"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." "Oh, no, Simon, I can't go any further." "It's just too hot." "Come on." "We must make the creek before it gets hotter." "You can make it." "Why can't we go back to the caves and stay with the others?" "At least we'll have protection." "Yes, but for how long?" "Come on." "We must keep moving." "Simon, look." "A blackbird." "All the wildlife's just dying off." "How horrible." "Come on." "Let's get out of here." "Remember when we came?" "The time barrier made us swim for it." "You wait here. I'll go and look for it." "Simon!" " You leave her alone." " Oh, don't be afraid." "I've..." "I've come to help you." "You don't expect me to believe that?" "Liz and I are going home." "Away from clones and away from you." "But this is your home." "Surely you realise that." "What's he talking about, Simon?" "This may be the future to you now, but one day it will be the present." "Never." "This is only a projection for us." "Provided we can stop it, it won't happen." "No." "You're wrong, Simon." "It has happened." "And what we built, we built together." "All of us, including you." "You have a scientific mind." "You understand." "We're not responsible for burning everything." "We must destroy the old world in order to build the new." "We've proved that we can change anything." "But you can't live without trees and flowers. lt's horrible." "Look at it." "All you want to do is destroy." "No." "No." "To create." "We are going to build again from the very beginning, Simon." "You and I." "The Technocrats." "Don't you see?" "You two have the chance to witness the start of a whole new world, before it actually happens." "You can't go back into the past, can you?" "Not yet." " But Commander Traynor, suppose..." " He's gone." "Just as well, crafty old goat." "I wouldn't trust him any further than I could..." "Simon, what is it?" "What's wrong?" "Hm?" "Oh, nothing." "Nothing." "You don't believe all that about witnessing the start of a new world?" " Oh, no, of course not." " Because it's not true." "Our place is back in the past, not in this unreal jungle." "We've got to stop this from happening." "The only way we can do that is to go back to our own time." "Yes, I know that. lt's just that... I just wish I knew the answer to so many questions." "Oh, come on." "Let's get out of here." "Well, go on." "What are you waiting for?" "I can't. lt's not there." "What do you mean not there?" "I just found it." "Let me try." "It's gone." "The time barrier's gone." "You don't think we're trapped in this awful future?" " No." "Traynor's tricked us." " But he can't move the time barrier." "Do you remember when you tried to get back to me in 1940?" "You couldn't because you were unsure." "Don't you see?" "Traynor's made us undecided." "That's why we can't get back." "He knows." "He's remembered." "Liz, we are trapped in a time bubble." "Madness." "Absolute madness for us to let those kids go wandering off on their own again after all that's happened." "Jean?" "Jean, they haven't gone through the time barrier again, have they?" " l don't know." " What do you mean you don't know?" "You're supposed to be the one with telepathic powers." "Well, where are they?" "Where are Liz and Simon?" "I don't know. I tell you, I just don't know." " l've lost them." " Lost them?" "For the last hour I've been staring at that clock as though it were a magic machine, as though it would tell me where to look for them. lt's no good." "Frank, don't you understand?" "I can only reach them if they're in the past or the present." " You think they've gone into the future?" " Yes." "Where I can't reach them." "It's no use, Simon. I've just got to rest." "We've got to keep going, Liz." "What's the use in sitting around waiting to be burnt to pieces?" "In a few hours, the whole jungle may be burnt to a cinder." "We've got to reach those caves." "What's the use?" "We'll never get home." "Don't talk like that." "Of course we'll get home." "But we need protection from the sun." "Look at it." "Everything's dying." "Just fading away." "It's the end of the world." "Traynor's exciting new world." "Even the soil's so dry, it's beginning to crack." "How long till the whole earth falls apart?" "What can you expect after interfering with nature and diverting rivers?" "He's probably caused a seismological disturbance." "I shouldn't be surprised if England doesn't have an earthquake." "I hate this place. I hate it." "There's destruction all round us." " Oh, Simon, I want to go home." " Shh!" " What is it?" " l don't know." "Keep