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First broadcast 1st/8th May 1981.
A lonely Scottish island is stalked by a brutal killer who may be from another world...
James Warwick - Michael Gaffikin
Celia Imrie - Fiona Patterson
Maurice Roëves - Inspector Inskip
Tom Watson - Dr. Goudry
Jonathan Newth - Colonel Howard
James Cosmo - Sergeant Carch
Fraser Wilson - P.C. Malcolmson
Tony Sibbald - Symonds
Elaine Wells - Mrs. Mackay
David Gilpin - PC Baird
Pat Gorman - The Killer
John Oakden - PC Logan
Ian Sharp - Voices
Pamela Shepherd - Body
Melanie Uren - Waitress
Suzanne Winkler - Sheila Anderson
Jon Croft - McGrath
Ronald Forfar - Campbell
Jeff Stewart - Drummond (as Jeffrey Stewart)
Billy Cornelius - Crofter
John Holland - Hector
Robert Vowles - Lieutenant Carey
Julie La Rousse - Hotel Receptionist
Terry Walsh - Stunt Double for The Killer
A lonely Scottish island is stalked by a brutal killer who may be from another world...
James Warwick - Michael Gaffikin
Celia Imrie - Fiona Patterson
Maurice Roëves - Inspector Inskip
Tom Watson - Dr. Goudry
Jonathan Newth - Colonel Howard
James Cosmo - Sergeant Carch
Fraser Wilson - P.C. Malcolmson
Tony Sibbald - Symonds
Elaine Wells - Mrs. Mackay
David Gilpin - PC Baird
Pat Gorman - The Killer
John Oakden - PC Logan
Ian Sharp - Voices
Pamela Shepherd - Body
Melanie Uren - Waitress
Suzanne Winkler - Sheila Anderson
Jon Croft - McGrath
Ronald Forfar - Campbell
Jeff Stewart - Drummond (as Jeffrey Stewart)
Billy Cornelius - Crofter
John Holland - Hector
Robert Vowles - Lieutenant Carey
Julie La Rousse - Hotel Receptionist
Terry Walsh - Stunt Double for The Killer
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00:28I'll see you next time.
00:39Goodbye.
01:11What are you doing here?
01:13Up to no good.
01:14Huh?
01:32Afternoon.
01:33Have you finished already, Mike?
01:35I only had two appointments all day.
01:37One broken plate, one leaky filling.
01:39So I had the sudden urge to go and hit a few balls.
01:43By yourself?
01:44You're never alone with a golf club.
01:46Anyway, I don't mind when I cheat.
01:48I see you're working on next season's souvenirs already.
01:51Listen, there's more profit in these than the suntan oil.
01:54I blame the common market.
01:56What do you charge for them, Fiona?
01:58Five like that. Ten if they're framed.
02:01Isn't it amazing what people will buy on holiday?
02:04Can I fix you a little strychnine or something?
02:06Or something, please.
02:13Not in working hours.
02:15I'm not working.
02:16No, but I am.
02:17Zealot.
02:18I really only dropped in to ask about dinner tonight.
02:21Tonight? It's not Saturday.
02:23Does Saturday have to be the only time we eat together?
02:26The point is I have it on good authority that the hotel
02:28got a crate of fresh duckling on this morning's boat.
02:31Hmm.
02:32And Sheila Anderson was on the same boat.
02:34Who?
02:35A blonde woman who bought Dove Cottage.
02:37She usually eats at the hotel when she's here.
02:39I don't think she can cook.
02:40Oh, yes, I vaguely remember.
02:43Ogling her for an entire evening.
02:45I am deeply hurt.
02:47I was not ogling her.
02:49I was checking up on her tartan.
02:57Good afternoon. Can I help you?
02:58Yes, good afternoon.
02:59They told me at the hotel that you do maps.
03:02I'll, er, see you later.
03:04What sort of map had you in mind, sir?
03:06Oh, ordnance survey sort of thing.
03:08I plan to do a spot of exploring.
03:10Er, how about this one?
03:11It's two inches to a mile and covers the whole island.
03:14I see.
03:17Yes, that looks just the job.
03:19Is it hand-drawn?
03:21Well, it was when I did it originally.
03:23You did it yourself?
03:24Uh-huh.
03:25Cartography's one of my hobbies.
03:26Excellent.
03:27That one's 50 pence.
03:30Sold.
03:32Have you just arrived?
03:33Yes, this morning.
03:35I found I had a few days leave due, not enough to go very far,
03:38so I thought, why not pop over?
03:39It's a place I've always wanted to see.
03:41Oh, well.
03:41I hope we'll live up to your expectations.
03:43Oh, I'm sure you will.
03:45Oh, my name's Howard, by the way.
03:46Colonel John Howard.
03:48Oh, Fiona Paterson.
03:49Delighted.
03:51Since you're obviously an authority,
03:52are there any walks that you'd particularly recommend?
03:55Er, well, the cliff path across Doric is very pretty,
03:58but, er, don't attempt it today.
04:00We've had a fog warning, you know.
04:03Yes, I believe they can be pretty thick here.
04:09If I could show you exactly where we are on here, Colonel.
04:12Yes, please do.
