The Quiet Earth

I'm at Mental Street and Hillcrest. There's nothing here. 188 00:47:29,068 --> 00:47:33,757 Is there anything at the university? 189 00:47:33,781 --> 00:47:35,217 Not a thing. 190 00:47:35,241 --> 00:47:38,345 Call you later. But, keep in touch, though. 191 00:47:38,369 --> 00:47:41,089 Okay. Over and out. 192 00:47:59,223 --> 00:48:00,534 Are you trying to tell me that you 193 00:48:00,558 --> 00:48:02,994 and your white-coated cronies up the road there 194 00:48:03,018 --> 00:48:05,789 really had something to do with this? 195 00:48:05,813 --> 00:48:07,578 Don't know. 196 00:48:07,940 --> 00:48:10,377 I was an American idea. 197 00:48:10,401 --> 00:48:13,088 They were experimenting with energy transmissions 198 00:48:13,112 --> 00:48:15,799 through a grid surrounding the Earth. 199 00:48:15,823 --> 00:48:18,468 Aircraft, drawing directly from that grid, 200 00:48:18,492 --> 00:48:20,512 so they wouldn't have to refuel. 201 00:48:20,536 --> 00:48:21,805 That sort of thing. 202 00:48:21,829 --> 00:48:26,476 Of course. An exclusive all-male club 203 00:48:26,500 --> 00:48:30,475 playing God with the universe. 204 00:48:31,881 --> 00:48:36,903 We were just one small unit in a whole network of stations around the world. 205 00:48:36,927 --> 00:48:40,892 Acting simultaneously. Besides... 206 00:48:42,850 --> 00:48:45,954 We might not have been responsible. 207 00:48:45,978 --> 00:48:47,998 God may have just blinked. 208 00:48:48,022 --> 00:48:52,419 God blinked and the whole world disappeared? 209 00:48:52,443 --> 00:48:56,118 A world of noisy, brawling, 210 00:48:57,448 --> 00:49:00,413 wonderful human beings. 211 00:49:08,209 --> 00:49:10,729 God, I miss them. 212 00:49:21,472 --> 00:49:23,437 It's alright. 213 00:49:33,943 --> 00:49:34,943 Hello? 214 00:49:35,194 --> 00:49:36,922 Dr. Hobson, this is reception. 215 00:49:36,946 --> 00:49:40,759 I suppose you realize you must vacate your room by 10 o'clock. 216 00:49:40,783 --> 00:49:43,929 And, are you aware there is an extra charge for your guest last night? 217 00:49:43,953 --> 00:49:48,266 Didn't realize I had to pay for it. 218 00:49:48,290 --> 00:49:56,290 - You don't get anything for nothing, you know? - Come back to bed. 219 00:49:57,466 --> 00:50:00,695 - Thank you. - Anything else, sir? 220 00:50:00,719 --> 00:50:06,404 - More crumpet? - Sorry, love, crumpet's off. 221 00:50:22,867 --> 00:50:27,222 - See you 1 o'clock in the plaza. - Okay, then we head south. 222 00:50:27,246 --> 00:50:33,141 - We go back. - We'll discuss that at lunch. 223 00:51:21,383 --> 00:51:22,777 There are a number of constants 224 00:51:22,801 --> 00:51:26,656 which have never been known to change in the history of science. 225 00:51:26,680 --> 00:51:31,077 One of these is the unit charge of an electron. 226 00:51:31,101 --> 00:51:33,205 In an experiment I have just conducted 227 00:51:33,229 --> 00:51:36,458 I have established that this charge has changed 228 00:51:36,482 --> 00:51:41,505 and, in fact, is oscillating between two new values. 229 00:51:41,529 --> 00:51:43,173 I cannot to measure these values, 230 00:51:43,197 --> 00:51:50,947 as it seems the amplitude of the oscillation is increasing. 231 00:51:51,455 --> 00:51:56,102 I can only conclude that the fabric of the universe 232 00:51:56,126 --> 00:52:02,166 has not only altered, but is highly unstable. 233 00:52:05,386 --> 00:52:07,447 God knows where that leaves us. 234 00:52:07,471 --> 00:52:09,736 Hello, mon Cher. 235 00:52:11,642 --> 00:52:16,915 - Joanne, is that you? - You mean there is someone else? 236 00:52:16,939 --> 00:52:20,919 Hey, you know you're the only girl in the world for me, sweetheart. 237 00:52:20,943 --> 00:52:21,943 Okay. 238 00:52:24,613 --> 00:52:29,553 - Au revoir, cheri. - I'm on me way. 239 00:54:18,185 --> 00:54:20,195 Freeze, mister! 240 00:54:29,655 --> 00:54:31,165 You alone? 241 00:54:33,117 --> 00:54:36,037 You seen anyone else? 242 00:54:36,704 --> 00:54:39,624 Up against the truck. 243 00:54:53,345 --> 00:54:55,055 Turn around. 244 00:55:03,481 --> 00:55:06,201 Zac, are you there? 245 00:55:12,656 --> 00:55:13,656 Zac? 246 00:55:20,206 --> 00:55:23,381 What's holding you up? 247 00:55:37,848 --> 00:55:41,578 - You tell lies. - No, well, what would you have done? 248 00:55:41,602 --> 00:55:46,041 - How many of you? - Just her and me. 249 00:55:46,065 --> 00:55:47,930 Two of yous? 250 00:55:51,153 --> 00:55:54,628 Switch it off and cruise. 251 00:56:15,052 --> 00:56:17,617 - Look... - Come on! 252 00:56:24,311 --> 00:56:29,351 - She's not there. - You'll find her. 253 00:56:49,837 --> 00:56:51,314 Zac, where've you been? 254 00:56:51,338 --> 00:56:57,320 - Why didn't you answer me? - This bloody radio. 255 00:56:57,344 --> 00:57:02,484 I thought I was g