"How long do you think it will take this mineral water to replenish, Eddy?" "I don't know." " Fifty years?" " No." "A hundred." "Open valves one and two!" "Open one and two!" "Quick!" "Open valves three and four!" "Three and four!" "It's not enough!" "It's not working." "Raise the values." "There's not enough pressure!" "No, Father!" "The centre valve won't hold." "It's not enough!" "Open all the valves!" "Madness." "Close the valves!" "From risk comes progress." "Close valves three and four!" "A bit more..." "Almost there..." "What's wrong, Eddy?" "Are you all right?" "The second time this month!" " Have you called Scott Co.?" " Yes, sir." ""The latest in engines," my foot." "They were just here for maintenance!" "They said everything was fine." "Shut this thing down!" "Pete!" "Where is he?" "!" "My engines." "Eleanor." "Helen." "Pete!" " Do something." " I am." "Ray's down below, closing the valve." "What are you doing?" "!" "Guess I'll have to smash the boiler." "Wait!" "Do you know how much a boiler costs?" " The cylinders, then." " No!" "Don't do that!" "Should I just wait till they both blow?" "If I don't do something, Ray will be killed!" "Ray!" "Move!" "What the...?" "!" "Ray." "Are you all right?" "Yeah." "A bit scalded." "The boiler?" "It's all right?" "Yes, but the water-heater valve and the pipe burst." "What?" "!" "Have you any idea how much that will cost?" "!" "That's not Ray's fault, Mr. Kerrigan." "He just did a very dangerous thing." "Now, you listen to me!" "Those parts are coming out of your paycheck!" "Don't forget!" "I want this running again by tomorrow!" "Ignore him." "Well done, Ray." "Pack them in tighter or it won't all fit." "Ground-up bones found in Market Street bakery bread!" "Pastor of cemetery church speaks out!" "Read all about it!" "Society must think anew about its surroundings!" "Latest on the canal murders!" "Church of England minister charged!" ""The Great Exhibition."" "Hi, Ray." "Hi, Cliff." "David told me what happened." "You save the place, and they cut your pay." "Yeah, but I got this." "A brass valve." "I can still use it." "Manchester." "Manchester." "Hey, Alex!" "Look who's here!" "Ray Steam, the inventor." "Builder of junk, like his father and grandfather before him." "And now here he is at my dad's railyard stealing stuff." "An inventor who is a thief!" "Or just a thief." "Get him, Alex!" "Alex!" "Hey!" "It wasn't my idea!" "My dad and my granddad are working in America." "Because England thinks they're crazy!" "Shut up!" ""'What is it that you seek for which you would abandon this world?" "'" "'What I seek is up..." "Up..." "Up... '" "Uprightness." "'Uprightness, a joy ageless and eternal." "That is in heaven, granted to all who seek it." "Thus it is written in my book.'" "The stubborn man..."" ""The stubborn man said." "'Your book?" "I know naught of your book." "Will you come with me or not?"'" "I'll have to file it down." "They were making fun of Father and Grandpa." "They started it." "That's no excuse." "But that Alex is a rotter, Mrs. Steam." "He whistled at me on the street." "We're staying here this week, Ray." "Why?" "Thomas and Emma's mother has gone to Blackpool to attend her employers on holiday there." "You should have seen the luggage." "I thought we were moving." "Mother, I'm hungry." "That's too bad." "That poor boy almost needed stitches." "I didn't hit him that hard." "How hard is not important." "You don't bash people over the head with metal bars." "There." "Mother!" "Emma!" "It's done!" "You can't fight blood, I guess." "I'm always afraid he'll burn the place down." "Mrs. Steam, parcel!" "Coming!" "What could that be?" "Mother!" "It's a parcel from Grandpa." "Now, don't scatter everything around." "Careful." "This is Grandpa's writing." "Whatever could this be?" "Is that the postman back again?" "Yes?" "Is this the residence of Dr. Steam?" "Yes, it is." "I am Alfred, and this is Jason of the O'Hara Foundation in the United States." "Thank you for all you've done for my husband and father-in-law." "Not at all." "They've done a great deal for us." "A parcel's just this minute come from the elder Dr. Steam." "Is that so?" "What excellent timing." "And would the doctor be home?" "Grandpa?" "But he's..." "You're Ray?" "The Doctors Steam have told me about you." "They say he should have gone to the exhibition in London." "Yes." "There's been a mistake." "Are you really from the Foundation?" "Yes, Ray." "Then you won't have this!" "What's gotten into you?" "Grandpa says not to give this to anyone." "Yes." "It's very, very