!" "I'm saying, Skinner!" "(Man) Simon!" "Simon!" "Simon!" "You're not getting away, you know!" "Where are you?" "Simon?" "Looking for something?" "If it's a hole, it's further along." " Where's Sarah?" " Delivered to her mother." " l've been and gone and come back." " You stupid idiot!" "Why?" "It's been bad enough trying to get myself free." "Come on, or they'll have us both." "No, I have to get in there again." " Have to?" " There are things we must do." " Who's we?" " Us!" "You and me." "Mr Traynor says we must find out if Gottfried has seen his secret papers." "It's important." "National security." " But Mr Traynor's been roughed up." " And I'm worried about Frank." "The real reason I came back is I must find out what happened to Daddy." " Oh, Simon, don't you see?" " But we don't know what's going on." "If we don't go now, we won't get out at all." "You'll be no use to your father then!" " But Mr Traynor says we can't be hurt." " Very funny!" "I've been hurt already." " When that German thug grabbed me." " l mean seriously hurt." " Oh, Simon, help me, please!" " No." "Ooh, you soppy creep!" "It's just like you, always afraid of things." "No spirit of adventure." "Oh, Simon, I've got to." "Can't you understand that?" "There must be something the matter with me. I'm supposed to be clever but somehow, anyone can talk me into anything." "It doesn't make sense." "You're just good-hearted, that's all." "Considerate." "Come on, we'll go down to the station." "For goodness' sakes, don't worry!" "If we run into trouble, I'll protect you." " You know that, don't you?" " Come on." "And again, no one in the village has heard of the boy Simon." "Or the girl." "These messages, are they coming from the inn?" "Who are these children and where are they from?" "(Groans)" "Commander, again I must apologise for the behaviour of my men." "Graz had no reason to strike you down." "For Pete's sake, stop trying to act out your idea of an English gentleman!" "There's a war on, we're enemies, your men are thugs, and I hope to return their thuggery with interest." "Of course I never expected you to tell me what you were really working on." "But you may find it difficult to deny conclusions I am coming to." " What conclusions?" " We are both scientists, aren't we?" "Military men can lie to one another but not scientists." "The look in the eye is often enough to give away the truth." "There are matters of great interest in this establishment and they need explanation." "You're barking up the wrong tree, old horse." "What needs explanation?" "This, for instance." "What, I wonder, could this be for?" " You've no right to do it!" " Jean, listen." " Not without consulting me." " But there was Simon!" "I only wanted time to think things over, to understand." "But now you've seen to it that she's gone back, before I'm sure!" "Before we know!" "(Eerie high-pitched whistling)" "(Speech inaudible)" " Drink, old man?" " Oh, no, thanks." " Come on, might do you good." " l shouldn't have gone against Jean." "Now she's mad at me." "She's right." "This should have stayed put until we knew what we were about." "It was essential for her to go." "Because of Simon?" "Well, not only that." "Erm...do you know anything about missile interception?" "Hm?" "You know, spotting enemy rockets up in the blue before they arrive." " No, not a thing." " Well, it's a complicated business." "Rockets can travel very high nowadays." "We believe that one foreign power may have developed one able to home on target from distances too high for radio signal interception, too high for conventional radar." "But imagine a beam of light, Skinner, pencil-thin but immensely powerful, capable of thrusting up great distances beyond the atmosphere, locating one small object with pinpoint accuracy, then passing the information down to a receptor below." "I suppose it would be a remarkable development." "Yes, it would." "And then imagine, Skinner, that the scientists of one particular country had achieved such a development but didn't know for certain whether the scientists of another, unfriendly country had somehow stumbled on the same secret too." "A ruby." "A ruby." "Now, let's see." "What would a ruby be doing lying about in a back room?" "A careless gesture." "lndeed. lt was tossed a little too carelessly amongst some spare radio parts." "I see." "Well, the game's up. I'll have to confess." "But I don't see what my private life has to do with you." " What private life?" " You're a man of the world, Gottfried." "I, erm...picked up this ruby in London recently and gave it to one of my lads to set in a pendant for a lady I know." "Kindly don't joke with me, Commander." "It's true!" "I can run to rubies for my lady friends." " You will be serious." " l can even run to lady friends." "Now, let's see, a ruby." "A ruby has hardness, colour, clarity - all the properties necessary for conducting experiments with light." "Come along, Commander, credit me with some sense." "If all that's deduced from the look in my eyes, the rulers of the Third Reich won't give you a medal for deduction." "How often do I have to tell you that I am not here on behalf of the rulers of the Third Reich?" "And how do you know that's the only proof I've got?" "I may have found something more significant." " (Knock at door)" " Herein!" "You two again!" "Where have you come from this time?" "Outside." "We got away but we decided to come back." "What's your game, hm?" "What is it?" "No one in the village has heard of you and nor has Commander Traynor." "Where have you come from and what do you want?" "Nothing." "We're not..." "We only..." " What's the matter?" " Nothing, sir." "Nothing at all." "You'll be placed under close guard and won't disturb my work here any more." "Out!" "So, Commander..." "light." "We will speak of light now, and its uses." "(Eerie high-pitched whirring)" "(Knock at door)" "Frank!" "Oh, thank goodness you're all right." "What happened?" "Did the Germans hurt you, torture you?" " Girlie, who are you?" " What?" "I mean, we haven't..." "I don't..." "What are youngsters like you doing in a place like this?" " l guess Frank's lost his memory." " Already?" " What's that supposed to mean?" " Frank, I'm Liz!" "Liz who fell out by the fence, with Simon here." "And we've got the same name, Skinner." "Can't you remember that?" "There is something familiar about you but I can't be sure." "All that keeps going through my mind is that I had something to do." "Simon, he's forgotten everything." "He doesn't even..." "Frank, wait a minute." "Wir haben noch etwas miteinander zu erledigen." "(Eerie high-pitched whirring)" "Leave him alone!" "Er macht viel zu viele Witze!" "Agh!" "(Whirring)" " (Liz) Get off!" " (Whirring)" "(Whirring)" "Come on, Liz, we must get out!" "They'll kill us!" " Halt!" " (Gunshot)" "She's been hit!" "He shot her!" "Killed her!"