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Orchestrations were
arranged by Sir Rhodri Fenning,

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and Dame Evelyn Blish is a member
of the Kings Lynn players.

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So tune in again next week for more
from the What's My Line? team.

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And that brings us to the end
of programming for today.

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So, from all of us here at
Alexandra Palace, a very good night.

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£200 overdrawn.

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I need a miracle.

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NATIONAL ANTHEM
PLAYS ON TELEVISION

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LAUGHTER

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He's a caution, that one,
he does make me laugh.

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Oh, our lord and master.
Rita, I'm off out. Dad?

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Oh, how many times, son?
We'll see.

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But everyone's getting a telly,
Dad, even Mr Gallagher.
And the Bells at number 67.

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Well, perhaps we'll get one
for the Coronation.

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If you're lucky. We'll see.

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Don't wait up.
I heard they rot your brains.

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Rot them into soup and your brain
comes pouring out of your ears.

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That's what television does!

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Mr Magpie?

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Oh, Mr Magpie?

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Eh?

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You-hoo! Can you hear me, Magpie?

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Yes.

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I must be dreaming…
Oh, no. This isn't a dream.

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I'm going doolally, then.
Not at all, sweetheart.

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Now, are you sitting comfortably?

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Good. Then we'll begin.

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SHE LAUGHS,
HE SCREAMS

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I thought we'd be
going for the Vegas era.

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You know, the white flares
and the chest hair.

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You are kidding! If you wanna see
Elvis, you go for the late Fifties.

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The time before burgers,
when they called him the Pelvis
and he still had a waist!

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What's more, you see him in style!
ENGINE REVS

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You going my way, doll? Is there
any other way to go, daddio?

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Straight from the fridge, man!

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Ah, you speak the lingo!
Yeah, well…

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Me, Mum, Cliff Richard movies—
every Bank Holiday Monday. Cliff!

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I knew your mother'd
be a Cliff fan.

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Where're we off to?
Ed Sullivan TV studios.

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Elvis did Hound Dog
and there were complaints.

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Bit of luck, we'll just catch it.
That'd be TV studios in…

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What, New York? That's the one!

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SHE LAUGHS
Dig that New York vibe!

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Well, this could still be New York.

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I mean,
this looks very New York to me.

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A sort of…
Londony New York, mind, but…

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What're all the flags for?

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 ♫We want Muffin
Everybody sings!

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 ♫We want Muffin the Mule… ♫
Smashing!

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Smashing, innit?

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You'd have thought
they was in the room with ya!

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Fair do's, Tommy, you had a point.

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New television. There, that
should cheer you up a bit, Rita?

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Give us a smile, then, eh?

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I can't. Nothing's the same
any more. Not with her…

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Stop going on about it!

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But her face, Eddie.

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What happened to her?

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That awful face. I said, stop it!

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LOUD BANGING

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She's awake!

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I think she's hungry.

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There you go, sir!
All wired up for the great occasion.

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Great occasion? What do you mean?
Where you been living,
out in the colonies?

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The Coronation, of course!

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And what Coronation's that, then?

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What do you mean? THE Coronation!

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It's the Queen's! Queen Elizabeth!

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Oh! Is this 1953?
Last time I looked!

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Time for a lovely bit of pomp
and circumstance, what we do best!

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Look at all the TV aerials.

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Looks like everyone's got one.

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That's weird, my nan said
tellys were so rare, they all
had to pile into one house.

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Not around here, love.
Magpie's Marvellous Tellys,
only five quid a pop.

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Oh, but this is a brilliant year,
classic!

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Technicolor, Everest climbed,
everything off the ration.

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A nation throwing off the shadows
of war and looking forward
to a happier, brighter future!

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Someone help me, please! Ted!

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Leave him alone, that's my husband!
Please! What's going on?

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Oi! What are you doing⁈ Police
business, get out of the way, sir.
Who'd they take?

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Do you know him?
Must be Mr Gallagher.

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But it's happening
all over the place—
they're turning into monsters.

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Tommy! Not one word!

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Get inside, now!

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Sorry, I'd better do as he says.

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All aboard!

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Operation Market Stall.
Go! Go! Go!

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Lost them.
How did they get away from us?

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I'm surprised they didn't turn back
and arrest you for reckless driving.
Have you passed your test?

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Men in black?
Vanishing police cars?

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This is Churchill's England,
not Stalin's Russia.

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Monsters, that boy said. Maybe we
should go and ask the neighbours.

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That's what I like about you.

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The domestic approach.

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Thank you.

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Hold on, was that an insult?

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I've finished it.

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As you instructed.

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That's awfully good of you,
Mr Magpie.

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So you'll go soon?
You'll leave me?

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We'll see.

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If you're a very good boy.
Please.

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You're burning me.

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Inside, behind my eyes. It hurts.

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Even my memories hurt.

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I just want things back
like they used to be.

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Oh, but this world of yours is
busy, busy, busy! Forging ahead
into a brand-new age!

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You can never go back,
that's your tragedy.

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But now…
the time is almost ripe, Magpie.

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Cometh the hour, cometh the man.

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Or lady.

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THUD!

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Gran?