important." "That's why he's sent us to get it for him, Ray." "And especially not to anyone from the Foundation." "Emma?" "What's going on here?" "Well you may ask..." "I'll tell you!" "Grandpa?" "Grandpa!" "Ray!" "Don't let these villains have that ball!" "It's Foundation property!" "That ball cost Eddy his..." "Father?" "Ray, your father is dead." "Father is..." "Dead?" "Jason!" "The doctor's here!" "Run, Ray!" "Take the ball and the plans to Mr. Stephenson!" " Who?" " Mrs. Steam!" "Don't let that ball get to London!" "Villain!" "Quick!" "Ray!" "Take to your heels!" "Quickly!" "Jason!" "Get down here!" "Mother!" "Quick!" "Ray!" "Get help!" "Mother!" "Ray!" "Move!" "Time to move." "Oh, no!" "What are you doing?" "That won't help!" "It's never worked." "Just push, will you?" "Jason!" "He's out front!" "Hold it up straight." "What's that?" "That kid!" "He's got the steam ball!" "Emma!" "Give me a push!" "Stop fooling with this and get away!" "Ray!" " Run, gaffer!" " Where?" "!" "Move aside!" "What's that thing?" "What's that?" "Out of the way!" "Drat!" " Hey!" " That boy needs help!" "What the...?" "!" " We've stopped." " Why?" "Careful!" "You could've killed someone!" "Sorry." "I had to stop that tractor." "Tractor?" " Well done, David." " Mr. Stephenson." "Robert Stephenson?" "These are yours?" "What's your name?" "Ray, sir." "James Ray Steam, Mr. Stephenson." "James Steam?" "Edward Steam's son?" "It's firing something!" "Your grandfather sent us a letter asking us to meet him in Manchester." "But now, running into you this way..." "There's more to this than we thought, sir." "Yes." "You mean those men from the O'Hara Foundation?" "I can't say much." "It involves secrets vital to our nation." "It concerns a new discovery made by your father and grandfather." "Your father and Mr. Stephenson worked together in their 20s." "We were more like rivals." "In '39, when I was in America your father and I..." "Grandpa told me to give you this." "But this is..." "Here!" "Sir!" "Get down!" " The roof?" " What was that?" "Take her up!" "Lift!" "Ray!" "Hold onto him!" "It's grappled us!" "We'll crash into Victoria Station!" " Ray!" " Let go!" "Get the ball!" "Forget the kid!" "Quick!" "No!" "We're in the train yard." "Take it up!" "Fool!" "Close the valve!" "Give me that!" "Let go!" " Hurry!" " Mr. Stephenson!" "Quickly!" "London train now arriving at platform seven." "What's that?" "Who else saw Dr. Steam?" "Was he here?" "They took Ray too!" "How is Robert Stephenson involved?" "I'll file a report, and we'll investigate." "Well?" "Find anything?" "I think this is a pressure gauge but I've never heard of one that went this high." "He might have called us here to show us how much power that ball was capable of." "With Dr. Steam kidnapped, that's all I can guess." "How powerful do you think that ball really is?" "Mr. Stephenson, will Ray be all right?" "I'm sure he will, ma'am." "The British Empire will ensure his safe return." "How was your trip, Miss Scarlett?" "Is the chairman well?" "Simon." "What a place!" "The weather's foul, the river stinks and the buildings are dingy." "It's awful!" "Columbus!" "Help me, please." "I've been kidnapped." "It's true." "Columbus!" "Come back here!" "You're a bad boy!" "Now I've got you!" "So you're Dr. Edward's son?" "How do you know his name?" "!" "Miss Scarlett." "So here you are." "Good, good." "Sorry to have kept you, Master James Ray Steam." "Where's Grandpa's steam ball?" "!" "And who are you people?" "My apologies." "I am Archibald Simon." "I administer the O'Hara Foundation." "And this is the granddaughter of Charles O'Hara-St." "Johns, the Foundation chairman Miss Scarlett." "And you think that allows you to smash our house?" "!" "Why don't you find yourself some lighter shoes Dr. Edward?" "How are you, Ray?" "Father?" "It's been a long time." "We can talk later." "Let's eat before the food gets cold." "Ray, sit down." "I heard the story." "Nothing would have happened if Father hadn't been so stubborn." "We'll have your house fixed up in no time." "There have been mistakes and misunderstandings but I'm pleased you were good enough to come." "I didn't ask to!" "Simon!" "This plate smells." "I wanted you and your mother to come and see the work I've done." "Work?" "That river makes everything stink." "Come, Ray." "But, doctor, dinner's not..." "Well!" "How rude." "Just a darn minute!" "Father, what's going on?" "First Grandpa says you're dead and not to give the Foundation that ball." "And what happened to you?" "We were looking for a stable liquid of great