" [ Silenced Gunshot ] - [ Frequency Screeching ]" "[ Both Groaning ]" "[ Tony ] The Tunnel's out of control!" "[ Tony ] They're killing us.!" "You're killing us.!" " [ Groaning ]" " What's the Tunnel trying to do?" "They're killing us!" "[ Man On P.A. ] 1 0:30 security check." "Number 21 22, please respond." "Dr. Alfred Stiles, respond." "Dr. Alfred Stiles, Time Tunnel Control, respond." "Red alert.!" "All security personnel to your stations.!" "[ Alarm Blaring ]" "He's dead." "This is a maximum security operation." "Repeat." "This is a maximum security operation and not a drill." " Seal all the exits." " Ray, look." "General!" "If you can hear me, help us!" "The Tunnel's out of control.!" "You're killing us!" "We're getting an oscillation effect." "It's tearing the boys to pieces." " Try to stabilize it." " I'm trying to." "I just can't seem to" " Let me try, Ann." " All right." "Stabilized." "Psychological conditions stabilized." "They're all right." " [ Gunshots ]" " Look out!" "Down, everybody!" "Cut him off!" "." "[ Gunshot ]" " [ Ann ] General, I see him!" " Halt, or I'll kill you!" " Ray!" " Give up!" " You don't stand a chance." " Every exit is sealed off." "Move back, or I'll kill him!" "Don't!" "You'll lose Doug and Tony!" "[ Tunnel Powering Up ]" "[ Narrator ] The Time Tunnel." "[ Sighs ]" "Well, he escaped... into time." "Ann, activate scan." "Let's try to track him." "Ray, this notation" "It must've been made by Dr. Stiles." "Well, this gives us a time-and-location fix on Tony and Doug." "As well as on the killer." "Look." "The Tunnel controls were fixed when he entered the Tunnel." "Ray." "We've identified the killer as Raul Nimon." "Came to work in the complex a year ago." " Why didn't the security check turn him up?" " He had a perfect cover." " Sir?" " Yes,Jiggs?" "Nimon's security file shows he had ""leave of absence" papers effective at 2 400 hours tonight." "Have you made a thorough search of his quarters?" "Yes, sir." "We found microfilm and instructions from his principals." " They've been turned over to Decoding for interpretation." " Very good, Sergeant." "Ray, I've got them." "They're near Grand Canyon, Arizona." "Time period: 1 547." "There's a good chance that Nimon is in the same period and location." "Do you suppose we can get through, tell them about Nimon?" " We can try, General." " [ Clears Throat ]" "You'd better see these." "Decode of Nimon's instructions." "Ray." "We have to evacuate the complex." " Evacuate?" " According to this..." "Nimon was to have hidden a small nuclear device somewhere in the complex." "His orders were to destroy the Tunnel after completing his espionage." "What about Doug and Tony?" "We can't just leave them out there." "We've got to think of the thousands of lives... which will be lost if a bomb goes off." "Sergeant, you said his furlough was to start at midnight?" " Yes, sir." " Well, then he" " He wouldn't have set the bomb to go off until after that." " That's right." " Start the evacuation." " No, General." "Don't you see?" "Our only hope is for Doug and Tony to find Nimon... and get him to tell where he hid the bomb." " He can't be far from them." " Meanwhile, we can start our own search for the bomb." "I can't risk the lives of our personnel." "General, ask for volunteers." " I'm staying." " And so am I." "What about all these people?" "Ask them, General." "May I have your attention, please?" "We have information... that a nuclear bomb has been planted somewhere in this complex." "As yet, we don't know its location or when it's timed to go off." "We hope to secure that information... but it will require certain personnel... to remain at their posts despite the danger." "Any of you who choose to leave may do so now." "Start the search." "Try for contact." "Visual is very unstable." " Can we make voice contact?" " We'll try." "Ann." "All right, General." "Doug?" "Tony?" "Can you hear me?" "Yes, General, we hear you." "Everything went haywire here." "[ Tony ] What happened?" "There's been a bomb and timing device planted in the complex." "One of our technicians- a man named Nimon." "He's a foreign agent." "He killed Dr. Stiles and escaped through the Tunnel." "We had a fix on you, so he might be somewhere near you." "Well, what time period are we in?" "We have you located at Grand Canyon, Arizona... in the year 1 547." "Now find Nimon." "Make him tell you where he has hidden the explosive." "It's our only chance." "It's our only chance too." "If the Time Tunnel blows up, we'll never get back." "Talk about a needle in a haystack." "He could be within a hundred yards of us, and we'd