down." "What if it's Traynor or the clones?" "I can't see." "Keep your head down." "What on earth are you two doing here?" "(Both) Beth." "Commander, what are you doing here?" "I wonder if you could spare me a few minutes?" "I've already told you on the telephone, there's no point in your coming here." "My business is official." "Thank you." "Liz and Simon have disappeared." "They went off hours ago." "And it's all thanks to you." "Are you suggesting that I've kidnapped them?" "Ever since the ice Box, you've pumped them for information." "Leave them alone." "My only purpose in coming here is to clarify my position with Simon." "Come on." "Who are you trying to kid?" "You persuaded them to go back through the time barrier." "They've gone back?" "But I warned that boy to keep away from the time barrier." "He's deliberately disobeyed me." " You must know where they are." " Look here." "I will not allow them to interfere with the future, I will not allow it!" "You've got to go back." "You don't belong here." "Of course we've got to go back." "You don't think I want to stay here?" "If this is what England's going to be like, you can keep it." "It's all my fault, really." "If only I hadn't had doubts about wanting to go home." "But I still don't see how Traynor persuaded you to want to stay here." "Look around you." "Who in his right mind would want to stay here?" "We only have ourselves to blame, Beth." "Traynor talked us into believing that the burn-up was necessary." "If we went back to our own time now, we'd miss the beginning of a fantastic new world." "A world that would one day be our future." "You and your scientific mind, you're just like Traynor." " You think you know the answers." " What did you do that for?" "Isn't there enough destruction around us without adding to it?" "Come on. lt's not going to help any of us, getting on each others' nerves." "What we've got to do is try and find a way home for you." "Yes, but how?" "Perhaps if you tried the time barrier now, it might work." "No, it's too late." "The damage has been done." "What we've got to do is find a way of clearing our minds, so we can start all over again." "In other words, we need the will to return." "And that means both of us." " You must be able to contact Liz." " l can't." "But you could always sense where she was." "That's what makes it such agony." "That's why I feel so lost." "Until now I've always known where she was." "If anything was wrong, I knew it because I could feel it." "That's why it's a shock when I can't make contact and I don't know what's happening." "(Sighs) lf only Simon had listened to my warning." "Let me warn you." "If those kids aren't back soon, the first person I'll go to is your superior, Colonel Murray." "Well, that, my dear Skinner, is your privilege." "Simon, it's impossible." "Just because my mother has second sight doesn't mean I've inherited it." "It's worth a try." "If you could give us the will to return, a chance to clear our minds of doubts, perhaps it will bring back the time barrier." "Don't forget. ln the future, your mother can't help us." "If I've inherited my mother's telepathic powers, why hasn't Liz?" "We're the same person." "Why can't you understand?" "We're in a different time phase." "You're a projection of my future." "You see, Liz can't help herself in a time phase which is not her own." "Well, neither can I." "We need outside help." "Your help." "All right." "I'll try." "What do you want me to do?" "Hurry, Simon." "Please." "In a few hours, this whole jungle will be a furnace." "It's no good. I can't see anything." "Oh, look, Beth, try as hard as you can." "There's nothing out there." "Only jungle." "I want to see, but I can't." "Oh, Beth, please hurry." "No, Simon, there's nothing." "I want to help you, I just can't." " Oh, Simon, what are we going to do?" " No, wait!" " Beth." " There is something." "There's someone." "A woman." "But I can't see her very clearly." " Who is it, Beth?" " A force is trying to pull me forward." "No. lt's you she wants, Liz." " Mummy." " Yes." "You've got to go home, Liz." "She needs you." "Simon, you've got to take Liz home." "We're depending on you." " All of us." " (Traynor) Simon!" " Come on." "We must find it now." " You won't find your destiny there, boy." "This is where you belong and this is where you'll stay!" "The time barrier's here." "We're going home." " Go on!" " l don't want to leave you." "Go on, Liz." "They can't harm me." "I'm only what your future could be." "It's up to you and Simon to see none of this happens." "Come