"THE VISITORS" "EARTH 2484" "Ordo Draconis - (K) Kopyleft 2016." "All Rites Reversed..." "We warmly welcome our viewers to TV Montage Gallery!" "One hour with Mona Lisa." "If you know the answer, speak up!" "A quiz show for every age group!" "Turn on your Telemodules, please, and guess!" "What did Mona Lisa replace this time?" "In the 1st round, you'll see paintings by masters from the 19th and 20th centuries." "The computer will be continously evaluating your answers." "Right answer!" "Rousseau, 19th century." "And Picasso, 20th century." "But the paintings look a bit different to how they look here." "During the second round, your task is to put all the details in the right places." "Yes." "Master Rousseau is back in his place as well." "But it's not over yet." "Excellent!" "The clock doesn't belong to the lady." "The hat, on the other hand, does." "What about the violin?" "According to contemporary accounts," "Rousseau liked to play the violin to entertain himself and his friends." "But first and foremost he was a painter." "And not a musician." "Yes." "Two points." "No!" "I'm sorry." "I didn't know." "And now, the third round." "Introducing one of the great figures of the 1st generation of 23rd century telekinetics." "Yes, I got it." "That's Anderle." "We also need the work's title." "Do you recall it?" "I'll give you some help." "The original composition can be found in the Museum of Fine Arts on the Moon." "Ah!" "What could it be?" " The Tree of Life?" " Good!" "Pay attention." "An odd one out." "You can see one fruit which doesn't belong there." "10 seconds left to play." "I don't know, but perhaps the citron." "No." "I'm sure there is a citron on Anderle's." "I got it!" "The nasper!" "The nasper!" "That's right!" "Another two points." "And here you can see the composition in its original form." "Nasper would've been my last guess." "What's this?" "1st degree alarm!" "Turn off the game." "C. W. B." "This is CWB here, the Central World Brain speaking." "Danger in Space Sector AL36." "An unidentified object has appeared, heading towards Earth." "Verify it!" "Stop all functioning programs!" "Pass on all data to CWB!" "Record it!" "22h 31 minutes sharp!" "May 20th 2484." "This is a day history will remember." "Tomas!" "This can't be true!" " You checked it?" " Of course." "It's just as CWB said!" "All calculations are right." "The impact with Earth is due 178 days from now." "At this moment only 2 people suspect that Earth is in danger." "5 minutes later they inform the President of the World Council." " Dad, throw it!" " Give it to me!" " No!" " Let me hold it!" " Let me try it!" " Give it to me, Dad!" " Dad!" "Be quiet, will you?" "I can't hear a thing because of you." " Let me hold it, Dad!" " So?" "So?" " Just a little!" "Give it to me, please!" "Let me see!" " I'll be careful!" " I'll give it back right away!" "Come on!" "Give it to me!" "Come on!" " Come on, give it to me, Dad!" " Not to him!" " Give me!" " Give it to me!" " Where is it?" " Did you throw it away?" " I can't see it!" " Where did it go?" "It's in your hand!" " Give it to me!" " Hup!" "Take the children out." " Time for bed!" " No!" " I don't want to go!" " It's late!" " Just a bit longer!" " Not one word." "Come on!" " I wanna see!" " Just till it's over!" " I'm not sleepy!" " Mama, just a bit longer!" " Something wrong, Bunny-rabbit?" "Don't 'Bunny-rabbit' me, I'm nervous enough already." "What happened?" "Is it you who's gone crazy or CWB?" "The CWB has sensed an unidentified object." "The bright and shining morning of the 21st of May, in the year 2484." "The unscheduled meeting of the World Council is due to begin at 9 o'clock, to debate the necessary tasks concerning the evacuation of the endangered areas." "I was certain that the sea cucumber was the odd one out." "I didn't even watch it." "I went to bed early, 'cos I had a headache." "My wife is against me taking the Starplane" "She mentioned it to me too, and I see her point." "I wouldn't be happy either, if my husband..." "I hereby open the unscheduled meeting." "I apologize for not preparing any refreshments for you." "Due to the special circumstances we're facing, from this moment on, we're going to maintain continuous contact with the Earth Protection Council, and the Marine Protection Council." "How long do you think it will take?" "Dr. Johansson has the floor." "You're seeing space sector AL36 in the picture." "The important thing for us is its center." "This is the same rotating starcloud, which was identified yesterday at 22h34m, and which could mean enormous danger to our planet" "But let's look at it from a bit closer." "The picture was made according to the data supplied by CWB." "In any case, we checked the path of the Galileo, and just to make sure, Luna 3 as well." "Are