What's going on is that there's another
control panel in addition to yours.
Now nothing's up to you.
Later I'll give you some instructions.
Please try to follow them.
Damn you and your constant deception!
Technician Harlan, Cooper
is waving you goodbye.
Attention! We are launch ready!
Post one.
-Standing by.
Post two.
-Standing by.
Post three.
-Standing by.
Post four.
-Standing by.
Post five.
-Standing by.
Post six.
-Standing by.
Post seven.
-Standing by.
Dr. Twissell, the time capsule is ready.
-Then we're all set.
May Great Eternity guide you,
Brinsley Sheridan Cooper.
What have you done?
I dedicated my life to this
project! My whole life!
And you've ruined everything!
Vikkor Mallansohn is Time knows where!
Eternity is on the brink of disaster!
What have you done?
Harlan.
You must realize your true power.
You are capable of destroying Eternity...
You think so highly of yourself.
You think you're somebody.
You're nothing!
We're both nothing!
Our existence has meaning
only as long
As Twissell takes an interest in us!
As long as we're a part
of his combination!
With the discovery of
the temporal field,
Eternity was founded.
Mankind has entered a time
of eternal prosperity.
For now we, the Eternals, care for it.
Any system like Eternity
that allows a handful of people
to choose the future of mankind,
inevitably leads to
mankind's best interests
becoming mediocrity.
Mediocrity! That is your goal.
The answer is somewhat unexpected.
The lady doesn't exist
in the new reality.
She's just gone.
In fact, I don’t quite see
how she fit in the old Reality.
She doesn't exist
in the 48th century.
She doesn't exist
in the 48th century.
What drove you to this madness?
That woman you hid
in the Hidden Sections?
Very well. Noys will be returned to you.
-I don't believe you.
Even if you personally want to do it,
the Council would never agree.
The Council wouldn't know about it.
-Really!
You'd conceal it from the Council?
After dedicating your life to Eternity?
Once Eternity is no longer at risk,
you still have to follow protocol.
And if you won't take Noys away,
Finge certainly will. He hates me.
Finge, Finge.
I told you, you have him all wrong.
He couldn't care less about you.
He's after my position.
It's me he hates.
He only set you up to
get to me. Understand?
And these are the members
of the Allwhen Council?
Alas, we're Eternal, not flawless.
Do you understand
that your act of madness
started the launch six seconds early?
It melted the wires.
The ignition circuit
connected ahead of time.
Cooper ended up not in the
24th century, but the 20th.
This is a catastrophic
change in Primitive history.
Now no-one can say how long
Eternity will continue to exist.
The disastrous consequences could
occur at any hour, any minute.
So what? What happens then?
What happens?
Eternity stores massive
amounts of energy.
This energy can't just disappear.
So...
Something akin to a massive
annihilation will take place.
We'll all disappear.
I still cannot grasp it.
Why did you do it?
-You shouldn't have hidden Noys.
I did not hide anything.
-No? Who put a block across the kettle shafts?
My boy, what are you talking about?
That's impossible,
it's like cutting the sun in half.
But I couldn't reach her!
The kettle would stop
at the 1,000th century every time!
I tried several times,
I changed kettles!
But the kettle just wouldn't
move past that century!
Meaning, into the Hidden Sections...
How about that.
This is serious.
We'll get to the bottom of this.
Only later. Right now we have to
Figure out how to get Cooper back.
-I don't care! I want Noys back!
The very existence of Eternity
hinges on Cooper's return.
Do you understand?
Could any woman be more
important than almighty Eternity?
If Eternity dies, Noys dies with it.
Everybody dies.
Come, Andrew. Come, my boy.
While there is still time,
we must fight.
The capsule has