04:12The old town's in that direction.
04:14Your hotel's up there.
04:15Hi, Fiona.
04:16Hello, Larry.
04:16Oh, I'm sorry, am I interrupting?
04:17Oh, please.
04:18I have some more films for you to develop.
04:20Uh-huh.
04:21You've developed photographs, too.
04:22Young lady of many talents.
04:24She makes excellent slides, I can tell you.
04:26Oh, now you said that, I'll probably ruin this life.
04:28Yeah, I hope not.
04:29There are some shots in there that are gonna raise a few eyebrows back in Toronto.
04:32American Wigeon.
04:33First one I've seen here.
04:34Oh.
04:35Dr. Simmons is camped above Doric, the walk I mentioned to you.
04:38Can't say I care for camping.
04:39I think I've done too much of it in the army.
04:41Are you a medical man?
04:42No, no.
04:42I'm with the Canadian Institute of Ornithology.
04:45We're doing a long-term survey on the migratory patterns of seabirds.
04:48Dr. Simmons has his own migratory pattern.
04:51That's for sure.
04:52Oh, Fiona, by the way, uh, you don't happen to number camera repairing a monkey or many accomplishments,
04:59do you?
04:59Oh, I fix my own once or twice.
05:01Why?
05:01Well, mine seems to develop the hair trigger.
05:04The slightest touch sets it off.
05:05I don't know whether the fault is in the flash unit or in the shutter mechanism.
05:09All I can tell you is I'm going through an awful lot of film.
05:12Well, that's good for business.
05:13I'm overstocked with film.
05:15You know, commerce has ruined these once simple islanders.
05:18Really?
05:19Miss Patterson doesn't look ruined to me.
05:23Have you got the camera with you?
05:24No, I left it back in camp.
05:25I was going to say, I'll take a look at it if you like.
05:27I'll bring it in next time.
05:29Well, I guess I'd better be going if I want to get over that headland before dark.
05:32Keep warm.
05:33Bye-bye.
05:34Well, say, I don't envy you at this time of year.
05:36Yeah, I'm very snug in my tent.
05:38It's not an army dugout, you know.
05:41I suppose I asked for that.
05:43Thank you so much for your help, Miss Patterson.
05:45A pleasure.
05:46I expect we'll meet again.
05:53Hi, Princess.
05:54How's business?
05:55You're back, Inspector.
05:56How was Glasgow?
05:56It's a good job my mommy can't hear you.
05:58She lives in Hamilton.
05:59Oh, near enough, surely, to the bright lights.
06:01Far enough when you're living with your mommy.
06:03I don't think I'd bother putting these out again.
06:04Who's the stranger?
06:06The last of our summer visitors.
06:07What, is he a masochist?
06:08He's an army, Colonel.
06:09He wants to explore the island.
06:10He's a masochist.
06:11Your holiday doesn't seem to have done you much good.
06:13Holiday?
06:14Listen, I fixed the drain, styled the bathroom, mended the door, glazed the window, redecorated the living room.
06:19What are you laughing at?
06:20The son saw you come back here for a rest.
06:22You're not kidding.
06:24The old dear kept me at it from the moment I got him.
06:25I think she saves him up all year.
06:27I didn't know you were such a handyman.
06:29There are one or two wee things around my house that need to do.
06:31Oh, really?
06:31That could be quite interesting.
06:33I think you'd be safe a wee assassin I go.
06:34Why didn't you ask him?
06:35No.
06:37I didn't know you were such a old...
07:05Oh, you were so confused.
07:32All right, Logan, that'll be fine, thank you.
07:46All right, I'll get that inside you.
07:48Thanks.
07:56Oh, Dr. Guidry, please.
07:58Oh, Alan, it's John Enskip here.
08:00Oh, listen, there's been a murder.
08:03A woman up in Botry Woods.
08:06No, no, because of this damn fog,
08:07I decided to take the body straight to the mortuary.
08:10And, Alan, I do mean the body.
08:13We haven't found all the pieces yet.
08:16You're very badly mutilated.
08:19Okay, thanks very much.
08:23Well, sorry I had to take you back up there.
08:25No, no, it's okay.
08:27It wasn't too bad the second time.
08:29It was just...
08:33Just stumbling into it like that.
08:35Aye.
08:36Must have been a loony.
08:38Okay.
08:39You should spread around that tree like a tinker's washing.
08:41Certainly whoever killed him must have gone berserk.
08:45Have you seen anything like this before?
08:48I've seen a few nasty ones back in Glasgow before they exported me up here.
08:53Especially where a knife or a hatchet is concerned.
08:55They don't stop.
08:57They just seem to keep chopping, hacking away.
09:01Mind you, they do tend to leave the pieces around for collection.
09:04This one, a bit different.
09:08Come in.
09:09I've got the lads doing a host-to-host, Inspector.
09:11I hope you've been discreet, Sergeant.
09:13We don't want to start a panic.
09:14Okay, I see.
09:15I understand that.
09:16Help yourself, Tom.
09:17I want to replenish mine while you're at it, will you?
09:18Thanks.
09:18Mr Gaffigan.
09:19No, thanks.
09:20In fact, if you don't need me anymore, I'd like to go.