on, Liz." "Hurry." "(Beth laughs)" "They were changing everything." "Diverting rivers, melting polar ice caps." "Turning England into a tropical jungle?" "I know it sounds fantastic, but I promise you it is true." "Within a few days, or hours, the whole surface of the earth could be scorched." "By now it's probably all over." "What I don't understand is you've only been missing from here a few days and yet you've experienced about six weeks." "I suppose it's rather like having a dream." "It seems to take ages, but in measured time it's a few minutes." " She's sleeping." " Thank the Lord for that." "Don't ever take Liz through the barrier again." "No, sir. I mean, yes, sir." "You mustn't blame Simon." "Liz wanted to do it just as much as he did." "She told me." "Simon, I know you've had a bad time, but there's one thing I have to know." "Commander Traynor told us he gave you instructions not to go back. ls that true?" "It's true and no wonder after what we found out." "You saw Commander Traynor in the future?" "We saw him." "The sort of man he could become if we let him." "A mean, ambitious man, responsible for the destruction of the whole world." "A technological world where people didn't matter." "Where everyone was taught not to think for himself." "Traynor wanted to burn up the old world so he could start a new one." "That's terrifying." "Absolutely terrifying." "It's worse than that. lf you could've seen that jungle being burnt to pieces, then you'd know we've got to stop it." "We can't let it happen." "We have a duty..." "You let the future take care of itself." " Tomorrow you're going home." " Home?" "No more trips through the time barrier, past or future." " (Screaming)" " Liz." "Liz." "Darling, what is it?" "In the mirror. I saw them." "Hundreds of pairs of eyes moving about in the jungle!" " lt's all right." " What is it?" " lt's nothing." "Just a nightmare." " The sooner you get home, the better." "No, Mummy, it wasn't a nightmare." "They were coming towards me." "You've got to believe me, Mummy." "You've just got to." "Liz, it was a nightmare, darling." "That's all." "(Doorbell) I'll get it." "Don't let him send Simon home, Mummy." "Please." "I know Daddy doesn't like Simon and me going off together, but I like Simon." "We've got a sort of understanding." "After all, I'm not a baby any more, am I, Mummy?" "You understand that, don't you?" "You mustn't blame Daddy, darling." "He loves you very much." "He doesn't want any harm to come to you." "He doesn't want you to grow up before you have to." "Don't worry." "You'll see Simon again. I promise." "A nightmare." "Well, it's hardly surprising." "When you step out of one time phase into another, there's bound to be a lasting effect." "Still, at least you have them home, safe and sound." "And that's where l intend to keep them." "Remember that." " Commander Traynor." " My dear Mrs Skinner." "All's well that ends well, eh?" "So, where are these two young rascals?" "I'm sure they've got some fascinating things to tell us about the future." "I'm not going in there." "It's Traynor's voice." "Don't be silly. lt's not the same Traynor as in the jungle." "That was a projection." " This one's harmless." "Come on." " lt was him I saw in the mirror." "Staring at me from behind bushes in the jungle." "It was the Traynor of the future you saw." "A future that won't exist if we prevent it." "Now, come on." " Liz, darling." " Ah, there you are." "Welcome home." "(Distant bleeping)" "Liz dear, I wonder if you'd like..." "Liz?" "'Darling Mummy, I'm sorry, but I had to go." "'lt's Beth. I saw her in the mirror and I know she needs me." "'Please don't let Daddy get too upset." "'l'll be back soon." "Love, Liz.'" "Frank." "Frank, look at this." "What are we going to do?" "Well, I'm going to phone Simon." "Simon?" "But..." " He's probably gone with her." " Let's at least find out." "Hello, Simon, it's Mr Skinner here." "It's about Liz." "Could you come back here right away, please?" "Yes." "Yes, I know I did, but we need your help now." "Mrs Skinner!" "Mrs Skinner, are you all right?" "Simon..." "Simon, Liz hasn't gone through the time barrier." "She hasn't?" "Mr Skinner told me on the phone... I know what he told you, but I saw her." "I saw her standing in the old Ministry field by the time barrier." "But she didn't go through." "Something stopped her." "(Door opens)" "Liz?" "Liz?" "Can you hear me?" "You've been very foolish, Liz." "Very foolish indeed." "Now you must learn not to interfere." "Keep out of the future, Liz." "Do you understand?" "Keep out of the future."