The Quatermass Xperiment Page #4

This will be at 0.160.

That must be where we lost them.

What the hell could have happened?

Look at that fantastic

temperature drop.

Run it again.

He's in surgery.

But I'll get word to

him as soon as possible.

Yes, what's the name, please?

That's two T's?

Yes, I'll see that he gets it.

Yes.

Sorry, miss, the

visiting hours are over.

I just wanted to know

how my husband is.

I'll try and find out for you, miss.

- What would the name be?

- Carroon, Victor Carroon.

- Oh.

- He's alright, isn't he?

Mrs Carroon, I wish I could let

you go up, but we have strict

- orders about your husband.

- All I want to know is how is he?

Is there any change?

Just a minute.

Hello Mabel?

Listen, how is 4B?

I know about the orders, but

I only want you to think out loud.

Thank you, Mabel.

Thank you.

Still about the same, Mrs Carroon,

no change but no worse.

If I could see him,

just for a few minutes.

I should be shot at dawn.

- But don't you worry. He's in good hands.

- They don't leave him alone, do they?

Ooh, not for a moment.

Tucker, his night

nurse is with him now

and Perkins comes on

in about half an hour.

- The fella is good as any doctor.

- Could I wait for the night nurse

when he comes off duty.

If only to talk to someone who

has been with him. Please.

Tucker comes off in about half an hour.

He usually dips out

through the staff entrance.

Turn left through the doors

and it's on the right.

- Thank you.

- Wait for him outside.

And if the ask me,

I never told you nothing.

There's only the nurse with

him. His name's Tucker.

His name? You mean

I got to plan for the "he"?

Please hurry. You've only got half and

hour before the relief nurse comes on duty.

- Another one in pants?

- His name's Perkins.

Have you got any money?

Cash before delivery, it always

gives me more confidence.

Especially when I'm

investigating is this type...

- Room 4B.

- 4B.

Give me 15 minutes.

I'll put him in the lift and

standing by. Then he's all yours.

- I never saw you in my...

- Please hurry. He's very sick.

Don't worry I'll

murder him like a baby.

You've got to get it.

Relax lady, you're

shaking the building.

- Good evening.

- Yes.

Evening. I'm from casualty.

Perkins is sick.

They sent me to take

over his night shift.

Fine, I don't know in two hours, but

you're not until for another half hour!

Who cares? Night shift is night shift.

What's a half an hour you got there.

You know you go to heaven for this.

With our rate of pay, we

should get some fun out of life.

- What's his trouble?

- Doesn't seem to know.

He's the star patient.

He just lies and stares.

Never opens his mouth. But if

he does, press that bell and quick.

Well, happy nightmare.

- Any special instructions?

- It's all on the chart.

- Goodnight.

- Goodnight.

News my friend.

Your wife is waiting

for you downstairs.

I'm the man who's

gonna get you out of here.

Does that make you happy?

It does.

Good!

Now we don't have too

much time, so up we get.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- What time are you off?

- Ask him whether he's going to live or not.

- Operating?

- About three and a half hours at least.

- You too?

- Me too.

Chinese restaurants

open until midnight.

Take your vote.

Beautiful sweet and sour pork,

- roast duck, fried shrimps.

- You talked us into it.

Here we are, now the jacket.

That's a good boy.

Can't meet the lady looking sloppy.

You know it's funny, wives usually employ

me to get them away from their husbands.

Oh, you're a sad one!

Well, to each his own.

Hey, steady, steady.

Now you stay here while Christie goes

and get the lift. Won't be a minute.

All clear.

Hey, come on, hurry.

That's the boy. Christie's got you.

What have you got there?

What are you hiding?

What is it?

Victor.

Oh Victor, darling.

I've got the car outside.

Please try and be quick.

You can make it dear.

Everything's going

to be alright, Victor.

I'll get you the best treatment,

the finest doctors.

I'll get you well and strong.

We'll make a new life for ourselves.

Away from all this.

Away from him.

Our life will be our own.

Would you like one?

Victor, I...

Victor.

Your hand.

Are you in pain?

Well, this is one case I don't think

we'll find listed in forensic medicine.

It looks as though the life

was drawn right out of him.

Have the body examined

by a head pathologist.

I'd like a report as soon as possible.

The headlines... pathologist

also took a little beep.

I don't care if he dumps

his head into a ring.

They picked up Mrs Carroon the

other side of town. Car full of luggage.

- And Carroon?

- No sign of him.

Stupid idiot. Trying to take the

whole thing in her own hands.

- What did he go? What did she say?

- She didn't say anything.

Anything about him. She's in

a pretty bad state of shock.

If not about him, then about what?

The doctor said she may

even go out of her mind.

Out of her mind about what? What

did she say? Come on, talk man.

Well, when they found her, she was

just sitting at the wheel of a car.

And moaning, something

about a hand being all grey

with thorns like a...

like a cactus.

I remember there was a

cactus in this room, in this pot.

- Can I get a line to this?

- Yes

Hello?

Hello.

Henry's coming down.

Car-three-nine

Proceed immediately

to 34 Main Elm Street...

and investigate a

complaint by resident

maybe Carroon.

Proceed with caution car-three-nine.

Cars...

join river police at Hayes Wharf

to search area bounded

by... and Tilly street.

River Patrol 4.

join mobile police...

to search area boarded by Toddy

Street, Hayes Lane and Strat Temps

River Patrol 4.

Roger. Out.

This growth on the face.

Half plant, half...

Look at this.

Look what it's done. The whole

tissue structure's eaten away.

The bones, powder.

Well, that takes care

of my supper tonight.

Briscoe, what if there is

a form of life in space?

Not on some planet, but just drifting.

I don't know.

Not life, as we know it.

With intelligence, yes, but pure

energy, with no organic structure.

- Invisible.

- Invisible?

Now the rocket past through its path.

It entered the rocket. It found

living specimens of our form of life.

- Cell organisms. Human.

- Green and Reichenheim.

And Carroon.

Exactly.

Now, if even by accident it could

enter one of those structures.

What a way to invade the Earth.

Now look sir, I'm not over

intelligent, but when you...

You saw the film, you

know what happened.

Only God knows where and

how far that rocket traveled.

- But only two of them died.

- Something got into that rocket!

Took the blood out of the other

two and now it's using Carroon.

And it's found other

forms of life, the cactus.

- Good grief. You mean Carroon's...

- a carrier.

He is now another shell

of a man being transformed.

If all these cactus plants were

subject to the same mutation

there could be an affinity, a

union between plant and animal

with the ability to destroy,

and possess

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