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Gran, it's me, it's Tommy.

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I'm gonna come in, Gran.
Stand back, just don't…

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I'm sorry, but I've got to come in.

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What do you think you're doing?

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We've got to try and help her, Dad.

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Give me that key.

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I said, give me that key, right now.

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Don't think I've finished with you.

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All the warnings
I've given you and every time,
every time, you disobey me!

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But we can't just lock her away.
Excuse me, sunshine. I am talking.

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You can forget
that college nonsense.

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You are gonna come
and work alongside me.

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Get your hands dirty for once.
THUDS FROM UPSTAIRS

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Oh, Lord. Won't she ever stop?

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THUDS CONTINUES
There, there, Rita my sweet.

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Business as usual.

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Now, let's get these up all over the
house, in honour of her Majesty.

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But, Eddie, what if she's dying?
I am talking!

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That's better.
A little bit of hush.

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DOORBELL RINGS

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BOTH: Hi!

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Who are you, then? Let's see.
Judging by the look of you,

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family man, nice house, fought
in the war, therefore,
I represent Queen and country.

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Just doing a little check of
her forthcoming Majesty's
subjects before the great day.

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Oh, er, very nice, very well kept.
I'd like to congratulate you, Mrs…

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Connolly. Rita, I can handle this.
This gentleman's
a proper representative.

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Don't mind the wife,
she rattles on.

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Well, maybe she should
rattle on a bit more.

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I'm not convinced you're
doing your patriotic duty.

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Those flags,
why are they not flying?

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There we are, Rita! I told you!

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Get them up! Queen and Country!
I'm sorry.

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Get it done, do it now.
Hold on a minute.

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Like the gentleman says.
Hold on a minute.
You've got hands, Mr Connolly.

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Two big hands,
so why is that your wife's job?
Well, it's housework, innit?

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And that's a woman's job?
Course it is.

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Mr Connolly,
what gender is the Queen?

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She's a female.
Then are you suggesting
the Queen does the housework?

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No, not at all. Then get busy!

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Right. Yes, sir.

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You'll be proud of us, sir!

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We'll have Union Jack left,
right and centre!
Excuse me, Mr Connolly. Hang on a minute.

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Union Jacks?
Yes, that's right, isn't it?
That's the Union Flag.

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It's the Union Jack
only when it's flown at sea.
Oh! Oh, I'm sorry. I do apologise.

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Well, don't get it wrong again,
there's a good man. Now get to it!

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Right then, nice and comfy.

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At her Majesty's leisure!

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Union Flag?
Mum went out with a sailor.

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I bet she did.
 Anyway, I'm the Doctor,
and this is Rose, and you are?

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Tommy.
Well, sit yourself down, Tommy.

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Have a look at this.

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I love telly, don't you? Yeah,
I think it's brilliant. Good man!

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00:12:15,779 --> 00:12:20,295
Keep working, Mr C!… Now, why
don't you tell me what's wrong?

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Did you say you were a doctor?
Yes, I am.

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Can you help her? Oh, please.
Can you help her, Doctor?

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Now then, Rita, I don't think
the gentleman needs to know…
Oh, the gentleman does.

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Tell us what's wrong
and we can help.

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It's all right.
It's all right. Come here.

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Oh, it's all right.
Hold on a minute.

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Queen and Country's one thing,
but this is my house!

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What the…
What the hell am I doing⁈

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Now you listen here, Doctor.

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You may have fancy qualifications,
but what goes on under my roof
is my business!

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00:12:59,934 --> 00:13:02,531
Not if people are being…
I am talking!

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And I'm not listening!

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Now you are staring into
a deep, dark pit of trouble
if you don't let me help.

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So I'm ordering you, sir—
tell me what's going on!

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THUDS FROM UPSTAIRS

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She won't stop.

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She never stops.

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We started hearing stories,
all round the place.

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People who… changed.
Families keeping it secret,
cos they were scared.

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Then the police started finding out.
We don't know how, no-one does.

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They just turn up,
come to the door and take them,
any time of the day or night.

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Show me.

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Gran?

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00:13:51,921 --> 00:13:55,692
It's Tommy. It's all right,
Gran. I've brought help.

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Her face is completely gone.

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Scarcely an electrical impulse left.

193
00:14:17,811 --> 00:14:21,287
Almost complete neural shut-down,
it's just ticking over.

194
00:14:21,327 --> 00:14:27,441
It's like her brain's been… wiped
clean. What are we gonna do, Doctor?

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00:14:27,481 --> 00:14:31,120
We can't even feed her!
We've got company!

196
00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:34,513
They've come for her! What was
she doing before this happened?

197
00:14:34,553 --> 00:14:38,669
Tell me, quickly, think! She doesn't
leave the house. She was just…

198
00:14:38,709 --> 00:14:41,226
Hold on, there are three
important, brilliant

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00:14:41,266 --> 00:14:45,222
and complicated reasons why
you should listen to me. One…

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00:14:45,262 --> 00:14:47,059
Doctor!

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00:14:47,099 --> 00:14:50,856
Leave her alone,
you'll hurt her! Mum!