never find him." "What if we let him find us?" " What do you mean, draw him to us?" " Sure." " How?" " I don't know." "Smoke." "Fire." "We're slipping out of phase." "I can't hold Nimon in that time period." " Gone." " They transferred him." "I'm still on Nimon, but he's moved in time." "Can you send Tony and Doug after him?" "We can try, General." "Get ready to transfer." " Whenever you're ready." " On my signal." "Now." "Stand where you are." "Do not move." "This is a warning." "Do not move, or you will be killed." "You are under arrest." "Follow." "I want all nonessential personnel evacuated." " What about the bomb?" " 200 volunteers looking for it, sir." "Good." "The big question is, when is it timed to go off?" "It was the general's feeling it couldn't be before midnight, when Nimon's furlough began." "Jiggs, is there any way... in which he could reasonably have planned to leave before his furlough began?" "No, sir." "He couldn't pass through the outer gate before then." "He'd also have to allow time to get out of the area... and far enough away to avoid fallout." " Say, uh, about three hours?" " Yes, sir, that figures." "Then the bomb is probably timed to go off around 3:00 a.m." "Oh, I'd say pretty close to it." " I want search reports every 1 5 minutes." " Yes, sir." " Any luck?" " Not since we lifted them out of the 1 6th century." " Any idea where they landed?" " Well, our fix was on Nimon." "We advanced him in time, but I have no idea how far." "All we can do is keep scanning and hope we pick them up again." "They are workers." "It is part of our city." "It looks like an enormous beehive." "Move on." "[ Tone Chimes ]" "I am a member of the ultimate human society." "In this society, I am a soldier." "Has anyone else like us come here?" "I will do the questioning." "You may call me Vokar." "What are your names?" "Where do you come from?" " I'm Douglas Phillips." " I'm Anthony Newman." "We came through time from the 20th century." "You have arrived in the most glorious era of man's existence." "What year is this?" "How do you reckon time?" "Do not trouble yourself with these matters." "You will be given suitable work and quarters." "This audience is ended." "The most glorious era in man's existence." "Some glory." "Some era." "Whatever the era, the question is, is Nimon here too?" "[ Door Opening ]" "Who are you?" "[ Female Voice ] I am Worker Z2 4A1 9." "What's this?" " Food for two for the eight-day work periods." " Food?" "It is the diet ordered by the masters." " It will sustain life and energy." " Who are the masters?" "They are the rulers of this complex." "They are all-wise." "It is my purpose to serve them." "Who else lives here besides the masters?" "The workers and soldiers." "Have you ever seen anyone that looked different?" "Someone like us." "One like you, dressed like you, has been among us for many years." "Years?" "That can't be Nimon." "Maybe we've gone through a time warp." "Where is this man?" " I am forbidden to speak about him." " Wait." "You've got to help us find him." " If we don't, we're in trouble." " What is ""trouble"?" "It means something terrible will happen to people we love... unless we find this man." " What is ""love"?" " Tony, she doesn't relate to us in any way." "She doesn't relate to anything." "Your parents." " Your father and mother- do you love them?" " What is ""mother"?" "Well, you had to have parents." "How were you born?" " Born?" "You mean how I came to be?" " Yes." "My genes were selected from the population control reservoir... and treated by the masters to make me fit for my duties in the complex." "Were the others in the complex treated the same way?" "Yes, except for the masters." "They were always the masters." "They are all-wise." "It is my purpose to serve them." "They're like bees." "They work for the welfare of the hive." "You know, before a bee's eggs are hatched... they're treated to produce workers, soldiers or queens- just like these people." "Come." "A master has summoned you." " Nimon!" " Tony, watch it!" "Nimon, tell us where you put the bomb." "We'll try to get word back." "Take it easy." "We'll get to him." "You're familiar with these components?" "Yes, we've used this type of equipment before." "So Master Worker Nimon informed me." "Our good Nimon feels he's overworked." "Your good Nimon is a murderer." "We are not concerned about crimes committed in other times and other places." "You will reconcile your differences with Master Nimon and give him assistance." "And what if we refuse?" "Will they die, Magister?" "They've suffered pain, but they're not damaged." "Take them to