purity to give very high pressure." "Three years ago we found it in a cave in Iceland." "So, what did you do with it?" "What are you doing?" "What's wrong with you, girl?" "Are you stupid?" "!" "Mind how you talk to me." "I'm not the stupid one." "My name is Scarlett, but everyone calls me Miss." "Hold onto the handrail, miss." "Here we go." "In 1863, we succeeded in confining super-high pressure in a highly concentrated space." "Super-high pressure, highly concentrated?" "Golly!" "This is nothing compared to Niagara Falls." "That ball!" "That is the steam ball." "We made three of them in Ireland." "They provide all the power for this tower." "The steam ball..." "All steam vessels until now have derived power from an enormous boiler." "They require numerous cylinders whose own weight absorbs power." "But what we have here, Ray, is a system that will transmit pure power." "Built with our money." "You know what that means, Ray?" "With power like this, we can take to the air." "So what?" "I have two balloons, and Grandfather has an airship!" "Just shut up, will you?" "How dare you!" "Oh, my." "What's this?" "The Steam Tower control room." ""Steam Tower"?" "Look, Ray!" "You can see the Exhibition Palace!" " With this..." " The Exhibition?" "This way!" "There's a terrace outside." "Up here, Ray!" "Quick!" "Look how small everyone is!" "So this is London?" "You really are stupid!" "Where else would they have the London Exhibition?" "Golly!" "It really is the Exhibition!" "This is the O'Hara..." "It's a tremendous Exhibition but beside Steam Tower, it's rubbish." "What is this Steam Tower?" "You don't know?" "Stupid!" "Stop calling me that!" "It's not stupid to ask when you don't know!" "Kinetic energy from this tower will be converted for every conceivable use." "Man will be freed from long, hard labor and will prevail over even nature's greatest disasters." "We will deliver this enormous power to the entire world!" "Under the O'Hara trademark." "It all begins here." "One day you will inherit Steam Tower." " Me?" " Him?" "The tower was first conceived by your grandfather." "It's been 10 years since I started helping with the plans." "Now the day of completion draws near." "Help me, Ray." "Together we'll finish Steam Tower." "The Exhibition will be opening soon." "If not for that father of mine..." "Why isn't Grandpa helping?" "A difference of opinion." "Soon you'll understand this but science isn't an occult art like alchemy." "It's not secrets for the use of the well-born deep in their palaces and churches." "Science exists as a power to be used in reality." "What use is it, if not for everyone?" "The entire world awaits its blessings." "The world awaits Steam Tower!" "The O'Hara Foundation." "During the Civil War they sold guns to both North and South and now they deal arms all over the world." "But we did not know that when they were invited to this Exhibition." "It's very embarrassing." "Their technology is becoming a threat to this nation." "Perhaps you say that in order that we will fund more of your inventions?" "Wars are not won by machines." "In truth I must say I have underestimated them." ""Them"?" "Those Mancunians?" "The Steams." "Why would you fear those two?" "They weren't even admitted to our Technical Academy!" "They're self-taught." "Well, self-taught or not we can't have them selling arms outside our Exhibition doors." "It's a matter of national dignity." "Ventilation complete." "Let's get back to work." "Yes, Father." "The water intake's fixed." "Commence flooding!" "Yes, sir!" "Columbus' indoor walker is broken." "Submersible retracted!" "Did you hear me?" "I said that Columbus' walker is broken." "Fix it!" "Why should I?" "Your grandpa made it." "He did?" "Well, if we don't stop it, the dog will die." "Columbus, you call him?" "Usually." "Here..." "Tell me before you do that!" "You'll need a new cam for this gear." "Then put one in." "No parts." "Steam Tower uses American standards and this is English." "What do you mean?" "This is London!" "Those parts are everywhere!" "I guess I could file one down..." "Let's go find one." "Okay?" "What are you doing?" "They'll see us." "They said not to go out." "Oh, they did, did they?" "I was kidnapped and brought here, don't forget." "You make it sound so awful." "Isn't this wonderful?" "This is stealing, isn't it?" " A steam hammer." " Ray!" "Come here!" "Keep quiet!" "Someone will hear us." "Look!" "You see?" "It's just our reflection in the glass." "No." "Each one's just a little different." " Yeah?" " They're all looking at