The Time Machine Page #4
TIME TRAVELLER:
Look! There are a lot of things in
the world you don't understand,
aren't there?
KEMP:
Of course! Quite a number.
TIME TRAVELLER:
But you don't refuse to believe
in them because of that?
KEMP:
Not if I can see the proof with
my own eyes.
TIME TRAVELLER:
Good! All I'm asking you to do
now is to witness a demonstration
of the possibility of movement in
the fourth dimension.
(to Dr. Hillyer)
Philip, will you please hand me
that box?
All eyes turn to Dr. Hillyer as he eagerly rushes to
the table, lifts the box with surprise at its lightness,
and takes it to the Time Traveller. George opens it
with great care and brings forth a mechanical device
[PAGE 13 MISSING FROM HARD COPY]
TIME TRAVELLER:
I've told you. The larger model
can carry a passenger on a journey
through Time. - Not through Space,
mind you, but through Time.
BRIDEWELL:
Oh, I say George! If you start
floating around in the future, aren't
you likely to mess things up for the
rest of us?
DR. HILLYER
The future is already there. It's
irrevocable and cannot be changed.
He answers thoughtfully.
TIME TRAVELLER:
That's the most important question
to which I hope to find an answer.
Can Man control his destiny? Can he
change the shape of things to come?
[PAGE 16 MISSING FROM HARD COPY]
TIME TRAVELLER'S VOICE
Imagine that this cigar is the Time
Traveller. Now, this lever in front
of him controls movement. Forward
pressure sends the Machine into the
future, backward pressure into the
past. And the harder the pressure
the faster the Machine travels.
All eyebrows are raised.
TIME TRAVELLER:
This experiment can be performed
only once. If it succeeds, I lose
my model forever. That is why I
need witnesses.
They look at each other, uncertain whether he is
joking or not. Bridewell stoops with difficulty to
examine the table.
KEMP:
Go ahead.
TIME TRAVELLER:
You're ready then?
Despite disbelief, there is a tense silence as he puts
his finger on the lever. Then he pauses.
TIME TRAVELLER:
Doctor Hillyer, would you care
to lend me your hand?
Dr. Hillyer extends his hand hesitantly, smiling
weakly.
Using Dr. Hillyer's forefinger, the Time Traveller
presses the lever forward. A LOW-PITCHED HUM is
heard.
CLOSE ON THE MEN - LOW ANGLE 26
The men stare in fascination as the CAMERA PANS
and the HUMMING INCREASES.
INSERT:
GLASSES - CHANDELIER - VASE 27The glasses on the silver tray rattle (a)
and clink against each other.
The gas lights of the chandelier (b)
flicker rapidly.
A vase shudders and moves slightly on (c)
the mantelpiece.
As the vibration increases, the outline of the model
is blurred and gradually becomes transparent, until
the Machine with the cigar has vanished utterly.
The HUMMING HAS REACHED A HIGH SHRIEK and STOPS
abruptly.
BACK TO CLOSE ON MEN - LOW ANGLE 29
The sudden silence is almost unbearable. They
stare at the empty table. The CAMERA PANS.
DR. HILLYER (touches his
cigar pocket)
I'll be damned!
TIME TRAVELLER (almost
to himself)
It worked!
Filby swallows.
Bridewell, with his mouth open, stares at the table.
Now he looks at the glass of champagne in his hand
and places it on the mantelpiece as far out of
reach as he can. Then, suddenly reversing his
decision, he retrieves the glass and gulps it down.
30 OUT
TWO SHOT 31
Dr. Hillyer slowly turns to the Time Traveller.
DR. HILLYER
Where did it go?
TIME TRAVELLER (recovering)
Go? Nowhere in the usual sense.
It's still here.
Machine stood)
But it's no longer in the present.
It's traveling through time - to
the future, to be precise.
DR. HILLYER
Do you seriously expect us to
believe that?
TIME TRAVELLER:
Certainly.
DR. HILLYER
But you just said it hasn't
really moved.
TIME TRAVELLER:
That's correct.
DR. HILLYER
Then why can't we see it?
TIME TRAVELLER:
Because we're in this room on
December 31st, 1899, while the
model you saw is perhaps a hundred
years away. This room, or even
this house, may no longer exist a
hundred years from now. But the
Time Machine is occupying the same
space it did a moment before it went
off on its journey.
Dr. Hillyer runs his hand over the top of the table.
DR. HILLYER (exasperated)
If it occupies the same space, I
should be able to feel it.
TIME TRAVELLER:
You must remember that the space
you've just put your hand through
is today's space. You can't put
your hand into the space of
tomorrow.
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