their quarters." "We will discuss this matter with them again." "Perhaps we should kill them." "They could be dangerous." "For the present, they're of some value." "Use them as you will." "Later on, we shall see." "[ Tone Chimes ]" "What hit us?" "A first-stage reminder of your purpose." " The magister was merciful." " Merciful?" "I don't understand about Nimon." "How long has he been here?" "He came to us 1 0 years ago." "Then it was a time warp." "He got here 1 0 years ahead of us." " He has won great favor with the masters." " Why?" "Because he is building the mechanism for them." "What mechanism?" "For time travel?" "You must not ask questions." "Now I must go." " We're going with you." " No, you cannot." " You are prisoners." " We like you." "We don't wanna see you hurt, so don't try to stop us." " Come on, Tony." " No!" "You will be injured." "What are you talking about?" " A force field." " You cannot pass through it." "But you do." "How?" " I have a key." " [ Beeping ]" "You didn't have to warn us." "Why did you?" "Because..." "I like you." "One more question before you go." "Why do the masters want a time machine?" " It is important to them." " Why is it important?" "It is necessary to spread the glory of our civilization throughout all time... and bring new power to the masters." "Now let me go." """To spread the glory of our civilization."" "If the ray gun and that force field... are any indication of their weaponry... they might succeed." "They want us to help them help Nimon." "[ Nimon ] You'll cooperate if you know what's good for you." "What's the matter?" "No welcome for a man of your own time?" "I wouldn't do that." "The punishment would be terrible." "Let's hear what he has to say, Tony." "What are you getting out of all this, Nimon?" "The joy of working for the masters." "Don't you realize the only escape from this place is through time?" "That can be arranged as soon as our Time Tunnel gets a fix on us." "Your Time Tunnel was blown to atoms almost a million years ago." "That's right, gentlemen." "You are now in one million A.D.... and I am the only one who can return you to your own time." "Think about it." "Wait." "How do you know that your bomb's exploded?" "There was no time to find it." "It was set to explode at 3:05 on the morning that I left." "[ Tone Chimes ]" "I've tried everything." "I can't locate them." "What area have you been scanning?" "Everything within a thousand years of the last fix." "That break in the power system gave us a surge." " Try farther ahead." " How far?" " No limit." " What is it?" "What's the matter?" " We're having trouble locating them." " We've only got two hours!" "Maybe less!" "Too many lives are involved." "We'll abandon the complex in two hours." "Ray, I'm getting a response." "You changed your minds and decided to work with me." " Only because we have to." " You're very sensible." "Now, as you can see, we will soon have our own Time Tunnel." " You're making good use of your stolen formula." " I'm a good technician." "Nobody in our time recognized my talent." "Someone thought enough of you to hire you as a spy." "Oh, you know about that." "But espionage is a profession unworthy of my ability." "Here, I have found a truly advanced culture." "If they're so advanced, how is it they haven't developed time travel by now?" "In a million years, a thousand civilizations can rise and fall." "Time travel was a lost art to them." "What sort of period preceded this one?" "We are not here for a lesson in history." "I'm conducting my first experiment today." "You mean you're using humans for an experiment?" "Animals have been extinct for over 1 00,000 years." "One makes do with whatever is available." "Nimon, you can't use her." "Don't upset yourselves." "Her genes are defective." "So one way or the other, she has to be destroyed." "Why not in the name of science?" " You cold-blooded killer." " Vokar." "You've had one reminder." "You know what it does." "Don't ask for more." " Watch." " [ Machine Whirring ]" " Get out of here!" " [ Laser Fires ]" "After her." "She must not get away." "He is not harmed, only stunned." "You'd better keep in mind that I enjoy protection." "Vokar's sole duty is to see that nothing interferes with my work." "Using her as a human guinea pig." "We shouldn't have tried it." "She hasn't a chance." "Well, we couldn't let them kill her." "We're gonna just have to forget about her, Tony." "Our main target is Nimon right now." "We have to find a way to get to him- and fast." " What's stopping us?" "Come on." " Tony, wait a minute!" "Are you all right?" "The force field- I forgot about