us." "Yeah, well..." "What are we doing?" "Bowing." "To our guests." "Guests?" "Which one of those me's do you like?" "That's a hard question..." "Yeah, it is really something!" "If only Mum could see this!" "A real mama's boy, huh?" "I am not!" "Do most kids so want to see their mothers?" "Who said I did?" "I've got five mothers." "The one who cooks for me." "The one who buys clothes with me." "The one who teaches me." "Those aren't mothers." "One for when I go riding, and one for bedtime stories." "Big deal!" "I'm not writing to my mothers saying I want to go home." "How did you know that?" "You threw the letter away." "I won't let you finish Steam Tower, Eddy." "Father!" "You remember that letter I asked you to send to Mum?" "Yes." "I asked them to send it along with mine." "Yours?" "Yes." "I write her once a month." "Doctor!" "We have a pressure leak in Area 5." "We just checked that yesterday." "Your father broke out of his cell last night." "What were the guards doing?" "Don't close that centre valve." "I know." "But the whole tower's losing pressure!" "A letter every month?" "Then why did Grandpa...?" "Reroute pressure from Area 8!" "Watch Areas 6 and 7!" "Ray." "Close valve 53, will you." " In Area 7." " Right." "Number 53..." "Grandpa?" "Is that you?" "Ray?" "Turn out that light, will you." "What are you doing here?" "Me?" "What about you?" "Weren't you in Manchester?" "Why are you in London?" "What's happened to the steam ball?" "!" "An airship came and lifted me out of a train..." "They stole it?" " Yes." " Oh, no!" "After all I went through to send it to Manchester!" "Blast you, Eddy!" "There's no time to lose." "Grandpa." "Stop that!" "If you open this all the pressure collects at the main valve!" "You young fool!" "Your father's deceived you, Ray." "You knew he was alive!" "He who has crossed to evil is as good as dead!" "The world is waiting?" "For this work of the devil?" "But Father says..." "He's a fool who's sold his scientist's soul to capitalists." "Don't listen to him." "But it'll help people..." "Yes!" "Shareholders, with dividends." "An invention with no philosophy behind it is a curse." "We must take back the ball." "No!" "You'll wreck the whole Steam Tower!" "Drat!" "Close the centre valve." "Release the pressure." "Find the break!" "The opening ceremony's tomorrow." "Where are you going?" "Just come along!" "Golly!" "Here's his dream for you." " What are these?" " Weapons of war." "The devil's handiwork, made to kill men by the thousands." "Golly!" "This would slaughter an enemy!" "You young fool!" "Who's the enemy?" "Prussians?" "French?" "English?" "Well, that would depend on the war." "Listen to me." "Arrogance and self-interest creates enemies in your own mind." "Our first forefathers knew neither enemy nor ally." "They want to make commerce out of human stupidity." "But Father said..." "This is the thing that smashed our house." "Giant Despair." "The latest version of the self-propelled tractor." "To recoup the money, they've invested in new weapons." "The Foundation must sell arms to the military leaders at this Exhibition." "Even if it means destroying the whole place." "Why did you stop?" "Is Father really wrong?" "He most certainly is!" "I think the Steam Tower is marvelous." "But somehow Father's not like he was." "What if the Foundation's deceived him?" "Is he really wrong?" "That's for you to see and decide for yourself, Ray." "Come on!" "Hurry, Ray!" "Now's our chance." "Science must serve progress for all the world!" " Father!" " Eddy!" "Are weapons not part of that, Father?" "Fool!" "Science should reveal universal principles not assist humanity in its folly." "By universal principles do you mean that children's funfair of yours?" "What is science for?" "To make all humanity equal!" "Equal?" "Don't abuse that word." "All this is meant for profit!" "Ray!" "It was my accident that taught me." "As the steam swirled around me I saw the overwhelming power of science." "It's power!" "Science is power!" "Madness!" "And this Steam Tower is science in its ultimate form." ""Science is power"?" "That kind of arrogance..." "Who's there?" "Doctor!" "Step away from the steam ball!" "You see, Ray?" "This is what they're like." "That cur shot at Grandpa!" "Idiot!" "Just see what happens if you put a hole in something!" "I'd sooner be shot dead here than see my invention put to evil use." "Well, Alfred?" "Shoot him." " Grandpa!" " Stop that!" "You're bleeding!" "Forget that." "You must turn that wheel." "Ray!" "Take the ball and run!" "But, Grandpa...!" "It's all up to you