202
00:14:50,896 --> 00:14:53,108
Doctor! Don't hurt her!

203
00:14:54,054 --> 00:14:58,479
Back inside, Rita.
She's my mother!
Back inside now, I said!

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00:14:59,528 --> 00:15:03,703
Hell of a right hook!
Have to watch out for that.

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00:15:07,202 --> 00:15:09,439
Don't fight it, back inside!

206
00:15:09,479 --> 00:15:12,836
Rose! Come on! Get back inside!

207
00:15:12,876 --> 00:15:17,562
Don't fight it, son. Don't fight it!
Rose! We're gonna lose them again!

208
00:15:19,984 --> 00:15:24,934
Dad, they took her!
That was Gran, and they took her!
Come on, back inside!

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00:15:31,852 --> 00:15:35,913
How did they find her,
who told them?

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00:15:37,326 --> 00:15:40,363
You! Get the hell out of my house!

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00:15:40,403 --> 00:15:42,440
I'm going, I'm done.

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00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:46,046
Nice to meet you, Tommy,
Mrs Connolly.

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00:15:47,558 --> 00:15:52,628
And as for you, Mr Connolly,
only an idiot hangs
the Union Flag upside down.

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00:15:52,668 --> 00:15:54,186
Shame on you!

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00:16:17,366 --> 00:16:19,300
Oh, very good.

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00:16:22,122 --> 00:16:23,601
Very good.

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00:18:31,761 --> 00:18:34,878
Stay where you are!

218
00:18:38,473 --> 00:18:41,033
Oh, I'm sorry, miss,
I'm afraid you're too late.

219
00:18:41,073 --> 00:18:43,029
I was just about to lock the door.

220
00:18:43,069 --> 00:18:45,107
Yeah? Well, I wanna buy a telly.

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00:18:45,147 --> 00:18:47,387
Come back tomorrow. Please.

222
00:18:47,427 --> 00:18:48,943
You'll be closed, won't you?

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00:18:48,983 --> 00:18:50,941
What?

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00:18:50,981 --> 00:18:52,861
For the big day?

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00:18:52,901 --> 00:18:55,536
The Coronation?

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00:18:55,576 --> 00:18:58,562
Yes. Yes, of course. The big day.

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00:19:00,012 --> 00:19:02,929
I'm sure you'll find somewhere
to watch it. Please go.

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00:19:02,969 --> 00:19:08,282
Seems to me, half of London's
got a television, since you're
practically giving 'em away.

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00:19:08,322 --> 00:19:11,763
I have my reasons.
And what are they?

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Hungry!

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00:19:18,992 --> 00:19:21,069
Hungry! What's that?

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It's just the television.

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One of these modern programmes.

234
00:19:25,544 --> 00:19:30,379
Now, I really do think you
should leave, right now.

235
00:19:30,419 --> 00:19:32,896
Not until you've
answered my questions.

236
00:19:32,936 --> 00:19:36,729
How come your
televisions are so cheap?
It's my patriotic duty.

237
00:19:36,769 --> 00:19:41,528
Seems only right that as many folk as
possible get to watch the Coronation.

238
00:19:41,568 --> 00:19:44,285
We may be losing the Empire,
but we can still be proud!

239
00:19:44,325 --> 00:19:47,839
20 million people they reckon'll
be watching. Imagine that!

240
00:19:47,879 --> 00:19:50,359
And 20 million people
can't be wrong, eh?

241
00:19:50,399 --> 00:19:53,756
So why don't you get yourself home,
and get up early for the big day?

242
00:19:53,796 --> 00:19:56,832
No, I'm not leaving till
I've seen everything.

243
00:19:56,833 --> 00:19:59,330
I need to close.

244
00:20:01,146 --> 00:20:03,304
Mr Magpie…

245
00:20:03,344 --> 00:20:05,304
something's happening out there.

246
00:20:05,344 --> 00:20:08,538
Ordinary people are
being struck down and changed,

247
00:20:08,578 --> 00:20:12,098
and the only new thing
in the house is a television.

248
00:20:12,138 --> 00:20:14,612
Your television.

249
00:20:14,652 --> 00:20:18,289
What's going on?

250
00:20:18,329 --> 00:20:21,246
I knew this would happen.

251
00:20:21,286 --> 00:20:23,578
I knew I'd be found out.

252
00:20:34,032 --> 00:20:36,739
All right, then, just you and me.

253
00:20:38,546 --> 00:20:41,426
You gonna come clean, then?

254
00:20:41,466 --> 00:20:44,263
What's really in it for you?
For me?

255
00:20:44,303 --> 00:20:46,179
Perhaps some peace.

256
00:20:46,219 --> 00:20:48,761
From what? From her.

257
00:20:50,811 --> 00:20:57,125
But that's just a woman on the
telly, that's just a programme.
What a pretty little girl.

258
00:20:57,165 --> 00:20:59,166
Oh, my God.
Are you talking to me?

259
00:20:59,206 --> 00:21:03,440
Yes.
I'm talking to you, little one.

260
00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,596
Unseasonably chilly for the
time of year, don't you think?

261
00:21:07,636 --> 00:21:09,713
What are you?