09:23Aye, sure.
09:24I take a full statement in the morning.
09:26Are you quite certain you didn't see anybody near the links this afternoon?
09:29No, not a cell.
09:30Mind you, I was only there for about half an hour at the most.
09:34Aye.
09:35Well, thanks for all your help.
09:37I'll be in touch.
09:40Good night, sir.
09:41Good night, sir.
09:44Have a pew talk.
09:50Well, what do you think?
09:53What's wrong with you?
09:55Don't you like dentists?
10:06Oh, no!
10:08No!
10:22Who's wrong with you?
10:26I don't wanna debug it up.
10:30Don't you worry!
10:31Oh, I need a little mask to you.
10:31Oh, no!
10:32Bye, sen.
10:33What do you think is something you think are buphing?
10:34Aww.
10:53Have you any women friends staying, guests, anyone like that?
10:56At this time of year? I wish I had. We had a poor season.
11:00Oh, I hear that one every year. Are you a way out, then?
11:03Mr. Guthrie asked me to do the hotel bar for him.
11:05Why? Where's Maggie?
11:07She's not well.
11:08Were you perhaps thinking something had happened to her?
11:11I was thinking.
11:12You're looking awfully smart in that dress, Mr. McKay.
11:15Get away with you, Mr. Malcolmson.
11:56They are to control. I've checked the old man's on now on route for Hamish's craft. Out.
12:09Where the hell have you been? I'm starving.
12:13Mike, you look ghastly. What's wrong?
12:17I love you.
12:19What's happened?
12:21You'll have to keep it to yourself for the moment. The police don't want it now.
12:24The police?
12:26Oh, God.
12:29Michael, what's wrong? Please tell me, what's wrong?
12:33I've been to Hamish's craft, Sarge. They're fine. Shall I go on further? Over.
12:38What's it like out there, Baird? Over.
12:41Oh, pretty grim. I think it's getting worse. Over.
12:48You'd better bring him in. We don't want to lose a car in the ditch.
12:52Make your way over, Baird, and call by the golf course.
12:55See how Logan's getting on. Out.
12:58I'd hate to be sitting out there tonight.
13:00You make my heart beat. It's what he's paid for.
13:05Are the rest of the islands affected by this fog?
13:07All the way to the mainland. We're just on the fringe of it here.
13:11According to tonight's news, they're paralysed from Ullapool to Oban.
13:14Damnin' blast.
13:16Mike, what are you thinking of?
13:17Help, Tom. We need help badly.
13:20I was thinking of bringing some of the boys in from the other islands.
13:22Not a chance, I'm afraid.
13:24Anyway, I thought you'd be enjoying all this.
13:27Enjoying it?
13:28You never liked this island posting.
13:30I thought you'd be promoted sideways.
13:34Well, never mind.
13:35You might do well out of this. It's a big one.
13:39Aye.
13:40Maybe.
13:49Should we cancel dinner?
13:52What?
13:53Cancel if you're not feeling like it.
13:56No, I'm all right.
13:58Besides, I don't want to upset the hotel.
14:00I'd starve if it wasn't for that place.
14:02You sure?
14:03I could make you something here if you want.
14:05That's a nice thought.
14:06But you haven't got duckling, have you?
14:08No.
14:09Come on, get your cat.
14:11Okay.
14:15Well, I think you'll find she's not an islander.
14:18What makes you say that?
14:20Her hands, mainly.
14:23Soft.
14:25Well manicured.
14:26She's not been mended any fishing nets or digging potatoes.
14:33Anything else you can tell me?
14:35Well, I've just made a preliminary examination.
14:42I'd say she was a fair-haired woman, about five foot six.
14:49Well nourished.
14:51We were around nine stone.
14:55In her late thirties.
14:57Oh, she never had any children.
15:00What was the cause of death?
15:03I'd guess a blow in the head, initially.
15:06Well, could you give me any idea of the time?
15:09Gaffigan reckons he found her about three.
15:11It's just an estimate.
15:13But I'd say she probably died not much more than an hour before that.
15:18So, our killer was in Bawtree Woods when Gaffigan was on the first tee.
15:24What kind of knife was used?
15:28You see, there are no injuries consistent with the use of a knife, Inspector.
15:37It's his strength.
15:44You mean he did all this with his bare hands?
15:48I couldn't believe it myself at first.
15:50But the injuries to the bones and the ligaments are clearly caused by torsional force.
15:57He must be as strong as a gorilla.
15:59Maybe more than one person who was involved in the attack.
16:02Oh, no, Alan, I won't have that.
16:04No, I'm not too raving nutters on the run together.
16:08Well, there's another possibility.
16:10What's that?
16:11The way you said the corpse was laid out made me wonder if it was some kind of a...
16:17Richard King.
16:19You mean a sacrificial offering?
16:22That's just an idea.
16:24Might be worth keeping in mind.
16:27Do you wish ice, sir?
16:30Please.
16:33What were the police up to this evening?
16:35Well, they seem to be all over the village.
16:38They've been at every house asking questions.
16:40Nobody knows what it's about.
16:42Really?
16:44What sort of questions were they asking?
16:47They wanted to know if my daughter was at home or if I had any guests staying.