now." "Run, Ray!" " Oaf!" "Don't shoot the boy!" " Yes, sir." "What in blazes?" "!" "Ray." "Give me the ball." "No!" "Hold it!" "Now, give me the ball." "Ray!" "Open the valve all the way and throw it!" "Don't be a fool!" "Do that and it'll explode!" "It's no use." "You can't go anywhere." "What are you doing?" "!" "After him!" "Down there!" "There he is!" "Bring a gun!" "What's all this racket?" "I'm sorry, miss." "Dr. Steam's son has run away with the steam ball." "He's done what?" "!" "Quickly!" "Come back here, boy!" "Stop it!" "What if you hit him?" "Oh, well." "Deploy!" "What?" "Drat!" "Ray..." "Well, doctor?" "The buyers will be here very soon." "So much for that scheme." "Restart the pressure feed." "Watch this, Father." "Look, Ray." "There they are." "America, Prussia, France, Russia." "Military leaders from everywhere." "Over here, sir." "Ray." "You're safe." "Mr. Stephenson." "Good!" "I was worried." "And this is the steam ball?" "Grandpa's injured." "They've got him in the Tower." "He means the O'Hara Foundation pavilion." "All the military leaders just went in there." "Without the steam ball, the Tower isn't complete but inside, it's full of incredible new weapons." "They plan to use them to wreck the Exhibition." "If we don't hurry, it'll be too late." "Incredible new weapons?" "Self-propelled machines, airships and whatever else." "Well, Ray, we'll take that ball now." "Mr. Stephenson." "What is it?" "Inventions and science, what are they for?" "Science exists to make people happy, Ray." "Here." "Thank you." "Right." "We're going in." "Order the police to arm themselves." "Now, Ray while science exists to make people happy the basis of that happiness, the nation, must be preserved." "Look, Ray." "There is no happiness without the nation." "Now we attack." "Shall we go?" "Where?" "We have a few things prepared too." "Come, Ray." "We are honored to have such distinguished visitors on the first day of the London Exhibition." "I thank you on behalf of the O'Hara Foundation." "Simon!" "Where are you?" "Why were they shooting at Ray?" "You!" "Where's Simon?" "Speak up!" "I last saw him below, in the main boiler room." "Simon, it's me." "I demand to know the meaning of this!" "Step aside." "Let us through." "Doctor?" "What are you doing here?" "Is that you, miss?" "And you're hurt!" "Emergency pressure vent!" "Man your stations!" "Does this have anything to do with Ray running away?" "He got away?" " Well done!" " Quiet!" "Is there a problem with Ray?" "The Foundation is using science to make weapons of war!" "Ray found out." "But that's..." "Now the world will know what the Foundation is doing!" "What's wrong with that?" "That's how we make money." "Why shouldn't we?" "You've put ideas in his head." "That's why he stole that ball." "I'm not finished!" "Open the door!" "Police!" "We wish to inspect these premises!" "What's that, then?" "All right, we'll start by searching this floor." "Now, gentleman, we will have a little demonstration." "Where are we going?" "Here." "Here?" "Mr. Stephenson's workshop." "Your father and grandfather aren't the only inventors around." "This is our work." "What's this?" "Our Steam Tank, Model Two." "It runs fine on level ground, but it can't climb hills." "But with this ball..." "David, there's no time." "Connect the ball." "Right away!" "When the right adjustment valve starts to vent put in the ball." "Hurry!" "Stop wasting time!" "It is with the greatest pleasure that we declare this Exhibition of Science open." "We pray that it may serve science and the future of mankind." "Pull back!" "For us, for Britain this Exhibition pavilion is a new cathedral." "The wisdom and science of the world are here laid at the feet of God." "As Jesus said, "The kingdom of God is at hand." "Therefore raise ye a church and await his coming."" "Our newest model, the Steam Trooper." "While even a few are a threat to any enemy their full potential is realized in platoon or company strength." "There is, of course, a cost, but victory will be sure!" "Simon!" "Miss." "Why were they shooting at Ray?" "Yes, he took the ball but don't you realize old Dr. Steam put him up to it?" "!" "Perhaps now is not the time for..." "What's going on down there?" "Well?" "Something in the way of a war with Britain..." "Simon." "Yes, miss?" "Don't lose." "Yes, miss." " Where are you going?" " To reason with Ray." "I see." "Well, it certainly is an unusual idea." "And what do you plan to do now?" "I think it is time to begin." "Where is Her Majesty?" "She has left the Exhibition." "Splendid." "Now