it." "The key that girl carried" "If we could only figure out what principle it used." "The field is obviously magnetic." "It'd have to be their version of a degaussing device." "Well, the basic laws of physics haven't changed, even in a million years." "What can we work with?" "[ Ray ] Tony.!" "Doug.!" "It's Ray!" "It couldn't have exploded yet." "[ Tony ] Go ahead." "We hear you." "We have you fixed in one million A.D." " Is Nimon in your time period?" " Yes." "Have you learned anything about the bomb?" "It's set to go off at 3:05 a.m. your time." "[ Kirk ] Where did Nimon hide it?" "We don't know yet." "Can you transfer us?" "We're building up power to make a try." "[ Tony ] Well, how long will it take?" " About 1 0 minutes, General." " About 1 0 minutes." " Can you get to Nimon?" " No." "We're locked in by a force field." "You've got to get out of that force field." "Make him talk!" "Can you pick all three of us up?" "Tony, we'll try a transfer, but I don't know what time period you'll be moved to." "[ Doug ] It doesn't matter." "Anyplace is better than this." " [ Tony ] We'll try to find him." "Can you track us?" " Yes." "We've got to get through that force field." "Well, all we need is a coil of wire and, uh, a wooden dowel." "But wood- It's probably not used anymore." "Any kind of nonconductor would do." " I doubt that this is a conductor." " You're probably right." "Now all we need is something that is one." "Everything around here seems to be made out of some kind of molded plastic." "How about that light?" "They probably use solar energy conducted by radio waves." "A radio wave needs some kind of a receiver." "Look." "I've never seen this kind of material before." "Well, we'll figure it out later." "At least it's a conductor." "I hope so." "Well, let's hope it works." "What are you doing here?" "They'll catch you for sure." "You saved me." "I have come to save you." "Where's Nimon?" "We're trying to find him." "Still in the teleport room." "I can show you a way to reach it past the guards." "[ Beeping ]" "What do you want?" "You could be killed for coming here." "You tell us where you planted that bomb." "[ Nimon ] Vokar.!" "Where's that bomb?" "I'll kill you myself!" "." "I have them." " Are we up to power to make the transfer?" " We need one more minute." " Vokar!" " We will soon be there!" " Tell us where you hid the bomb." " Vokar!" "They're breaking in." "So help me, Nimon, either you tell me where that bomb is... or you'll die before the people in the Time Tunnel." "All right." "All right, I will." "Ray, hurry!" "Ann?" " Ready." " Ten seconds." "Nine, eight... seven, six... five, four..." " three, two, one." " [ Tunnel Powering Up ]" "Zero." " No reaction." " Try it in series." "Transferred." "Tony and Doug are in limbo." " What about Nimon?" " Nimon too." " A fourth." "There's someone else too." " Are they together?" "Yes, I think so." "The transfer was simultaneous." " Almost simultaneous." " I've lost them." "No." "I still have an indication." "All three, and the fourth too." "They're going back in time." "Back." "Back." "What?" " What's wrong?" " I have an extra signal." "Five people were transferred." "They've stopped." "I have a time fix." "One million." "One million B.C. The Pliocene period." "B.C.?" "Why, that's as far back in time as they were forward." " Ann, can't you get a visual contact?" " I'm trying." "Well, if they don't find out where that bomb is hidden within an hour... we're all as good as dead." "[ Lightning Crashing ]" "I've been clawing my way through this jungle for hours." "They must've seen the whole thing on telecontrol and switched us." "But where?" "This place is like some gigantic hothouse." "Maybe it's- Maybe it's an island." "Man, right now, I'd settle for the Amazon as long as it was the 1 968 Amazon." "[ Roaring ]" " What" " Come on!" "I'd say we've gone back a million years before our time." "I hope the Tunnel transferred Nimon too." "Well, Ann said they had enough power to transfer all three of us." "But if we've lost him, we've lost our only chance to save the Tunnel." "You know, Tony, we might be the only humans alive on Earth." "Maybe Nimon might have come down right near us." "Let's hope so." "Come on." "[ Roaring ]" "[ Screeching ]" "You haven't got time." "Call off the search." " But Doug and Tony" " I'm sorry." "Evacuate all volunteer personnel to the shelters." "Okay, guards, secure." "All out, on the double!" "[ Alarm Ringing ]" " The rest of the complex will be clear in 1 0 minutes, sir." " Good." "That was an order." "All personnel out." "That means you." "I guess we're all waiting for