16:51They asked Mrs. Robertson next door the same.
16:54Mrs. Robertson says there's been a murder.
16:57Well, here on the island?
16:59She says they found a body.
17:01Where exactly?
17:02Up on the golf course.
17:04They say it's buried under the sand in one of those bunkers.
17:07How dreadful.
17:09Dreadful.
17:11Mind, sir, it's only the rumor that's going around.
17:14The police haven't said a word.
17:16Well, I suppose that's part of their procedure.
17:18Did this rumor say whether it was a man's or a woman's body?
17:22Mrs. Robertson just said it was a body.
17:26Oh, it's bound to be a woman, isn't it?
17:29It's always the woman gets killed.
17:35How's yours?
17:37All right.
17:39Maybe this wasn't a good idea.
17:42We'll make it a good idea.
17:45Come on, drink up.
17:51Well, hello again.
17:53Oh, good evening.
17:54Have you done any walking yet?
17:55Only around the town.
17:57You were right about the weather.
17:58Do you think it'll lift tomorrow?
17:59Oh, it usually lasts at least two days.
18:02Michael, this is Colonel Howard, who's staying at the hotel.
18:05Michael Gaffigan is our local dentist.
18:07How do you do?
18:08How do you do?
18:09Are you staying long?
18:11At least two days, I gather.
18:12Michael used to be in the army.
18:14What did you call it?
18:15Short service commission.
18:17No, what were you in?
18:18Parachute regiment.
18:19When it was over, I then came out and did my dental training.
18:22Wise man.
18:23Well, bon appetit.
18:31He's a bit ingratiating for a colonel, isn't he?
18:34Oh, I don't know.
18:35I think he's rather charming.
18:37He could play drafts on that jacket.
18:39Just because you're still in your grotty golfing clothes?
18:42Just because he bought one of your maps.
18:48You haven't said anything about my dress.
18:51Well, that's because from where I'm sitting, I can't see a great deal of it.
18:55Do you think it's too daring?
18:57Well, it's certainly a bit risky.
19:00You know, where the waiter's hands were shaking, I thought you could have had second degree burns.
19:05Well, I thought I might need help to hold your attention.
19:08Hmm?
19:09La femme Anderson.
19:11She hasn't turned up tonight.
19:19It could be because of the fog.
19:22Yes.
19:23It's a nasty walk in this weather.
19:24All the same, I think I'll just phone in Skip.
19:27He might want to check.
19:52I'll take the back.
20:24No one at the back.
20:46God.
20:50Tom.
20:53Come here.
21:00Did the murder here, then carried what was left of the body out into the woods.
21:05Fresh air fiend.
21:07I was waiting for you to come up with a funny.
21:12I'd better check upstairs.
21:14I wonder if he's still around.
21:17Tom, that's no funny.
21:20I got a box or something to put that in.
21:23I'll need you to take a bite to go to you.
21:26Right.
21:47Do you know what the time is?
21:49No.
21:50Don't care.
21:51It's nearly midnight.
21:53Is it really?
21:54Mm-hmm.
21:55So?
21:56So I ought to be going.
21:58I'll stay here.
22:00Is that wise.
22:02I just want you close to me tonight.
22:12We should get married, Fiona.
22:14Puritan.
22:15No, seriously.
22:15I mean it.
22:16And we islanders are the ones who are supposed to be old-fashioned.
22:19There's nothing old-fashioned about marriage.
22:21It's coming back.
22:22So they tell me.
22:24We don't know each other well enough.
22:26Oh, rubbish.
22:26We've known each other for six months.
22:29If I do get married, Michael, I want to be absolutely certain.
22:34And you're not certain of me?
22:36You don't understand.
22:39You see, I was born here.
22:41Until I went away to college, I'd never known any other kind of life.
22:45That first year in London, I thought it was wonderful.
22:50But after three years, I couldn't wait to come home.
22:53This is where I belong, Michael.
22:55And I'm never going to leave.
22:56I know that now.
22:57I still don't understand.
22:59What's that got to do with marriage?
23:00You're not an islander.
23:02You've not been here five minutes.
23:04Next year or the year after, you'll want to go back to the mainland.
23:07Oh, for God's sake.
23:08Why should I?
23:09I've seen it happen.
23:11And if that's what you wanted, Michael, I couldn't come with you.
23:16You mean if I marry you, I marry the island?
23:19Sorry.
23:21Okay, it's a deal.
23:23Spend a winter here before you say that.
23:26Won't change anything.
23:27I like the place.
23:28But will you like being poor?
23:29Oh, I can stand it.
23:31Anyway, like you, I might go into the handicraft business.
23:34How do you think teeth necklaces would sell?
23:43Hello?
23:45Yes, he is.
23:46Who's that?
23:47Oh, just a moment, Alan.
23:49Dr. Cowdery for you.
23:54Hello, Alan.
23:58Tonight?
24:02I see.
24:05Okay, I'll be right over.
24:11He wants me to meet him in the mortuary.
24:15You know what worries me, Tom?
24:17This guy's not one of our ordinary, everyday psychopaths.
24:22Like he's not sitting at home at the moment drinking cocoa.