we can fight." "What's that?" "!" "Stephenson." "Alfred." "Have the air corps attack." "Well, gentlemen." "Things are getting interesting!" "This is splendid, Ray." "Look!" "Push it all we want, and it still doesn't blow!" "How much power does this ball have?" "!" "Right!" "It's stabilized." "More!" "Raise it higher!" "No!" "It's impossible!" "Oaf!" "You can't turn back now!" "All your training has been for this moment." "Go!" "What?" "!" "A flying corps?" "Yes!" "Flying all over the Exhibition!" "Don't be stupid!" "You're sure it's not just birds?" "Look!" "What an idea." "Look up." "The most advanced of our science is contained in our air corps." "Support for ground forces and observation of..." "It's getting a bit dangerous here." "Let's retire to the observation deck." "Miss!" "Now what?" "Someone go get her!" "Fire!" "Just a darn minute!" "I'm going to the queen and bring Ray back!" "Stop it!" "That's awful." "Simon!" "What's going on?" "There's a man in there." "Simon!" "To generate that much horsepower takes not only high pressure, but knowledge of aerodynamics." "At first, from those blueprints..." "What are you doing?" "Taking the ball back." "And why would you do that?" "You just wanted Grandpa's plans." "Finding them was hard." "I got all muddy walking the fields along that track." "I'll bet Grandpa never wrote you a letter from Manchester." "We've been watching the Foundation for a while." "And your family." "Stop it, Ray!" "We can't give you that ball now!" "Grandpa didn't invent it to be used like this." "Give it back!" "I apologize." "With the Exhibition a battlefield Mr. Stephenson will be responsible if we lose now." "And British scientific technology will fall very far behind." "Remember that." "How'd he get here?" "Ray, the ball..." "Mr. David's hurt!" " Get him outside!" " Quick!" "And next, our ultimate weapon, the submarine corps." "With these, you can achieve control of land, air and sea." "Purchasers of the entire set receive a 25 percent discount and a free 90-day voyage around the world!" "Now what?" "I have to save Grandpa!" "Think, Ray." "Think!" "A flying machine..." "Sorry we've only dressed your leg." "Everyone's busy now." "You need three steam balls to compensate for pressure loss." "Two won't be enough." "I very much wanted to show you the completed Steam Tower." "Completed?" "While the Foundation people certainly understand its value none of them truly understand it in its science, in its threat to the next century." "You forget someone." "Yes." "I wanted Ray to be here too." "Pressure decreasing in Areas 12 and 15!" "Close valves in both areas and prepare for launch!" "Launch, sir?" "Crikey!" "Quick!" "No, Eddy!" "Two aren't enough!" ""From risk comes progress."" "You said that, Father." "I'll be in the control room." "Carry on." "No, Eddy!" "Listen to me!" "What was that?" "Simon!" "The pipes look like they're the same diameter." "But how strong are they?" "Well?" "That should end all resistance." "That would be nice." "Upside down." "Now..." "I knew it!" "The Royal Navy!" "Robert must be down there." "I've got to stop them." "Father and Grandpa." "Main boiler room." "We're launching." "You can't mean that!" "We haven't built up pressure yet!" "This is the only chance we'll get." "Merge pressure from Areas 10, 30 and 40, then launch!" "Now the world will see my ultimate invention." "Launch!" "Don't worry!" "Everything is in order!" "Go straight ahead, please." "This tunnel takes us to the observation deck." "So it's started, has it?" "The fool!" "Not much of a building, eh?" "Two or three rounds and..." "Not so fast, sir." "What's that?" "It can't be!" "Simon!" "Are you here?" "Answer me!" "Dr. Edward!" "What's happened to you?" "!" "Simon!" "It's Dr. Edward!" "No need to worry, miss." "I must be like this to pilot Steam Tower." "Pilot Steam Tower?" "What do you mean?" "Pressure: 92 percent." "Preparing to launch!" "Watch." "This is..." "Steam Tower." "It won't work!" "It'll explode, Father!" "Superb!" "What a wonderful sight." "Mr. David." "Watch now, as the world bows down to science." "What are you talking about?" "That thing could explode!" " Warn everybody!" " Forget them." "We still have one steam ball." "Mr. Stephenson isn't going to have it!" "Fine." "That Steam Tower means the end of Robert Stephenson." "But I won't fall with him." "What do you say, Ray?" "Shall we start a workshop?" "A workshop?" "Yes." "The whole world will hear of this." "Money will seek us out!" "In France, in America even the British royal family." "They will all