262
00:21:09,753 --> 00:21:11,313
I'm The Wire!

263
00:21:11,353 --> 00:21:15,363
And I am hungry!

264
00:21:17,108 --> 00:21:19,823
Magpie, help me!

265
00:21:19,863 --> 00:21:24,899
Just think of that audience
tomorrow, my dear, all settling
down to watch the Coronation.

266
00:21:24,939 --> 00:21:27,333
20 million people.

267
00:21:27,373 --> 00:21:30,608
Things will never be
the same again.
ROSE YELLS

268
00:21:30,648 --> 00:21:34,954
I'm sorry, so sorry. Help me!

269
00:21:38,681 --> 00:21:42,716
Good night, children, everywhere.

270
00:21:42,756 --> 00:21:46,115
Start from the beginning,
tell me everything you know.

271
00:21:46,155 --> 00:21:48,712
Well, for starters,

272
00:21:48,752 --> 00:21:52,909
I know you can't wrap
your hand around your elbow
and make your fingers meet.

273
00:21:52,949 --> 00:21:59,583
Don't get clever with me! You were
there today, at Florizel Street,
and now, breaking into this place.

274
00:21:59,623 --> 00:22:02,100
Oh, you're connected to this,
make no mistake.

275
00:22:02,140 --> 00:22:05,692
Well, the thing is,
Detective Inspector Bishop…

276
00:22:05,732 --> 00:22:10,573
How do you know my name?
It's written inside your collar.

277
00:22:13,244 --> 00:22:17,203
Bless your mum. But I can't help
thinking, Detective Inspector,

278
00:22:17,243 --> 00:22:21,077
you're not exactly doing much
detective inspecting, are you?

279
00:22:21,117 --> 00:22:27,071
I'm doing everything in my power.
You're grabbing the faceless people
and hiding them. Don't tell me.

280
00:22:27,111 --> 00:22:29,031
Orders from above?

281
00:22:29,071 --> 00:22:32,107
It's Coronation day, the eyes
of the world are on London town,

282
00:22:32,147 --> 00:22:34,665
so any sort of problem
just gets swept out of sight.

283
00:22:34,705 --> 00:22:37,301
The nation has an image to maintain.

284
00:22:37,341 --> 00:22:42,533
But doesn't it drive you mad,
doing nothing? Don't you want to
get out there and investigate?

285
00:22:42,573 --> 00:22:45,161
Course I do, but…

286
00:22:47,650 --> 00:22:51,288
With all the crowds expected,
we haven't got the manpower.

287
00:22:51,328 --> 00:22:56,976
Even if we did, this is beyond
anything we've ever seen.

288
00:22:58,879 --> 00:23:00,722
I just don't know any more.

289
00:23:03,433 --> 00:23:07,950
20 years on the force, and
I don't even know where to start.

290
00:23:07,990 --> 00:23:11,544
We haven't the faintest clue
what's going on. Well…

291
00:23:11,584 --> 00:23:13,663
That could change.

292
00:23:13,703 --> 00:23:15,631
How?

293
00:23:17,896 --> 00:23:21,460
Start from the beginning.
Tell me everything you know.

294
00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,074
We started finding them
about a month ago.

295
00:23:39,114 --> 00:23:43,910
Persons left sans visage.
Heads just… blank.

296
00:23:43,950 --> 00:23:48,146
But is there any sort of pattern?
It's spreading out from North London.

297
00:23:48,186 --> 00:23:51,145
All over the city—
men, women, kids, grannies.

298
00:23:51,185 --> 00:23:56,494
Only real lead is there's
been quite a large number in…
Florizel Street.

299
00:23:56,534 --> 00:24:00,609
Found another one, sir. Good man,
Crabtree, here we are, Doctor.

300
00:24:00,649 --> 00:24:05,128
Take a good look.
See what you can deduce.

301
00:24:05,168 --> 00:24:06,764
Rose…

302
00:24:06,804 --> 00:24:09,522
You know her?

303
00:24:09,562 --> 00:24:13,359
Know her? She's…

304
00:24:13,399 --> 00:24:17,437
Found her in the street, apparently,
down by Damascus Road.

305
00:24:17,477 --> 00:24:21,153
Just abandoned. That's unusual,
that's the first one in the open…

306
00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:26,065
VOICE FADES, THEN RETURNS
 we'll have Torchwood
on our backs then…

307
00:24:26,105 --> 00:24:29,263
They did what? I'm sorry?

308
00:24:29,303 --> 00:24:32,496
They left her where⁈
Just in the street.

309
00:24:32,536 --> 00:24:35,975
In the street?
They left her in the street.

310
00:24:36,015 --> 00:24:40,767
They took her face,
and just chucked her out
and left her in the street.

311
00:24:41,527 --> 00:24:45,763
And as a result,
that makes things simple.

312
00:24:45,803 --> 00:24:49,240
Very, very simple.
D'you know why?

313
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:56,153
No… Because now, Detective
Inspector Bishop, there is no power
on this Earth that can stop me.

314
00:24:56,193 --> 00:24:57,836
Come on!

315
00:25:02,389 --> 00:25:04,562
The big day dawns.