you there?" "It seems obvious, based on the speed and course..." " She's always messing about." " ... of the unknown object..." "I should have left for Bermuda this morning." "I've been postponing this trip for half a year now." "The local researchers made some extraordinary discoveries." "The old name of the area is the Bermuda Triangle." "The object will not reach the Earth." "It will just pass by." "Logically, in this case the Earth will swing towards the direction of the Sun, or opposite to that." "In both cases this could mean catastrophic consequences for us, and for the future of mankind." "We have 177 days to find a solution." "What's the opinion of Academician Ahipenko?" "We must work out an alternative plan to evacuate the population from the endangered areas." "To those places where, theoretically, there is some chance for survival." "A hundred days from now, by which time the comet will be closer, we can clarify the areas in question." "And perhaps, even earlier than that." "This is a dangerous enterprise." "It could trigger overpopulation." "We must do it." "Even at the price of overpopulation." " Are you there?" " Yes, darling." "I can't go yet." "It seems as if it'll take a long time." "But I'll hurry." "Please look at the pictators!" "This is CWB, the Central World Brain." "Calling the Northern Center." "Calling the Earth Protection Council." "The Northern Center is online." "Northern Center." "Connecting the World Council." "You can speak now." "There you are." "Let's hear the Earth Protection Council." "Excuse me, we're just having a lunchbreak." "It's minus 15 degrees Celsius here." "But luckily we can still think, and we managed to come up with something, entirely different than the evacuation." "The plan is to send humanity 2 centuries back, right into the overpopulation age." "But let's look at it more closely." "According to the 1st alternative, we'd lose 35% of the agricultural land in the Southern hemisphere." "Children!" "I'm so sorry!" "Children, keep quiet!" "You hear me?" "Stop shouting!" "We can't hear our own voices because of you!" "It's hopeless." "10% of the underground plantations." "And 40% in the Northern hemisphere." "The second alternative is even more catastrophic." "Zone Zero is the Zone of overpopulation." "But the plan for the total colonization of the Moon, which was already recommended by our Council of Protection 10 years ago, and which was rejected by both the energetics, and the dolphins, would open extraordinary vistas for humanity." "And do all this in 177 days?" "Forgive me, but we energetics don't live in a dreamworld." "This is CWB." "The Marine Protection Council is calling." "I'm connecting them." "And what about the dolphins?" "The President of the Marine Protection Council doesn't agree." "You mentioned camps." "And those are important, indeed, but the colonization of the Moon could only be a valid option for humanity." "But not for us dolphins." "After all, we wouldn't have a suitable living space there." "One moment." "I can't understand something." "Is that definite?" "I'm translating it now." "We, dolphins strongly object," "and would like to remind you of the debate that went on for long years, about the closure of the Bering Strait." "Objection accepted." "Not the remark about the Bering Strait, since that isn't on the agenda of today's meeting." "I see." "I'm translating." "If the members of the World Council at present have no other suggestions..." "I'm giving the floor to Academician Filip." "From the Section of Archeological Research." " Adam Bernau." " Yes." "Allow me to evoke part of the work of Academician Adam Bernau, a 20th century genius, and Nobel prizewinner." "Memoirs." "Volume One." "I'll read it now." ""The wonderful days of childhood." "Family harmony." "Dreaming about great discoveries in the service of humanity." "I'll never forget my 11th birthday." "Especially so, because on that day the fire, which devastated our house, also destroyed the notebook containing my calculations about the trip to the frontiers of time, to which question, later on, I devoted my entire career." "At that time I often met with my teacher and master," "Alois Dürchlich."" "This is beside the point!" "After all we are discussing the endangered future," " and not history." " I agree." "Therefore I continue." ""Alas, both of those notebooks became prey to time as well, into which I recorded all the results of my researches concerning physics and natural sciences." "I'm terribly sorry about this." "The imagination of a child knows no barriers." "I firmly believe that back then, using some instinctive intuition, and unlimited by regulations, as a child, I envisioned much greater possibilities about the frontiers of space and time, than the ones I presented later on