want shares in our firm." "Why didn't I think of it before?" "The steam ball's an invention without parallel and one Steam family genius remains with us." "One who can understand that flying machine at a glance and repair and improve it." "That's splendid, Ray." "There are hundreds of people in that Steam Tower." "Move!" "I'm going to warn them." "And if I don't?" "I don't have time to argue." "I really hate to do this but I'm not going to lose you or that ball!" "Stop it!" "Serves you right!" "I need a clamp." "Are you trying to kill us?" "Get us out of here!" "Have no fear." "Your safety is guaranteed." "There is an escape system." "This Steam Tower comes equipped with every..." "Then show us the escape system!" "There's no time." "I guess I'm stuck." "No time to block their fire." "Why are those horrible people shooting at us?" "We'll change course." "What's that?" "The river's frozen!" "Steam compressed at low temperature and very high pressure draws heat from its surroundings when released." "Hurry!" "There!" "Now I just need to manipulate the pressure." "You see that, Father?" "That is Steam Tower!" "It's coming this way." "Drat!" "Now I'll fly!" "It's tremendous, Dr. Edward." "A huge thing like this, flying!" "But it's heading for that bridge." "That's got it!" "Ray!" "It must be." "Who else would ride a thing like that?" "Miss!" "I'm so glad you're safe!" " I was worried!" " Simon!" "This is the control room, the heart of Steam Tower." "The tower can maneuver over a battlefield..." "Look, just show us how to get out of here!" "Oh, we still have some fine products to show you." " Jason!" "The demonstration!" "Hurry!" " Simon!" "This has gone far enough." "We'll make money later." "Are you trying to kill us all?" "!" "And that lovely pavilion will be ruined!" " There!" " Fire!" "Cripes!" "There it is!" "This time you won't get away, boy!" "Fire!" "Ready!" "Pull!" "What the...?" "What now?" "We're snagged on the bridge!" "What in...?" "Robert, do you want to pull me down?" "Well, try it if you can!" "Increase pressure!" "No, doctor!" "It's dangerous!" "Fool!" "We can't stop now!" "Increase the pressure!" "Ray." "Robert Stephenson?" " Fire!" " Rifle." "Child's play!" "What in...?" "!" "That will keep you quiet." "You!" "You could hurt someone doing that!" "The control room." "It's time to leave." "This way, everyone!" "Simon!" "Hell has burst its bounds!" "Our final demonstration." ""The wise know when to withdraw" is our motto." "These airships can be used in an emergency but they're normally for reconnaissance." "They use hydrogen..." "Abandon ship!" "What are you doing?" "No!" "Stop!" "Simon!" "What's going on here?" "You're all fired!" "Main boiler room!" "Answer me!" "We've crashed, doctor." "Where are they?" "Get out of there and do something, will you." "Main boiler room!" "They won't answer." "There's no one there." "How did you get here?" "Doctor!" "Abandon ship, Eddy." "The tower's about to explode." "Our dream is gone." "What?" "This is Foundation property." "You have no right to..." "Father, you're wrong." "What?" "My dream came true when this tower took to the air." "What do you mean?" "This is not the time for that." "Get out here and do your job!" "I mean that it's too late to destroy Steam Tower." "Mankind has seen it." "And once seen, a marvel like this even if it were then to be destroyed would soon be made again." "And why?" "Because, Father..." "Ray." "...this is a true thing of beauty!" "In the next century, and the century after that science will not halt in its march." "Mankind will control overwhelming power." "That may well be true." "But the soul of man is not ready for science such as this." "War and confusion will rule the world." "The soul of man will learn." "His surroundings will teach him." " The soul comes first." " Father!" "That's a dream." "Just like your funfair." " Silence!" " No, doctor!" "You mustn't!" "Take your hands off me!" "Shoot me and you set science back 50 years." "Forgive me!" "Grandpa, no!" " Father!" " Ray!" " What was that?" " Dr. Lloyd shot Dr. Edward!" "Ray!" "Take the girl away!" "Grandpa, why?" "Father!" "No, Ray!" "Grandpa, you just shot Father!" "I've set my son free from his madness." "Father!" "Watch!" "The end of Steam Tower." "I won't leave Father!" "Let go!" "Get down!" "Listen to me, Ray." "Both my fate and Eddy's ride with Steam Tower." "We're the ones who built it." "But we weren't strong enough to keep what we planned from becoming a monster." "I must see its end." "Do you understand?" "But..." "As heir to the name of