The Quatermass Xperiment Page #5

He does belong in a hospital.

But can a hospital do

more than you can do?

Would a hospital know what

goes on out there in space?

On the other side of the earth,

it's a whole new would out there.

A wilderness, uncharted.

And he's been there and come back.

He's got the map.

Unlock his mind for me, Briscoe,

and find it. I know you can do it.

It isn't just the...

I know the strain and

tension you've been under.

But to stop now, when we're so close.

On the brink of something tremendous.

The very fringe of

some great discovery.

We can't stop now, Briscoe.

Besides, it's our only chance to

learn what happened to the others.

At the hospital you have almost...

Does the hospital know how to deal with a

man who's been exposed to rocket radiation?

- It is that she knows that...

- Or the effects of pressure

at 1500 miles up?

During flight training it took 7 times the

force of gravity without even a headache.

We know that.

But would a hospital know it?

Well, I'll try another

transfusion, see if that will help.

Thanks.

You'll stay with him, won't you Judith?

He needs you.

Victor.

I am going to move him into the office.

We can make him more comfortable in there.

- Would you help me, please?

- Of course.

Thank you for all you're doing, Gordon.

Aye, I only wish I could do more.

The solution is elementary,

my dear Inspector.

Victor Carroon killed the two men,

removed their pressure suits,

pushed their bodies out into space and

then linked the suits together again.

- Now, what do you want?

- Two things.

Number 1, I want to return these files.

Green, Reichenheim, Carroon.

- Very interesting. Carroon...

- Number 2?

Well, I want you to give

me your solemn word...

Well Inspector, I'm a very busy man.

Now look sir, nobody

ever wins a cold war.

One of us must come

over to the other side.

You don't want to come over to mine.

I'm not proud, I'll come over to yours.

Solemn word about what?

That these were Carroon's fingerprints.

Of course they were.

Everybody in... gets fingerprinted.

What are you getting at?

Ahh, to be quite honest,

I don't quite know, sir.

Nothing unusual about these.

These are the fingerprints

we took off Carroon last night.

What about them?

Compare them.

- Is this a joke?

- This is no joke, sir.

The man who took those had his

training in the fingerprint section,

second nature to him.

But these prints aren't even...

human.

Yes. Yeah.

You found what?

I'll be right there.

Well, wherever you're going, I might

as well keep you company, mightn't I?

Thank you.

Very nice of you.

Mr Lionel has checked the

specification of the wiring.

Right there.

Can you get at it?

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