24:26No, this guy's totally bananas on both sides of the fence.
24:29Like a dog with rabies.
24:31And I've got four men to police thirty-five square miles.
24:34Well, if he's still on the island.
24:37No reports of any missing boats, are there?
24:39No.
24:41Mrs. Anderson did arrive on Angus Duncan's boat.
24:44He got here about ten left in the afternoon.
24:48And Dr. Cowdery reckons she was killed about two.
24:51Well, he could be about out of that, I suppose.
24:54Okay, I'll check with Angus and see if he took any passengers back on the return trip.
25:00Yeah, well, I guess there's a loony still on the island.
25:04Well, shouldn't we put out a warning?
25:05Well, Logan's already alerted us residents up at the golf course.
25:09He'll not go far in a night like this.
25:11I bet he's holed up in somebody's barn or outhouse somewhere.
25:13Well, the latest forecast reckons conditions will remain settled for the next twenty-four hours.
25:18When have you ever known them to get it right?
25:20It'll probably remain like this for the next week.
25:23Anyway, top priority tomorrow is a search of every barn, outhouse and empty building
25:29within two miles of that golf course.
25:31Oh, and you'll...
25:33English, Tom.
25:35It was my day off.
25:42Well?
25:46You're right.
25:48Definitely teeth, Max.
25:55The marks of the lower canines and incisors are characteristic of a human bite,
26:08but there's something weird about the upper teeth.
26:11I thought so, too.
26:13That's why I wanted your opinion.
26:17Look, I don't know much about forensic odontology,
26:19but I'll take an impression, if you like.
26:23Would it work?
26:25It's worth trying.
26:28The impression would probably push that bruised tissue back to something near the original marks.
26:35Go ahead, by all means.
26:38I'll get my stuff from the surgery.
26:44Not able to reach Southcliffe, where Ganneth was seen still nesting last week.
26:49Yes.
26:50Heard cry of bean goose.
26:53The weather again prevented observation.
26:55Thanks.
27:20November the 17th.
27:22The weather prevented any observation today.
27:26Nor was I able to reach the Southcliffe.
27:38Since I raided Riyadh all birds last year,
27:40I will be interested to see...
27:45Damn sheep.
27:50Heard quiques.
28:16Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
28:49I don't know.
29:26I don't know.
29:57I don't know.
30:18I don't know.
30:31I don't know.
30:34I don't know.
30:36I don't know.
30:40I don't know.
30:42I don't know.
30:45I don't know.
30:46I don't know why, since her father died, I felt a kind of responsibility for her.
30:51I don't know.
31:21I don't know.
31:35I don't know.
31:45I don't know.
32:13I don't know.
32:16I don't know.
32:21There's no creature on this earth has a bite like that.
32:26Turtles have.
32:30You're suggesting that it was done by a turtle?
32:33No.
32:35Well, I don't know what I'm suggesting, really.
32:38Some sort of related creature, perhaps?
32:41Such as?
32:44Well, I'm only speculating, but I do believe there are creatures in the sea that no man
32:49has ever set eyes on.
32:52Well, that's a nice thought to take home to my bed, young man.
32:56A man-eating sea monster on the loose.
32:59No need that.
33:01Yes.
33:09Go in.
33:15Get breakfast, sir.
33:18Thanks, Marcensen.
33:19I've got some gin on Mrs Anderson.
33:21Good.
33:22Shoot.
33:23Pardon?
33:24Do you never watch Quijet?
33:28Can you?
33:30She's 38.
33:31Was 38.
33:32Yes, sir.
33:34Got divorced last year.
33:36She and her husband stayed in Carlisle,
33:38ran a chain of boutiques in the Lake District.
33:41One conviction for possessing cannabis.
33:44Bit of a girl, seemingly.
33:46Were there any other passengers aboard?
33:49A man called Howard.
33:52He's booked in at the hotel.
33:54I met Colonel Howard.
33:55Anything on Mr. Anderson?
33:57Not a lot, sir.
33:58HQ been on to Carlisle.
33:59They say he went south after the divorce.
34:02What about the chain of boutiques?
34:05They're still owned by Mrs. Anderson.
34:06She got half the house, too.
34:08Used that money to buy Dove Cottage.
34:11So old man Anderson didn't come out of it too well, eh?
34:13That's interesting.
34:16Anything else?
34:17No, sir.
34:18Right, I'll tell you what I want you to do.
34:20Go on the blow to HQ.
34:22Tell him to chase up old Angus Duncan.
34:23Find out if he saw anything going on between Colonel Howard and Mrs. Anderson.
34:27Aye, sir.
34:28Oh, and ask if he took the passenger back to the mainland on the return trip.
34:32Aye, sir.
34:33Oh, and put out a check for Mr. Anderson.
34:36Sir.
34:41Good night, Tom.
34:42Oh, thanks.
34:43Aye.
34:44I've got the lads doing a search, and I took Baird up some breakfast.
34:47Ah.
34:47How is P.C. Baird?
34:49He is not a happy man.
34:50A policeman's lot is not a happy one, Tom.
34:53The truest bloody word ever written.
34:54Oh, we had a phone call from Mr. McLeod this morning.
34:57Oh, aye.
34:57One of his sheep have been killed.
