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Victoria.

Victoria,

where are you?

She's probably hiding.

You think I could be

a professional rugby player?

Probably,

if you tried hard enough.

I might prefer

to be a soldier though.

Victoria.

Victoria!

You're still

gonna be a soldier?

Don't know.

After all,

it didn't work out

that well

for our fathers, did it?

Mine would be

a scientist.

I know.

I could help you

if you like.

Goosey!

You're going to be late.

Yes, mother.

Oh, sorry.

Oh.

So sorry I'm late.

Now, class, I would

like to introduce Stephen.

He has without doubt

the most brilliant mind

it has ever been

my privilege to get to know.

Stephen.

Thank you, Dr. Schmidt.

So who likes physics?

My calculations suggest

that there are many

universes.

Actually, an infinite

number of them

all existing in parallel.

Now I believe that every

single possible

combination of events

has happened already,

is happening right now,

and will happen again

in the future somewhere

in these universes.

Yes, Victoria?

Annie.

Sorry.

Annie, yes.

You mentioned

that you don't believe

that time travel

would affect the future.

Can you explain that?

Yes.

If we take...

Imagine we're at a fork

in the road of time

and each of these forks

represents

a different universe.

I could take the left fork

and leave this orange be

or I could take the right fork

and squash the orange

with my shoe.

Well, the orange didn't squash

but you get what I mean.

Thanks.

I believe, however, that both

these forks or universes

still exist.

My choosing

to squash the orange

doesn't mean

that the normal orange squash

universe suddenly

vanishes, ergo,

going back in time

and changing something

doesn't actually

affect the future

because every possible

future still exists.

Are you sure

about that, Stephen?

Yes.

Well, I'm 99% sure.

So if every possible

combination of events

exists somewhere

then there must be a universe

identical to this one,

except, that the orange...

Is called an apple.

Yes.

And on that note, I think

we should thank Stephen

and allow him to eat

what is left of his lunch.

And, class, don't forget

that Stephen will be giving

the second part of his lecture

at the same time next week.

Thank you.

Oh, Stephen,

I almost forgot.

This came down

from the grants board.

They've rejected

my funding request again.

Oh, well,

look on the bright side.

In some parallel universe

you've probably got

more research funds

than you can use.

But seriously though, Stephen,

the board's worried about you.

I'm worried about you.

I'm fine.

You're pushing

yourself too hard.

Please, don't make

that mistake again.

I'm fine, really.

I think this young lady

wants to talk to you

about your lecture.

So I'll leave you in peace.

Annie.

Yes.

Conrad, this is our

new assistant Annie.

Good to have you

aboard, Annie.

You know we can't pay you.

Stephen explained.

Poor as church mice

and all that.

Come on an

exciting day then.

So I've heard, big test.

Here we go then.

Fingers crossed,

38th time lucky.

Annie, do you ever have

deja vu?

Yes, I had it

today actually.

It's the strangest feeling.

Oh, I think occasionally

human beings catch a glimpse

of the fourth dimension.

Sort of, ripples in time

like deja vu.

You actually think

I glimpsed another dimension?

Exactly.

Of course, most of the time,

we can't see these ripples.

Our brain just can't process

that sort of information.

So we subconsciously

brought them out.

But this machine

helps us focus in on them.

Conrad, so the destination

is our garden 15 years ago.

It's going to work.

It's going to work.

Quickly, Conrad.

How bad is it?

I've told him

time and time again

we need money to buy

some decent components.

Not this second-hand rubbish.

Can you pass me

that please?

Oh, good,

it's completely buggered.

You fancy a drink?

So how many grants

have you applied for?

It feels like a hundred.

If you can't get a grant,

how about looking

for a benefactor?

Well, there is one

potential investor

we've known since

we were children.

Renowned army colleague

of our father's

but Stephen's dead set

against it.

Why?

He doesn't want anyone

else calling the shots.

Maybe I should

talk to him again then.

Conrad, what is it?

Can't help feeling

that it's my fault.

If I hadn't dropped

Victoria's rope

then Stephen wouldn't be

obsessed with this.

But you said

it was an accident.

Don't know.

It all seems such a blur.

No one blames you.

You were just a child.

I would have climbed

down to fetch it for her.

Ah, you must be Annie.

Conrad's told me

all about you.

I'm Jane,

Stephen's mother.

It's lovely to meet you.

How is he?

Lost in his own

little world.

Why don't you sit

with him for a while?

Annie, just

don't get too attached.

Watching the ripples?

I see her sometimes.

She must have been

very special.

Sometimes everything seems

so make-believe,

so unreal.

Like you're dreaming

and not really here.

If I hadn't have been

too scared to go down the well

and get her skipping rope,

she'd still be alive.

But you might not be.

I failed her.

Stephen, remember Robert?

Hello, Stephen.

Robert and I had a chat

the other day...

about our

financial predicament.

I see.

Stephen, we need to replace

half of these components.

Well, we can

apply for a grant.

And get turned down again.

Conrad's explained to me

that you're not

that keen

on accepting my money.

We could have

a state-of-the-art lab,

a paid staff.

Stephen, I admire

your conviction.

Chip off the old block

if I may say so.

But I have very deep pockets

and I'm sure

we can come to a mutually

beneficial arrangement.

The answer is no.

How about I just make out

a check to you right now?

Call it a donation,

gesture of good faith.

There's a lot more

where that came from.

Stephen, we could be rich.

Yeah, I'm not doing this

for the money.

Just because

you don't want it,

what about the rest of us?

I'm sick of being

a glorified assistant

in this dilapidated workshop.

I just don't trust him.

At times you just need

to take a chance.

I know you blame me

for Victoria's death

and this is just

another way of making me pay.

What's going on?

Ask him.

Morning.

Hello.

What's on the agenda?

With decent components

do you think you could

get the machine working?

I'm so close.

I thought you'd say that.

Ta-da.

Where did you get all this?

I borrowed them.

Where from?

The university.

Annie,

what were you thinking?

I thought

you'd be pleased.

No, you could get

expelled.

You could get arrested.

Stephen,

I'm trying to help you

get over your

bloody obsession

and actually get on

with living your life.

Gin and tonic, please.

Double?

Please.

One of those days?

You look like

you could use some company.

Thanks.

Cheers.

Cheers.

One, two...

Oh, my God.

Snap.

I just need

a little drink.

Conrad, where are we?

In my room.

What?

What were you thinking?

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