Steam, you must be strong and upright." "You must save science from the wicked and preserve the future." "Now, go, Ray." "Grandpa!" "Go, Steam Boy!" "No, no, no, Grandpa." "If the tower blows up over the city, it'll be a disaster!" "The Thames will carry everything away." " We're not over the river!" " What?" "We're smack in the centre of London!" "How did this happen?" "Take us back to the river!" "How?" "Where did Father go?" "We're in emergency stations." "He's sealed the controls." "So, what do we do?" "I'll crawl into the old machine room, close the centre valve  and stop the pressure supply." "You go to the main boiler room and set up the steam ball." "Open all the valves, and I'll take us back to the Thames." "Doctor!" "What am I supposed to do?" "Simon!" "The main boiler room." "Here we are." "They've changed everything else, but not this place." "In the end this is the core of Steam Tower." "What's that noise?" "What's that?" "Ray!" "I'm in position!" "Set the ball in place!" "Ray!" "What's wrong?" " Are you there?" " Grandpa!" "Grandpa!" "It's me, Ray!" "Hurry with the ball!" "I can't!" "There's a big metal hand after me!" "It's not in any of the plans!" "What could that be?" "Perhaps it's a leftover construction crane." "But they're supposed to be unusable, part of the walls!" "Well, it's after me!" "Calm down." "That crane isn't moving by itself." "Someone's running it." "Find the controls." "Ray!" "Are you there?" "Ray!" "Answer me!" "Dr. Edward?" "Where did he go?" "Did he hit the wall?" "There!" "Now!" "Ray, I hope you're all right." "You did it!" "Right!" "Ray!" "The pressure's not coming through!" "I think there's a closed valve blocking the pressure out of Unit 2." "We could open it  from the control room, but I can't tell which one it is." "Which one do you mean, Ray?" "The controls have come back up." "Dr. Edward's not here, but I'll do what I can." "All right, Scarlett, listen." "You have to find  the main boiler room panel." "Open the valves starting from the lowest number." "Ray!" "What's happening there?" "Be careful of guns, Father." "Someone could get hurt." "Especially if you hit a vital spot." "Fortunately, I'm not the man I was." "Well, son, are you out from under your delusion?" "Delusion?" "What do you mean?" "We're right in the middle of my delusion." "Sixteen, 17..." "Where's 18?" "There's no 18!" "This wheel is 18!" "The pressure's coming back up." "Well done!" "Splendid." "That means you understand 30 percent of this tower." "Nonsense!" "He understands 70 percent." "Now, hurry up and turn that wheel!" "That wheel?" "If we're going to destroy it anyway, let's show people your part." "They might even smile." "Ray!" "Can you hear me?" "Ray!" "Pressure's back up in Unit 3." "But there's cracks everywhere." "It could go any time." "Five minutes, maybe 10..." "Well done, Ray!" "Now, get out of there, get Scarlett from the control room and get out of the Tower!" "All right!" "Scarlett!" " Did you hear that?" " Ray." "I'm coming up!" "That's right!" "I used the ball!" "Don't fail me!" "It won't work!" "Up we go." "What is that?" "lmpressive, is it not?" "That will give us some time." "Right." "Now, timing is vital here." "When I vent with this lever and the Tower drops that's the time." "Go ahead." "I'm ready when you are, Father." "Astounding!" "Ray!" "We have to get out!" "The Tower's falling apart!" "It could explode any second!" "That won't work." "There's no more pressure." "Let's see..." "So now what?" "How do we get out?" "The lift's broken and the flying machine's dead!" "What do I do, Grandpa?" " Ray!" "Can you hear me?" " Father!" "Listen." "There's a red lever beside the control seat." "It opens a box with escape gear in it." "Use that!" "You and Grandpa come with us!" "Don't concern yourself with us!" "I can't go and leave you!" " lf we don't hurry, we'll die with them!" " Wait, will you!" "Well, Father..." "What is it?" "Take care of yourself." "What?" "Where are you going?" "This connects through." "I'll close all the valves." "That Eddy's got something up his sleeve again!" "But he won't get away with it." "Hold it!" "Wait!" "We've got to hurry." "Where's that lever?" "Is this it?" " What's that?" " Don't know." " You wear it." " Who?" "It's falling!" " Ray!" " Scarlett!" "It's stopped." " Hang on." "We're landing." " Where?" "Look!" "Here goes!" "Hey!" "I can't see!" "We did it!" "We're saved!" "Careful!" "Dr. Edward and Dr. Lloyd..." "What happened to them?" "Miss!" " They're fine." " But..." "The age of science has just begun." "They'll be back."