35:00Too bad.
35:01Sheep worrying isn't top of our list at the moment.
35:03No, but it was torn to bits.
35:05I was just wondering if it was connected.
35:08whistling
35:33is piloted.
35:50Oh, cheers.
35:55You all right in a bad alley?
35:57I took a walk with this.
35:59Is that coffee?
36:00No.
36:01Why did you do that?
36:02I was up in the might.
36:03Had the damn thing registering.
36:05What, by itself?
36:06We checked the stores yesterday, didn't we?
36:09Some dozy beggar left it in here and forgot to switch it off.
36:12Sorry, Inigo.
36:14Anyway, there it was, clicking away to itself like crazy.
36:18There's nothing radioactive in here.
36:21It wasn't in here.
36:22It was outside through that wall.
36:24And?
36:25Oh, nothing really.
36:26There was a faint trace of radioactivity here and there.
36:29I couldn't find the source.
36:31What lies north of here?
36:32Well, it's just Moorland.
36:34It's empty.
36:35You're forgetting Simmons, the ornithologist guy.
36:37He's camped out there.
36:39Well, who could be connected with him?
36:40I don't know.
36:41I'm not saying it is.
36:42Well, when he's got a radio, give him a call.
36:44Perhaps he noticed something.
36:45If you can get through to him, we've lost touch with the mainland, you know.
36:49What do you mean?
36:50Since when?
36:51Sometime during the night.
36:52That'll have switched off eventually, you know.
36:55Well, I was going to tell you.
36:57I should bloody well hope so.
36:59I've no idea what's going on.
37:02You know, it sounded like deliberate jamming to me.
37:07Simmons, Coast Guard Inverdee.
37:10Over.
37:15Simmons, Coast Guard Inverdee.
37:18Over.
37:21And nobody's seen or heard anything unusual.
37:24We're next.
37:25Over.
37:26Where are you now, babe?
37:27Over.
37:28You're going, sir.
37:29Over.
37:30Right.
37:31Get yourself up to the back cottages.
37:32Have a word with Jamie Forbes.
37:34Oh, thanks, Hector.
37:36He said he saw something coming out of the sky this morning.
37:39He reckons it was a flying saucer.
37:41A man got out and ran away.
37:43Have you got that?
37:44Over.
37:45Ach, you know.
37:46Jamie's a terror for seeing things, Sarge.
37:48Always has been.
37:49Over.
37:50Well, there might be something in it, and then again, there might not be.
37:54Just get him to show you where it landed.
37:56Over and out.
38:09Good morning.
38:10Hi.
38:12I hoped you might come back last night.
38:15I didn't finish till about three in the morning.
38:17Why?
38:18What did Dr. Guard you want?
38:19Well, he wanted me to take some impressions, and I think he wanted to form his own impression
38:24of me.
38:24What do you mean?
38:26He suspects I'm playing fast and loose with your affections.
38:29You're joking.
38:30No, I'm not.
38:32Oh, hell.
38:33The one thing I hate about this place is the way everybody feels they have the right
38:36to interfere in the lives of everybody else.
38:39It's that good old community spirit.
38:41I suppose you told him to get lost.
38:43How could I?
38:44He wasn't being nosy.
38:45He really feels he's in loco parentis.
38:47Loco's right, the silly old devil.
38:50You know, he's quite sweet, really, I suppose.
38:52What's in the box?
38:54Oh, this is what kept me up till three.
38:57It was Mrs. Anderson, by the way.
39:01This is a cast of the impressions I took.
39:03Of her teeth?
39:04Of a bite on her shoulder.
39:07That's horrible.
39:09So the teeth, believe me.
39:11Can I see?
39:13If you like.
39:16Now then.
39:19Normal human characteristics when viewed from the side, you see.
39:23But from the front, it's just this ridge in place of the upper incisors.
39:28What on earth is it?
39:30I don't know.
39:32I just hope it's something artificial.
39:35What, you mean some kind of dental work?
39:39I can't imagine anyone making an upper set like this, can you?
39:44The canines are definitely human.
39:49I wonder if it's possible that somebody here could be doing genetic experiments.
39:53What, you mean creating human mutations here?
39:56Oh, Michael, that's ridiculous.
39:58They've done it with animals.
40:00Created strange hybrids.
40:01Sooner or later, some nut is going to want to work on people.
40:04But it wouldn't be allowed.
40:05Not if it were known about.
40:07But if somebody fancied himself as a kind of Frankenstein, he'd hide himself away.
40:13An isolated house.
40:15On a fairly remote island.
40:17Oh, stop that.
40:18I don't believe it.
40:20No, neither do I, really.
40:22But then I didn't believe these teeth at first.
40:34Morning, Mrs Mackay.
40:35Good morning, Inspector.
40:39Oh, just put this in the tarp, will you?
40:42Incidentally, there's Colonel Howard up the road.
40:44Well, the Colonel was on his way when I came in, Inspector.
40:47You mean he's left?
40:48Now, how would the man be leaving in this weather, Mr Innskip?
40:51No, he's gone for a walk along the beach, he said.
40:54I'm much obliged.
41:11I'm almostciaward to the other side of the way, INNOTIC's life.
