First broadcast 9th August 1979.
Steel continues to taunt the ghost of the solider but pauses when he finds Sapphire and Tully unconscious.
David McCallum ... Steel
Joanna Lumley ... Sapphire
Gerald James ... Tully
Tom Kelly ... Soldier
David Woodcock ... 1st Submariner
David Cann ... Pilo
Steel continues to taunt the ghost of the solider but pauses when he finds Sapphire and Tully unconscious.
David McCallum ... Steel
Joanna Lumley ... Sapphire
Gerald James ... Tully
Tom Kelly ... Soldier
David Woodcock ... 1st Submariner
David Cann ... Pilo
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00:00You
00:30Mr. Tully
01:00Oh
01:30Oh
02:00Oh
02:13All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension
02:22Transuranic heavy elements may not be used where there is life medium atomic weights are available
02:30Lead
02:34Jet diamond radium sapphire silver and steel
02:42Sapphire and steel have been assigned
03:00Oh
03:30Oh
03:53I'm the one that's responsible
03:56I'm the one who wants to get rid of you me not them
04:05So why punish them
04:08Everyone has to die
04:10When it's their time. Yes, not your time
04:14As you have no say you don't belong with the living
04:18I'm here on I
04:21And prove it
04:26Shake my hand
04:30Or come and sit down with me
04:34Come on
04:36Talk with me. Tell me your name
04:40Perhaps we could have a nice warm human conversation
04:46But you can't do that, can you
04:49You don't belong here. You don't belong with us
04:53You belong in the darkness
04:55You and your friend
05:03You're dead every single one of you not for long we won't be
05:25You
05:49Not for long we won't be
05:55You
06:03Jamie's passed out
06:07Yeah
06:10Not enough air
06:14Steel
06:20How deep are we
06:25I
06:27I
06:29I
06:31I
06:53Can't breathe a
06:55A
06:56times four times four
06:59And we're at the bottom number at the bottom
07:03Right at the bottom right at the bottom
07:25Oh
07:34Still don't talk
07:40Save save the air
07:44Don't talk don't talk save save the air save save the air
07:56All right
08:22Help us
08:25Please help us
08:55You
09:08Saw them. Yes, you heard them. Yes
09:17Let's get him one of the platforms deal what he needs air
09:2157.3 you said
09:26His life expectancy, that's right. Yes, how old is he now?
09:3252.9 then he'll survive won't he
09:37You're enjoying this aren't you
09:40Yes
09:43Got more than you bargained for there it worked didn't it
09:52You
10:03They weren't dressed as sailors, no
10:06So what were civilians doing on a submarine? I couldn't tell I
10:12Thought you were always the expert on history when it makes sense. Yes
10:16When they called out to me for help they were probably trying to trick you maybe but when they did call out
10:21Yes, was it as ghosts or as living people?
10:24Well, it could hardly have been as living people unless of course you were once a ghost in their time. I wasn't well
10:29There you are then
10:31Anyway, I don't think they intend to be ghosts in this time period for long. What do you mean? Not according to that soldier
10:39Wake him up
10:42Mr. Tully
10:44Wake up, mr. Tully. Oh
10:48Thank you
10:53It wasn't my asthma again was it? No, it was not your asthma when you first came here. What did you do? I
11:01Remember now they tried to kill us not quite they encouraged us to die when you antagonize when you first came to this you antagonize
11:07The ghost of that young soul. I know I meant to meant to yes and given the opportunity
11:11I intend to antagonize him even further if it helps me to find out who he is who his friends are and why they decided
11:16To haunt this particular railway station. Well, perhaps I went out there and asked him nicely what his name was. I tried that knowing
11:22Come on now, mr. Tully
11:24Are they behaving the way your average ghost is supposed to behave?
11:28With all your pals at psychical HQ classify them as good ghosts or bad ghosts. That's the pen
11:33Oh, what about one of your priest? What about it? Would he give them a favorable report?
11:38Again that depends they attack us with their own past. I know their own deaths. Mr. Tully
11:44I saved you from one such experience Sapphire saved me from another
11:47So when you first came here when I first came here, there wasn't all this trouble and there was no danger
11:53Oh, just nice peaceful ghosts until you people arrived. Yes
11:57Everything was all right until you arrived
12:08You
12:13I'm sorry. I will not be placated. He has a job to do and so have I I
12:18Seem to have no say in anything anymore decisions are made for me. Look what's happened
12:22I would never think of making a ghost angry
12:25But then that's the way I do things. Unfortunately, nobody seems to be interested in the way that I do things
12:30So what is your way?
12:33What?
12:34When you first came here two months ago when everything was going right for you, what did you do do?
12:40The ghosts weren't sitting around here waiting for you. Were they? No, I prevailed upon them to make some form of contact
12:45and how did you
12:47Prevail upon them. Well, if you must know I had a sitting a what a sitting a one-man sitting a cell
12:52Yes, where in the buffet and the ghosts responded to that today. Well, they have to it's a kind of summons
12:59All right. It wasn't very successful, but then it confirmed my belief. Why do you say it wasn't successful?
13:04Well, I'm afraid I'm not very mediumistic Sapphire here would make a very good medium
13:09so
13:11So, why don't we try it your way for once? Mr. Tully my way. Yes. Why don't we have a sales?