in practice." "The principle is simple." "And it makes it possible to move around entire continents, what's more, the whole world, with ease."" "I believe it is unnecessary to prove that our civilization still lives on the intellectual heritage of Adam Bernau." "And that his dreams..." "Could you please repeat the last sentence of the quote?" "A simple principle..." "The principle is simple." "And it makes it possible to move around entire continents, what's more, the whole world, with ease." "Go on..." "There's no more." "The chapter ends with that." "In the next, we read about the foolish love stories of the adolescent Bernau, concerning a certain Ali." "No mention of the surname of the girl in the book." "This part we usually leave out when teaching it at school." "After all it doesn't relate to the subject, and because it turns the students' attention in undesirable directions." "Obviously, in my analysis of the Memoirs..." "We know, we know." "So, we need this simple principle which would allow us to move continents around." "Presuming that there was such a thing at all." "I believe we've no right to rule anything out that could help us avoid catastrophe." "I suggest we begin preparations for evacuation, but at the same time send an expedition to the past, to recover the previously mentioned notebook." "Alter the past?" " You have no right to do that!" " I object!" "We disagree!" "I know what's on your minds." "You recall that our laws prohibit travelling to the past, since our ancestors from the 24th century had abused this terribly already." "I am well aware of the law which prohibits altering history." "But Earth's fate is at stake here." "And for that, we must be ready to do whatever it takes." "Including the enormous energy costs that time travel involves." "The year in question is 1984." "I suggest we send an expedition to the 20th century." "We're interfering with history." "Not at all." "The notebooks don't exist anymore." "The first one burned to ashes, the others got lost." "It is self-explanatory that the expedition..." "I've got the name for it already!" "The Expedition of Hope is:" "Adam 84." "Have a pleasant trip, everyone!" "They destroy the exhibits, with the cry 'Adam 84' on their lips!" "What do you want to do with it?" "We'll alter it a little bit for time travel." "A protective shield layer." " and automatics." " You'll completely destroy it." "It's a unique item." "Still driven by petrol." "Do you know what it is?" "A four-wheel-drive personal vehicle." "Excellent construction." "Can be used at -24 degrees as well." "With a two-cycle brake system." "Of course, it's useless to talk to you." "Leo Kane." "Technician at the Archeological Museum." "Thir... thir... thir..." "thir... thir... thir..." "Thirty-five years old." "Three children." "His field of expertise is 20th and 21st century transport." "I accept him as the expedition's technician." "Go on." "Jacques Michell, 28 years old." "Epidemologist." "Researching the sicknesses of the past." "In every respect, he is suitable for the task." "Single, physically resistant, with a high workload." " Can he come?" " Yes." "Connect me to him." "I think a quarantine should be set up for the participants before departure." "Bud I dot 'ave dime do give douths do dhis question now." "I've been perforbing an exberiment for dwo years." "And in addition, I've got the flu..." "And I just reached the most exciting part." "All the data fit." "The body temperature is above 38 degrees, nasal discharge, perspiration." "I do the tests on myself and volunteers only." "You can't expect me to infect Guinea pigs, after all, can you?" "It was the most common sickness before the discovery of Anticriptin." "It's brilliant, like everything else that is simple." "Taking a single pill is enough." "You should've just laid a bit nearer the ladies instead." "Then you'd contract flu naturally, not from whatnots from alembics, or pills." "Aren't you interested in the plague too, perhaps?" "We're sending a rocketplane for you." "What's the point of digging into the past?" "A game." "Nothing more." "Pseudoscience at best." " What?" " Don't misunderstand me, please." "I wasn't talking about you, after all you're a historian." "I admire you, Filip." "To have the courage to travel to the century of two world wars, famines and natural disasters." "As far as I know, by 1984..." " the plague..." " Disappeared." "So 4 people will go then." "We've got 2 of them already." "The doctor and the technician." "We're still missing a suitable assistant, to keep contact with them, to interpret, and to collect the materials." "Not her!" "I taught her!" "She brought live rabbits to the university on two occasions!" "Not to mention her views!" "She's quite excessive." "Emilia Fernandez. 