41:19Oh.
41:19Yeah.
41:28Hey.
41:30Hey.
41:30Hey.
41:45morning colonel howard inspector inskip oh how do you do well you're up bright and early this
41:52morning yes just a stroll before breakfast i understand you came over on the tri-star
41:58yesterday yes that's quite right there was another passenger aboard a mrs anderson you didn't happen
42:05to speak to her any chance did you no not really as a matter of fact i think i got
42:09the brush off
42:11you mean you did try to speak to her exactly well it's a very small cabin and there were only
42:16the
42:16two of us sitting in it so i tried to make a few polite remarks yes of course what kind
42:23of
42:23a polite remark sir well i said it's a nice day and she said lovely and i said i hoped
42:31we'd have
42:31a smooth crossing and she said yes then she took a book out of her bag and started reading
42:37and that's all the pair of you sat for over an hour without seeing a word to one another
42:42no no after about 20 minutes i went out on deck and stayed there till we came into harbor
42:49you didn't happen to notice if she seemed disturbed in any way worried perhaps no i didn't
42:56inspector why are you asking me these questions just an inquiry sir did you see her again when you
43:02went to shore one of the crew helped her onto the key with her bags and when i left she
43:07was standing
43:08there waiting for transport you didn't say anything to her well i just said goodbye and smiled she didn't
43:15even notice there's something happened to her what unit are you with sir i'm awaiting a fresh posting
43:25yes but uh what unit are you with now sir school of mountain warfare in vaness
43:32i'm a gunnery instructor when you got this uh brush off were you offended what i mean did it upset
43:42your manhood
43:45good lord no you can't win them all as they say yes well thank you sir
44:00it was the right head you found with the weight matched the vertebrae exactly
44:05well we'd be in real trouble if it was the wrong one
44:09for all i know the island might be full of them the cause of death i think was the hemorrhage
44:15of
44:16the brain following a heavy blow that crushed the left temporal bone that happened in the cottage
44:23so why does he then carry a headless body up into the woods it's a good mile away well you
44:29have to ask
44:29him that when you find them which i hope won't be long because it's going to bring this island a
44:33lot of
44:33very unwelcome publicity you're telling me popular press would have a field day a madman who kills in a
44:41frenzy mutilates his victim and wears some kind of a spike attached to his teeth of the loved good
44:48front page stuff you two are a big help now listen seriously we had a report this morning of a
44:54sheep
44:54being savaged torn to bits with the farmer's words and he doesn't think it was the work of a dog
45:02do you think it could be our money bring me the body and i'll tell you i suppose anything's possible
45:08yes but surely there's a world of difference between murder and slaughtering sheep to the same mind yes
45:17but mrs anderson was killed in an orgistic frenzy sort of blood lust that's way beyond the normal human
45:24limits to the point where he no longer distinguishes between man woman sheep or dog
45:31if it's alive he'll destroy it
45:36so you think he'll kill again almost certainly
45:42so you think he'll kill again if he hasn't already done so
45:44so
45:49so
45:51Good morning.
46:22Good morning.
46:30Got a licence for that?
46:32I'm working on it, Doctor.
46:42Hello, where did you find that?
46:44Up on the moors.
46:45Really? Looks like an army job to me.
46:48Does it, sir?
46:49Well, it was reported to us as a flying saucer.
46:51One of the new folding type.
46:54Right, gentlemen, you step this way.
46:57Okay, what's the story?
46:59Jimmy Forbes saw what he thought was a flying saucer early this morning, sir.
47:02Landed out beyond Old Matheson's Croft.
47:04Jimmy Forbes and a flying saucer. That's all I need.
47:08Well, for once, he was nearly right about something.
47:10He said he saw a man get out of it and ran away.
47:12Early this morning? How early?
47:14About five o'clock, sir.
47:16What the hell was Jimmy doing out to Old Matheson's place at that time the morning?
47:19Oh, you know, Jimmy wanders around at all hours.
47:22In fact, I've been wondering about him.
47:23No, Jimmy's a good loony talk.
47:25He's not a killer.
47:26He takes both hands to break a matchstick.
47:28Well, Mr Gaffigan, what do you think?
47:31Oh, it looks like an army shoot.
47:32But I don't know this particular pattern.
47:35It's not seen a lot of use.
47:36It's never been patched.
47:39You say a man ran away?
47:40Yes.
47:41According to Jimmy.
47:42Well, he must be crazy.
47:45Suicidal to make a night jump in these conditions.
47:47Well, suicidal or not, somebody has.
47:49That's obvious.
47:50And somebody who wanted to get here in a hurry.
47:52The question is, is it linked with our killer?
47:55I don't see how it can be.
47:57Neither do I, damn it.
47:59Malcolm's on the way and brew up some of that evil poison you call coffee, will you?
48:02Sir.
48:02Three cups.
48:03Excuse me, sir.
48:06Hello, please.
48:08Yes.
48:09Just hang on a moment.
48:10Coast guard for you, Inspector.
48:12Inskip here.
48:13Oh, hello, McGrath.
48:14What can I do for you?
48:16Doc Simmons?
48:17Ah, of course I know.
48:17Canadian.