13:16When right now?
13:18Afterwards just happen happen all that business in the hotel. What about it? Well when I had the sales I was friendly
13:24What's that got to do? Well, you've upset them haven't you you antagonize them?
13:27Yes, but I have a sales now to summon them now under these conditions would be would be
13:35Dangerous
13:57Do they have music on submarines
14:00Music yeah from a radio
14:02Most cases they would have access to a radio. Yes
14:06Submarines don't have wooden doors
14:08hardly, I
14:10Heard somebody opened an old rickety wooden door in the middle of the room
14:14And the laughter and the talking stopped all the fun stopped
14:19Where was this?
14:22Told you right in the middle of the room
14:26Well, I'm ready
14:39What about the lights? Mm-hmm. Mr. Tully, you can leave those but you can put this one out, I think
14:46You can put this one out I think
14:53Thermometer
14:55Bit of candlelight, I think and the cotton threads not this time. No, would you sit there, please?
15:04As long as you're sure sure this is what you want to do. Yes, I'm sure suffer. Yes
15:15Oh
15:32What's that supposed to do make me feel better
15:46No hands on the tabletop, please
15:54Now we join hands
15:57Is this important it's vital and how did you manage when you had a one-man city?
16:04Well, I just held my own hand
16:11Now then
16:16You'd like me in some sort of auto-hypnoidal state with you, Mr. Tully, yes, please what
16:24It's a self-induced hypnotic state halfway between waking and sleeping. Yes, that'll be fine, right?
16:34I want his name. I want the soldiers name. It will give her a chance give it a chance
16:46I think perhaps we should close our eyes
16:49Try to share the moment with her. I prefer to stay awake. Thank you. No one's suggesting that you should sleep
17:00I've always believed on occasions like this that closing one's eyes is
17:04well courteous
17:06courteous
17:07I've often felt in the past that
17:10Spirits are rather like strangers paying a visit
17:16Little bit shy a little insecure
17:22Why shouldn't it be our problem
17:28Yes
17:32It doesn't like this steel
17:34It doesn't like this not from us. I
17:37Want his name? No
17:39No, his name. No his name. No, please. No, please
17:44You cannot be coercive it never works that way
17:51Leave it to me. All right
17:56Thank you
17:59No
18:02I'm not interested in knowing your name. What are the names of any of you?
18:09Only if you wish to tell me
18:13I want
18:24Help us, please help us
18:39Trials
18:44They
18:46Said there'd be trials. It was a last-minute decision
18:55What kind of trials
18:59A court-martial something like that
19:04Was it a court-martial or the assizes maybe
19:08Maybe
19:12What the trials oh they were told
19:32The sea
19:35Well, it's the channel really, but I suppose you could call it the sea
19:43Back by five they were told
19:46You'll be back by five
19:49Be like any other working day
19:53Who said this they were told it's a sorry enough
19:58Tell us about the trials
20:00Tell us about the trials
20:04We're talking about the trials, aren't we
20:09Back at five out at dawn and back by five
20:23Sea trials that are you talking about sea trials, of course, they are sea trials for a submarine. Yes
20:31steel
20:32This resentment here. There's so much resentment, please
20:36Tell us about the submarine
20:39About the trial. No, there's no point now. There's no point in talking about it. But if you want there's no point
20:48Your sailors are you
20:50Of course, we're not
20:53They're not sailors. That's obvious, isn't it?
20:57Sailors get paid to take chances. They get paid to die
21:03We don't we get paid to work a
21:07day's work
21:10Back by five they said
21:14We never came back did we
21:19What year was this
21:231938
21:27I
21:29What are your jobs
21:32Jobs you say you're not sailors. Of course. We're not sailors if we were what are you doing in the submarine?
21:38We're civilian workers. Aren't we were civilian attached workers?
21:43bright futures
21:45home by five
21:47That wreck should never have gone to sea
21:51Home by five they said
21:57Yes
22:00What are your names
22:06Can't tell you that surely you can anyway, there's no point but if we can help you
22:14Don't need it. We've already got help. Thanks
22:21What kind of help you've you got
22:26I
22:36Won't
22:57I think they've said their piece
23:10At least we know something about those three yes, but isn't that it's not enough
23:16But they volunteered that. Oh, they'd like to give us bits of information
23:20But I want the name of the soldier. I've already said it's dangerous
23:25Safa Safa
23:30Yes, the name of the soldier we still need the name of the soldier
23:43You won't communicate and find someone else someone who once knew him
23:48There's no one who knew him then go further back into the past find someone who you find someone who was close to him
23:59Try Safa into the past into his past
24:05It's a long way back still try it's a long way back try Safa try it's such a long way
24:13Try Safa try it's such a long way
24:37She mustn't go that mistake
24:44Safa
24:51It's a warm day
24:54Oh, it's a beautiful hot summer's day
25:00There are flowers in full bloom oh
25:06There's such a lot of flowers
25:14But there's no one here anymore
25:18They've all had to go there must be someone someone who was close to him
25:31Just a minute
25:36Yes, there is someone yes there is
25:44Come on
25:51No
26:13Oh
26:43Oh
27:13You
27:43You