23 years old." "Animal linguist, technician, and historian." "Her thesis was a critique of Academician Filip's analysis of Adam Bernau's Memoirs." "She's perfectly suitable for the task in every respect." "Are you aware that CWB didn't recommend you as the leader of the Expedition?" "Luckily the World Council is a higher forum." "When will you start the preparations?" "We've already started them." "The technical preparations take 10 days." "And the participants will need exactly the same amount of time." "Dear children!" "Karl Bernau, TV repairman, and his wife Alice's child, called Adam, was born in this simple house which you are entering at this very moment, during the second half of the 20th century." "His scientific discoveries did not just influence his own time, but to a great extent, ours as well." "It's forbidden to touch the exhibits!" "On the right, you can see the great scholar's schoolbag, and on the left his humble toys." "The life-size sculpture of the genius was made by the 22nd century master, Giuseppe Bertolucci." "We continue our trip in the direction of the arrows." "At the door, we are welcomed by Adam's loyal dog, Fido." "The reconstuction was based on surviving pictures." "And with this his childhood began." "Greetings." "His hometown, the charming Kamenice, is situated in typical Czech scenery..." "I'd turn off the audio, but I don't know how." "There are 15 school groups daily." "But now all of them are cancelled, and even the museum is closed." "Because of the Adam 84 expedition, into which humanity and I, myself, personally summoned you." " I've got 3 children!" " All the more reason for you." "It's in the best interest of their futures." "The typical dress of the age." "Don't touch anything!" "2034." "Professor Adam Bernau receives the Nobel prize." "The miniature mock-up model of Kamenice at the end of the 21st century." "In the background you can see the castle of Grottsenberg, which, according to tradition, was a heavily haunted site." "You too?" "What?" " Adam 84?" " Adam 84." "But why me, of all people?" "I'm asking the very same question." "But of course, if it's about saving the world, one must make some sacrifices." "For example, I was supposed to have a rendezvous tonight." "The reconstruction of the highly valuable monument started at the beginning of the 22nd century." "Adam Bernau's birth house was broken down, carefully minding every single brick, and then meticulously rebuilt, in the glass-covered area of the open-air museum of the Scientific Academy." "Little gaudy cow, Without ears or tails," "We're moving to live at a place, Where we can always buy some milk!" "You're listening to voice recordings of the genius, which survived till now due to some lucky turn of events." "The recordings were made by his father, in 1978." "His love for music and the violin started back in Adam's childhood." "The philosophizing little boy was already the pride of the Kamenice School in his 1st grade." "Greetings to you both!" "It can be turned off, actually." "But I can't seem to find out where." "Only As..." "Only As..." "Only As..." "Only As..." "Only As..." "Only As..." "Only As..." "Only As..." "Only As..." "There are 15 school groups coming here every day." "But now all of them had to be cancelled, even if it means a delay in their studies." "The goal of our expedition... to which we were summoned by humanity, and him personally..." "Forgive me, but this is ridiculous." "I've got a job and 3 children." "It's time we introduced each other." "Let's try to forget that it's 2484." " That I'm Academician Filip, and that you are Leo Kane." " Kane." "Emilia Fernandez." "Dr. Jacques Michell." "It'd be better without titles, doctor." "We are simply just land surveyors, and we came to Kamenice to mark out the line of the new country road." "Therefore I, the leader, and our assistant..." "Come and have a look at the things they used to sleep on!" "I admit, I don't understand why the Central World Brain chose you." "But I hope that during the mission..." "This was the parents' room." "But perhaps we should go upstairs now." "The most important thing is to get used to the environment we're about to live in." "Actually that's why we chose Adam Bernau's birth house, during the preparation of the Expedition Team." "What are you doing to it?" "For example, do you know what this is here?" "It's called a te-le-phone!" "A microphone and an earphone." "An amazing gadget." "They used it for communication over quite long distances in 1984 too." "But let's go upstairs." "Careful!" "Stairs!" "Hold on to the rails!" "The tricycle of the genius." "This is the guestroom." "Later." "Bathroom." "Its purpose I'll explain to you later." "And here's the puritan work room of the genius." "Where I will sleep." "End of Episode One."