48:18Bird watcher.
48:23Okay.
48:23We'll check on it.
48:24Thanks for phoning.
48:28Doc Simmons.
48:30Well, Grant says he can't raise them on the radio.
48:35He's wondering if he spent the night in town.
48:38Well, I saw him yesterday.
48:39He said he was aiming to get back to his camp before dark.
48:45Dove Cottage, where Mrs. Anderson was murdered.
48:50Pottery Woods, where you found the body.
48:54McCloud's Farm, where the sheep was torn to bits.
49:02What?
49:04Who isn't answering his radio.
49:08It's an absolute straight lie.
49:10Ah, exactly.
49:12That is hellish country to travel in this weather, though.
49:16If that is the route he's taken,
49:18he's forded the river twice
49:20and gone straight across the marshes.
49:22Tom, I doubt if our maniac even noticed.
49:27So, what do we do?
49:29I wish I knew.
49:30We certainly can't risk the coast road in this.
49:35Or we could drive as far as Durrock
49:37and then take the cliff path.
49:39It's even worse.
49:40It's only two feet wide in parts.
49:42Fiona could lead us.
49:43She knows every inch of the island.
49:45Would she do it?
49:46I'm sure she would if I asked her.
49:57This is as far as I think we could risk it.
50:00The tide's out now.
50:01If we go down to the foreshore,
50:03we can work around the headland and pick up the path there.
50:05Okay, Fiona. Lead the way.
50:14Hold it, Fiona.
50:17Who's that?
50:20Hello there.
50:21We meet again.
50:23What are you doing out here, Colonel?
50:25Oh, just, er, pottering about.
50:28Aye.
50:29Well, for your own safety,
50:29I'd advise you to potter straight back to town.
50:31Now.
50:32If you're talking about the old mine shafts,
50:35they're clearly marked on Miss Patterson's map.
50:37I'm not talking about the old mine shafts, Colonel.
50:39No.
50:40You don't appear to be out for a picnic either.
50:45Mrs. Anderson is dead.
50:48Murdered by some raven lunatic.
50:51Who's still around here.
50:52Until he's captured, it's not safe to be out here alone.
50:55Poor woman.
50:56Is there anything I can do to help?
50:59The best thing you can do, Colonel,
51:00is to go back to your hotel and stay there.
51:03As you wish.
51:06Miss Patterson.
51:16Well, he took all that very calmly.
51:18Yeah.
51:19But then his type of train not to show emotion.
51:22Except if polo matches.
51:24It's called Military Sang-Foi.
51:48Miss Patterson.
51:48Miss Patterson.
51:48Miss Patterson.
52:06What the hell is that?
52:23Looks to me like something the Navy's mislaid.
52:25As if we didn't have enough in our plates.
52:33Tom, get on the radio to HQ and find out if that thing does belong to the Navy.
52:37Then get a couple of guys up here and ask McTaggart to bring his boat around to the point.
52:40They should be able to load it aboard there easy enough.
52:42I want this thing taken back to town and stored safely, the chandelier.
52:46Put a guard on it.
52:47Oh, and in your spare time, keep an eye on Colonel Howard.
52:51Right.
52:53Inskip, look at this.
52:55Michael, it looks like blood.
52:57Yes, it is.
53:00Tom!
53:05This could be part of that thing.
53:06Get it back to Doc Gowdrey and ask him to analyse the blood.
53:10Come on, let's check with the course guard!
53:23There was radiation outside.
53:26Aye.
53:26We have a Geiger counter in our ancillary equipment.
53:29Last night it suddenly started registering.
53:32Neil thought the radiation was on the line with the area where Simmons has come to see.
53:35But when I checked again this morning, there was a slight trace.
53:38But whatever had caused it had gone.
53:40I don't understand that.
53:42If there was something radioactive out there last night, it should still be registering strongly
53:46now.
53:46It's probably got nothing to do with Simmons.
53:49Just a coincidence.
53:50There is another possibility.
53:52What's that?
53:53Maybe the source of the radiation is mobile.
53:56I suppose the killer is radioactive.
53:58Oh, come on, man.
53:59How can that be?
54:00Well, look at the facts.
54:02Those teeth, this radiation, and that strange craft we found just now on the shore.
54:09The Navy's got nothing to do with the Navy.
54:13Suppose it's alien.
54:15Alien?
54:16I mean, suppose originally it didn't come from the sea, but simply landed in the sea before
54:22coming ashore.
54:23And then something got out that was radioactive?
54:25Yes.
54:28I don't believe this.
54:29I don't believe it.
54:30I mean, you said yourself the teeth marks showed human characteristics.
54:33Some of the teeth.
54:35Look, I'm only suggesting a theory.
54:37You've got to agree we seem to be up against something more than just a runaway lunatic.
54:40Ah, well, maybe we are.
54:42But a plain, straightforward, homicidal maniac with bad teeth running amok is good enough
54:46for me.
54:48Well, Grant, do you know where Simmons is camped exactly?
54:51I think we could find it, even in this weather.
54:54Right.
54:54Let's go.
55:01It's camped just up this gully here.
55:18All right, we've got it.
55:20All right.
55:31my god and skip
55:37wasn't human did that
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