316
00:25:11,498 --> 00:25:14,055
You've had your fun
with your little doctor.

317
00:25:14,095 --> 00:25:18,008
But now you're left with me, Rita,
so you'll behave yourself.

318
00:25:18,048 --> 00:25:19,566
And smile!

319
00:25:22,244 --> 00:25:25,523
Here we go, everyone, here we go!
Grub's up! Grub's up!

320
00:25:25,563 --> 00:25:27,879
Tuck in, everyone! Tuck in.
Take a sandwich.

321
00:25:27,919 --> 00:25:30,625
Oh, here we go,
here we go, it's started!

322
00:25:32,036 --> 00:25:35,270
Look, look, take your places,
sit down, sit down.

323
00:25:36,309 --> 00:25:39,507
Rita, love, just look at
that telly-box, then!

324
00:25:39,547 --> 00:25:42,665
Eh, innit marvellous?
The picture's so clear!

325
00:25:42,705 --> 00:25:48,575
Ere, Bet, I says to Rita, I says,
“You didn't need to get
your hair done special, love.

326
00:25:48,615 --> 00:25:50,991
The Queen won't be able
to see you!”

327
00:25:53,133 --> 00:25:56,565
Where's your old Mum, then?
She can't go missing it!

328
00:25:56,568 --> 00:26:01,202
Sorry, Mum can't make it down.
Aww! Bless her.

329
00:26:01,242 --> 00:26:03,961
Maybe we could pop up
and see her later.

330
00:26:04,001 --> 00:26:07,718
Maybe you could! It's a good idea,
what d'you think, Dad?

331
00:26:07,758 --> 00:26:10,435
Maybe Aunty Betty could go
and see Gran later!

332
00:26:10,475 --> 00:26:13,271
Oh, he loves his Gran, this one.

333
00:26:13,311 --> 00:26:17,586
Proper little mummy's boy all round.
Ooh, you know what
they say about them!

334
00:26:17,626 --> 00:26:22,510
Eddie, you want to beat that out of him!
That's exactly what I'm gonna do.

335
00:26:23,460 --> 00:26:25,697
DOORBELL RINGS
I'll get it.

336
00:26:25,737 --> 00:26:31,941
ON TV: <i>…will first appear
in about 10 minutes' time, riding
in the gold coach of state.</i>

337
00:26:32,449 --> 00:26:37,484
Tommy. Talk to me. I need
to know exactly what happened
inside your house.

338
00:26:37,524 --> 00:26:41,560
What the blazes 'd you think you're doing?
I wanna help, dad.
Mr Connolly…

339
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:45,240
Shut your face, you!
Whoever you are!

340
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,194
We can handle this ourselves!

341
00:26:48,632 --> 00:26:53,311
Listen, you little twerp. You're
hardly out of the bloomin' cradle,

342
00:26:53,351 --> 00:26:57,905
so I don't expect you to understand.
But I've got a position to maintain.

343
00:26:57,945 --> 00:27:03,259
People round here respect me.
It matters what people think.

344
00:27:03,299 --> 00:27:05,147
Is that why you did it, Dad?

345
00:27:06,493 --> 00:27:09,730
What d'you mean? Did what?
You ratted on Gran.

346
00:27:09,770 --> 00:27:13,767
How else would the police
know where to look?
Unless some coward told them.

347
00:27:13,807 --> 00:27:16,123
How dare you⁈

348
00:27:16,163 --> 00:27:22,757
You think I fought a war just
so a mouthy little scum like you
could call me a coward⁈

349
00:27:22,797 --> 00:27:27,113
You don't get it, do you? You
fought against fascism, remember?

350
00:27:27,153 --> 00:27:32,188
People telling you how to live…
who you could be friends with,
who you could fall in love with!

351
00:27:32,228 --> 00:27:35,305
Who could live and who had to die!
Don't you get it?

352
00:27:35,345 --> 00:27:39,101
You were fighting so that
twerps like me could do what
we want, say what we want.

353
00:27:39,141 --> 00:27:44,892
Now you've become just like them.
You've been informing on everyone,
haven't you? Even Gran.

354
00:27:44,932 --> 00:27:48,647
All to protect your
precious reputation! Eddie?

355
00:27:48,687 --> 00:27:50,886
Is that true?

356
00:27:50,926 --> 00:27:52,606
I did it for us, Rita!

357
00:27:52,646 --> 00:27:54,881
She was filthy.

358
00:27:54,921 --> 00:27:57,160
A filthy, disgusting thing.

359
00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,537
She's my mother!

360
00:28:01,199 --> 00:28:05,434
All the others you informed on?
All the people in our street?
Our friends?

361
00:28:05,474 --> 00:28:07,811
I had to.

362
00:28:09,388 --> 00:28:12,665
–I… I did the right thing.
–The right thing for us?

363
00:28:12,705 --> 00:28:16,019
Or for you, Eddie?

364
00:28:16,059 --> 00:28:20,536
You go, Tommy. Go with
the Doctor and do some good.

365
00:28:20,576 --> 00:28:24,173
Get away from this house.
It's poison.