you to leave, sir... and Dr. Swain and Dr. MacGregor." "General, we're getting a location." "Yes, for all five of them." "We'd better keep moving." "We gotta find Nimon." "Help!" " Help.!" " It's Nimon." "Help me!" "Help me!" "Help me get out of here!" " If he dies, there's no chance of saving the Tunnel." " I know." "Please, help me get out of here!" "Now, listen to me, Nimon." "We'll try to get you out of there." "If we do, you've gotta tell us where you hid that bomb... or we'll be stuck here for the rest of our lives." "All right." "I'll tell you anything." "Just get me out of here!" "Ann, we're losing it!" "Give me your hand." "I can't get him up." "[ Nimon ] Help.!" "Get me out ofhere.!" "Here." "Tie this to that tree." "Hurry up." "Help me." "All right, Nimon, now grab that vine." "Easy now." "All right." "Easy." "Easy!" "I've got him." "Ann!" "Swain, can you hear us?" "We've got Nimon!" "We're running out of time." "I can't." "I'm trying to locate them, but I can't." "Stabilize." "You've got them!" "Tony, Doug, we have you!" " We've got Nimon!" " All right." "We've only got a few minutes." "Tell 'em where you hid the bomb." "All right, all right." "I'll tell you where it is." "It's forbidden to speak except on command of the masters." "You are all under arrest." "I think we've lost our last chance." " You've got to tell us!" " Nimon, another word, and you die." "Now, we will all go to the masters." "The masters are two million years from here." "And if he doesn't tell us what we have to know... we'll all die right here." "The masters will not permit it." "They can't do anything about it, Vokar." "The masters can do anything!" "Come." "We must leave." "How can we make him understand?" "We can't." "He's conditioned by a million years of heredity." " He's still human." " His humanity was bred out of him, Doug." "Move!" "You fool!" "Where do you think you're taking us?" "To where the masters expect us to be." " And where is that?" " It is that place where I arrived." "Come!" "[ Roaring ]" "Well, it's time for all of us to go to the shelters." "There's no hope." "Jiggs, uh" " Yes, sir." "All right, ladies and gentlemen, let's go." "Come on." "Let's go." "Come on." "Quickly, please." "Come on." "Let's go on through here." "Ann?" "Ray?" "No, General." "Please." "Five minutes." "That's cutting it to a hairline, but" "[ Roaring ]" "Nimon!" "Come back!" "There are three studs on the barrel." "Pressing the third one kills instantly." "Why don't you kill?" "It is your right." " No man has a right to kill." " It would be better." "I think I have broken my leg." "I would rather be killed quickly than left here alone." "I won't leave you." "I'll help you, and we'll find the others." "Why are you doing this?" "I am not your responsibility." "No, but you are a man." "Or at least you were many years ago." "I do not understand." "Well, let's just say I don't like the idea of leaving you here to die." "What does it mean- to like?" "It's a feeling." "A feeling that gives you pleasure." "Come on." "Let's go." "Vokar, it didn't feel broken to me." "I think it's only a bad sprain." "See if you can put some weight on it." "Hang on." "I think I can reach you." "Zee!" "[ Rumbling ]" "Doug, get back!" "The ground's giving way!" " You all right?" " A beehive." "A giant beehive." "Our city is patterned on the cells of these extinct insects." "[ Buzzing ]" "Extinct?" "Bees." "A swarm of bees returning here to the hive." "Ray, we only have three or four minutes left." "I'm getting a response." "We're locked on it." "Activate!" "Tony, Doug, do you hear us?" "Yes, we hear you!" "Did Nimon tell you where he planted the bomb?" "We don't have enough time." "There's only a few minutes left." "Tell us!" "You tell us where you put it!" "Give him an answer." "I like him." "They'll never find the bomb." "But there's a time fuse." "It looks like an ordinary bus bar." "Inside the phase synchronizer console!" "[ Sighs ] Just made it." "But will Tony and Doug?" " [ Buzzing Continues ]" " What's that awful sound?" "Tony, Doug, we found it." "The complex is safe." "They're caught in a giant beehive." "We've got to get them out now!" "We can't transfer them all at once." " Then split your transmissions." " Well, we can try." "Now the second." "Can you make a transfer for Nimon?" "No." "[ Gunfire ]" "[ Gunfire Continues ]" "The American Civil War." "Come on!" "[ Explosion ]" "[ Dog Barking ]" "Fermo, Cesare." "Fermo." "All right, men, let's get out of here!" "You too!" "Major, over here!" "Help, Major!" "We need a doctor." "He's beyond any hope this world can give him now." "He's dead."