366
00:28:24,213 --> 00:28:29,295
We've had a ruddy monster
under our roof all right…
but it weren't my mother!

367
00:28:29,406 --> 00:28:31,644
Rita!

368
00:28:31,684 --> 00:28:33,692
Tommy?

369
00:28:41,355 --> 00:28:46,188
What was all that, then?
That was… That was
the sound of something ending.

370
00:28:46,228 --> 00:28:48,707
And about time too.
Everyone all right?

371
00:28:48,747 --> 00:28:53,212
Smashing! Nothing's going
to spoil our big day, is it?

372
00:28:59,892 --> 00:29:05,700
Tommy, tell me about that night.
The night she changed.
She was just watching the telly.

373
00:29:06,008 --> 00:29:08,606
Rose said it!
She guessed it straight away!

374
00:29:08,646 --> 00:29:11,323
All these aerials in one
little street. How come?

375
00:29:11,363 --> 00:29:16,196
Bloke up the road. Mr Magpie.
He's selling them cheap.
Is he now? Come on!

376
00:29:16,236 --> 00:29:19,763
Ere! You can't do that…
Shop!

377
00:29:21,194 --> 00:29:23,352
If you're here,
come out and talk to me!

378
00:29:23,392 --> 00:29:26,708
Magpie! Maybe he's out.
Looks like it.

379
00:29:30,223 --> 00:29:35,581
Oh, hello… This isn't right.
This is very much not right.

380
00:29:37,453 --> 00:29:41,408
Tastes like iron. Bakelite. Knocked
together with human hands, yes.

381
00:29:41,448 --> 00:29:43,831
But the design itself…

382
00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:48,245
Oh, beautiful work—
that is so simple.

383
00:29:48,285 --> 00:29:51,718
That's incredible, it's like
a television… but portable…

384
00:29:51,758 --> 00:29:53,636
A portable television!

385
00:29:53,676 --> 00:29:56,844
And it's not the only
power source in this room.

386
00:30:01,030 --> 00:30:03,612
VOICES ARE SILENT

387
00:30:09,262 --> 00:30:11,560
Gran!

388
00:30:23,644 --> 00:30:26,101
I'm on my way.

389
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:32,555
What do you think you're doing?
I want my friend restored.

390
00:30:32,595 --> 00:30:38,073
I think that's beyond a little
back street electrician,
so tell me who's in charge!

391
00:30:38,110 --> 00:30:40,788
Yoo-hoo. I think that must be me.

392
00:30:40,828 --> 00:30:42,662
Ooh!

393
00:30:42,702 --> 00:30:46,500
This one's smart as paint!
Is she talking to us?

394
00:30:46,540 --> 00:30:51,854
I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you
brought this on yourselves. May I
introduce you to my new… friend?

395
00:30:51,894 --> 00:30:54,252
Jolly nice to meet you!

396
00:30:54,292 --> 00:30:56,851
Oh, my God. It's her.
That woman off the telly!

397
00:30:56,891 --> 00:31:01,564
No. It's just using her image.
What… What are you?

398
00:31:01,604 --> 00:31:06,200
I'm The Wire! And I will
gobble you up, pretty boy!

399
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,919
Every last morsel!

400
00:31:08,959 --> 00:31:11,917
And when I have feasted…

401
00:31:11,957 --> 00:31:18,027
I shall regain the corporeal body
which my fellow kind denied me!

402
00:31:18,067 --> 00:31:20,226
Good Lord. Colour television!

403
00:31:20,266 --> 00:31:23,341
So your own people tried
to stop you? They executed me.

404
00:31:23,381 --> 00:31:26,616
But I escaped, in this form.

405
00:31:26,656 --> 00:31:28,376
And fled across the stars.

406
00:31:28,416 --> 00:31:31,188
And now, you're trapped
in the television.

407
00:31:32,213 --> 00:31:34,249
Not for much longer.

408
00:31:34,289 --> 00:31:37,447
Doctor! Is this what got my Gran?
Yes, Tommy.

409
00:31:37,487 --> 00:31:40,524
It feeds off the electrical
activity of the brain.

410
00:31:40,564 --> 00:31:43,880
But it gorges itself like
a great, over-fed pig.

411
00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:48,635
Taking people's faces,
their essence, as it stuffs itself.
And you let her do it, Magpie.

412
00:31:48,675 --> 00:31:54,548
I had to. She allowed me my face.
She promised to release me
at the Time of Manifestation.

413
00:31:54,588 --> 00:31:57,264
What does that mean⁈
The appointed time.

414
00:31:57,304 --> 00:31:58,863
My crowning glory!

415
00:31:58,903 --> 00:32:00,579
Doctor! The Coronation.

416
00:32:00,619 --> 00:32:05,098
For the first time in
history, millions gathered
around a television set.

417
00:32:05,138 --> 00:32:08,772
But you're not strong enough yet,
are you?

418
00:32:08,812 --> 00:32:10,792
You can't do it all from here.

419
00:32:10,811 --> 00:32:14,966
That's why you need this!
It needs something more powerful.

420
00:32:15,006 --> 00:32:18,681
This'll turn a big transmitter
into a big receiver.

421
00:32:18,721 --> 00:32:20,840
What a clever thing you are.

422
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,280
But why fret about it?

423
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:26,754
Why not just relax? Kick off your
shoes and enjoy the Coronation.

424
00:32:26,794 --> 00:32:30,895
Believe me!
You'll be glued to the screen!

425
00:32:34,585 --> 00:32:39,259
Doctor! Oh, my…
Hungry! Hungry!

426
00:32:39,299 --> 00:32:44,573
The Wire is hungry!
Oh! This one is tasty!

427
00:32:44,613 --> 00:32:48,334
Oh!
I'll have lashings of him.

428
00:32:48,374 --> 00:32:51,171
Delicious!

429
00:32:51,211 --> 00:32:53,447
Armed!

430
00:32:53,487 --> 00:32:55,804
He's armed and clever.

431
00:32:55,844 --> 00:32:58,386
Withdraw! Withdraw!

432
00:33:00,998 --> 00:33:04,320
The box, Magpie, the box!

433
00:33:06,592 --> 00:33:08,890
Hold tight!

434
00:33:11,627 --> 00:33:14,869
Conduct me to my victory, Magpie!

435
00:33:23,175 --> 00:33:27,191
Hungry! Hungry!

436
00:33:28,529 --> 00:33:30,925
Feed me!

437
00:33:30,965 --> 00:33:35,123
Ooh, she's so lovely! Beautiful.

438
00:33:35,163 --> 00:33:38,319
Makes you forget all your troubles!

439
00:33:38,359 --> 00:33:41,106
Everyone all right for pop?

440
00:33:47,785 --> 00:33:52,502
Tommy! Wake up! Tommy, come on!
What happened?

441
00:33:52,542 --> 00:33:54,356
Where's Magpie?

442
00:33:55,463 --> 00:33:58,736
We don't even know where to
start looking! It's too late.

443
00:33:58,776 --> 00:34:01,213
It's never too late!
As a wise person once said.

444
00:34:01,253 --> 00:34:04,251
Kylie, I think. The Wire's got
big plans. It'll need…

445
00:34:04,291 --> 00:34:06,608
It's gonna harvest
half the population!

446
00:34:06,648 --> 00:34:10,486
Millions and millions of people.
And where are we? Muswell Hill.

447
00:34:10,526 --> 00:34:14,959
Muswell Hill! Muswell Hill!
Which means… Alexandra Palace!

448
00:34:14,999 --> 00:34:17,199
Biggest TV transmitter
in North London!

449
00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,155
That's why it chose this place!
What're you gonna do⁈

450
00:34:20,195 --> 00:34:22,612
I'm going shopping.

451
00:34:32,982 --> 00:34:35,075
This what you want?

452
00:34:37,134 --> 00:34:40,206
Perfect!
Right, I need one more thing.

453
00:34:49,002 --> 00:34:51,425
Got it! Let's go!

454
00:35:37,753 --> 00:35:40,307
I can't do this!

455
00:35:40,347 --> 00:35:42,705
Please! Please don't make me…

456
00:35:42,745 --> 00:35:44,862
The time is at hand!

457
00:35:44,902 --> 00:35:47,543
Feed me!

458
00:35:47,583 --> 00:35:49,636
Feed me!

459
00:35:53,893 --> 00:35:57,090
There! Come on!

460
00:35:58,172 --> 00:36:02,607
Wait! Where'd we think we're…?
Oh! I'm very sorry, sir!

461
00:36:02,647 --> 00:36:05,884
Shouldn't you be at the Coronation?
They're saving me a seat!

462
00:36:05,924 --> 00:36:09,422
Who'd he think you were?
King of Belgium, apparently.

463
00:36:19,666 --> 00:36:26,134
Keep this switched on. Don't let
anyone stop you, Tommy! Everything
depends on it, you understand?

464
00:36:40,325 --> 00:36:45,285
You'll get yourself killed up there!
Your Majesty!

465
00:37:06,378 --> 00:37:08,721
FEED ME!

466
00:37:35,226 --> 00:37:38,461
Oh, feast!

467
00:37:38,501 --> 00:37:41,147
Feasting!

468
00:37:41,187 --> 00:37:43,479
The Wire is feasting!

469
00:37:51,132 --> 00:37:53,494
It's too late.

470
00:37:53,534 --> 00:37:55,054
Too late for all of us.

471
00:37:55,094 --> 00:37:57,955
I shall consume you, Doctor!

472
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:06,554
I won't let you do this, Magpie.
Help me, Doctor!

473
00:38:06,594 --> 00:38:08,158
It burns!

474
00:38:09,234 --> 00:38:12,544
It took my face. My soul!

475
00:38:12,584 --> 00:38:14,942
You cannot stop The Wire.

476
00:38:14,982 --> 00:38:18,105
Soon I shall become manifest.

477
00:38:19,980 --> 00:38:23,096
No more. No more of this.

478
00:38:23,136 --> 00:38:25,492
You promised me peace!

479
00:38:25,532 --> 00:38:28,893
Then peace you shall have.

480
00:38:30,170 --> 00:38:31,848
Aaargh!

481
00:38:31,888 --> 00:38:35,409
MANIACAL LAUGHTER

482
00:38:38,959 --> 00:38:41,209
Been burning the candle
at both ends?

483
00:38:41,249 --> 00:38:43,435
You've over-extended
yourself, missus.

484
00:38:43,475 --> 00:38:47,171
You shouldn't have had a crack
at poor old Magpie there.

485
00:38:52,515 --> 00:38:55,700
Rubber soles. Swear by 'em!

486
00:39:02,852 --> 00:39:08,176
Oh, dear. Has our little plan gone
horribly wrong, Doctor?

487
00:39:30,423 --> 00:39:33,051
No-o-o-o!

488
00:39:42,891 --> 00:39:44,688
No!

489
00:39:44,728 --> 00:39:48,644
It's close down, I'm afraid,
and no epilogue.

490
00:39:48,684 --> 00:39:50,862
LOUD SCREAM

491
00:39:59,790 --> 00:40:03,157
EXCITED CHATTER

492
00:40:07,503 --> 00:40:12,019
NATIONAL ANTHEM ON TV

493
00:40:12,059 --> 00:40:14,698
What have I missed?
Doctor! What happened?

494
00:40:14,738 --> 00:40:18,225
Sorted.
Electrical creature.TV technology.

495
00:40:18,265 --> 00:40:21,728
Clever alien life-form—
that's me, by the way.

496
00:40:21,768 --> 00:40:27,127
I turned the receiver
back into a transmitter, then
I trapped The Wire in here.

497
00:40:27,167 --> 00:40:30,972
I just invented
the home video 30 years early.

498
00:40:32,039 --> 00:40:34,077
Betamax!

499
00:40:34,117 --> 00:40:35,832
Oh, look!

500
00:40:35,872 --> 00:40:37,675
God Save The Queen, eh?

501
00:40:40,509 --> 00:40:46,527
 ♫God save the Queen… ♫

502
00:40:48,460 --> 00:40:51,293
HUGE CHEER
FROM CROWD ON TV

503
00:41:01,248 --> 00:41:03,910
There's my grandson!

504
00:41:24,912 --> 00:41:28,507
This was never your house—
it's in my mother's name.

505
00:41:29,456 --> 00:41:32,016
And on her behalf,
I'm telling you…

506
00:41:32,056 --> 00:41:34,234
Out!

507
00:42:03,980 --> 00:42:06,578
We could go down the Mall.
Join in with the crowds.

508
00:42:06,618 --> 00:42:09,055
Nah, that's just
pomp and circumstance.

509
00:42:09,095 --> 00:42:14,090
This is history, right here.
The domestic approach. Exactly.

510
00:42:14,130 --> 00:42:18,045
Will it…? That thing…
Is it trapped for good?

511
00:42:18,085 --> 00:42:20,606
On video? Hope so.
Just to be on the safe side

512
00:42:20,646 --> 00:42:24,089
I'll use my knowledge
of trans-temporal
extirpation methods

513
00:42:24,129 --> 00:42:27,277
to neutralise the residual
electronic pattern. You what?

514
00:42:27,317 --> 00:42:30,389
I'm gonna tape over over it.
Leave it with me,
I'm always doing that!

515
00:42:30,429 --> 00:42:33,268
Tommy, you can have the scooter.
Little present.

516
00:42:33,308 --> 00:42:37,004
Best, em, keep it in the garage
for a few years, though.

517
00:42:37,394 --> 00:42:40,295
Good riddance.

518
00:42:42,579 --> 00:42:47,183
Is that it, then, Tommy?
New monarch, new age, new world.

519
00:42:47,223 --> 00:42:49,292
No room for a man
like Eddie Connolly?

520
00:42:49,332 --> 00:42:51,305
That's right. He deserves it.

521
00:42:52,938 --> 00:42:55,446
Tommy. Go after him.

522
00:42:55,486 --> 00:42:57,206
What for?

523
00:42:57,246 --> 00:42:59,490
He's your dad. He's an idiot.

524
00:42:59,530 --> 00:43:02,641
Course he is.
Like I said, he's your Dad.

525
00:43:02,681 --> 00:43:04,881
But you're clever.

526
00:43:04,921 --> 00:43:10,740
Clever enough to save the world.
So don't stop there. Go on.

527
00:43:48,948 --> 00:43:52,182
We're beyond the reach
of the Tardis's knowledge!

528
00:43:55,142 --> 00:43:59,026
This writing is old!
Impossibly old!

529
00:43:59,066 --> 00:44:02,654
People! Look at that—real people.
That's us! Hooray!

530
00:44:02,694 --> 00:44:05,928
The beast and his armies
shall rise from the pit…

531
00:44:07,049 --> 00:44:11,653
Whatever it is, it's not
a natural phenomenon. We could
revolutionise modern science.

532
00:44:11,693 --> 00:44:15,134
We could use it to fuel the empire.
Or start a war.

533
00:44:15,685 --> 00:44:19,200
That's a black hole.
But that's impossible!

534
00:44:37,938 --> 00:44:44,400
Subtitles by Raymond Morrison,
Red Bee Media —BBC 2006
Converted by reirei for the forom