1 00:01:16,660 --> 00:01:17,953 STEPHEN: Well, come on! 2 00:01:18,079 --> 00:01:20,372 (LAUGHING) Oh! Come on, old man! 3 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:23,250 Coming into Trinity Lane. 4 00:01:23,667 --> 00:01:25,211 Oh! (BELL DINGS) 5 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,171 STEPHEN: Eyes on the road, Brian! 6 00:01:27,463 --> 00:01:28,464 Whoa! 7 00:01:29,215 --> 00:01:30,341 (LAUGHS) 8 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:32,426 BRIAN: Brian spies an opening! 9 00:01:32,510 --> 00:01:33,511 A-ha! 10 00:01:33,594 --> 00:01:34,595 (CHUCKLES) 11 00:01:34,678 --> 00:01:36,305 Eyes on the staff! 12 00:01:36,388 --> 00:01:37,431 Hawking's lost it! 13 00:01:41,477 --> 00:01:42,686 Whoa! 14 00:01:43,354 --> 00:01:44,355 No! 15 00:01:44,438 --> 00:01:45,481 You lose, Brian. 16 00:01:52,488 --> 00:01:54,949 Too slow, old man. Too slow. 17 00:01:56,117 --> 00:01:57,868 Oh, my goodness. Right. (BREATHING HEAVILY) 18 00:01:58,619 --> 00:02:00,579 BRIAN: Time for a drink. 19 00:02:00,663 --> 00:02:01,831 STEPHEN: Hello. 20 00:02:02,873 --> 00:02:04,416 (MUSIC PLAYING) Oo-pah! 21 00:02:04,917 --> 00:02:05,960 (CHUCKLES) 22 00:02:06,877 --> 00:02:10,464 What if the secret of the universe had something to do with sex, huh? 23 00:02:10,548 --> 00:02:11,757 Maybe do your doctorate on that. 24 00:02:12,258 --> 00:02:13,467 The physics of love. 25 00:02:13,551 --> 00:02:15,010 STEPHEN: I think that's more your field, Brian. 26 00:02:15,094 --> 00:02:16,345 BRIAN: Oh, not lately. 27 00:02:16,512 --> 00:02:18,681 They will boot you out, you know, if you don't decide. 28 00:02:19,140 --> 00:02:21,225 I know everyone here who's... 29 00:02:21,767 --> 00:02:23,978 Brilliant. Oh, dear. 30 00:02:24,353 --> 00:02:25,437 Scientists. 31 00:02:25,896 --> 00:02:27,648 MAN 1: Ah, yes. MAN 2: Ah, you made it. 32 00:02:29,441 --> 00:02:30,818 Don't worry, we don't have to stay for long. 33 00:02:30,901 --> 00:02:32,528 Looks mortifyingly dull. 34 00:02:37,449 --> 00:02:40,119 (SIGHS) Bores. (STAMMERING) Who's that? 35 00:02:40,786 --> 00:02:41,871 Who's who? 36 00:02:42,246 --> 00:02:44,123 Oh, him? Oh... 37 00:02:44,456 --> 00:02:46,792 He's strange. Clever. 38 00:02:47,042 --> 00:02:49,795 Goes to "Ban the Bomb" marches. (CHUCKLES) 39 00:02:50,212 --> 00:02:53,591 Wilde. Jane Wilde. (CHUCKLES) 40 00:02:53,841 --> 00:02:55,634 Oh, look, there's David. David! 41 00:02:55,718 --> 00:02:58,179 I'll be back in a minute. I'll be back in a second. Diana! Diana! 42 00:03:14,445 --> 00:03:15,946 Hello. Hello. 43 00:03:16,614 --> 00:03:18,365 Science. Arts. 44 00:03:19,283 --> 00:03:21,493 English? (CHUCKLES) French and Spanish. 45 00:03:23,454 --> 00:03:25,706 What about you? What are you... 46 00:03:25,956 --> 00:03:28,000 Oh, cosmologist, I'm a cosmologist. 47 00:03:28,626 --> 00:03:29,919 What's that? 48 00:03:30,628 --> 00:03:33,005 It's a kind of religion for intelligent atheists. 49 00:03:33,339 --> 00:03:34,924 Intelligent atheists? Mmm-hmm. 50 00:03:35,758 --> 00:03:37,051 You're not religious, are you? 51 00:03:37,301 --> 00:03:38,594 CofE. 52 00:03:41,764 --> 00:03:43,641 Church of England? England, yeah. (CHUCKLES) 53 00:03:44,683 --> 00:03:45,976 (EXHALES) 54 00:03:46,477 --> 00:03:47,728 I suppose someone has to be. 55 00:03:48,646 --> 00:03:51,273 What do cosmologists worship, then? 56 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:52,691 What do we worship? Mmm. 57 00:03:52,858 --> 00:03:54,735 One single unifying equation 58 00:03:54,818 --> 00:03:56,820 that explains everything in the universe. 59 00:03:56,987 --> 00:03:58,239 Really? Yes. 60 00:03:58,322 --> 00:03:59,323 What's the equation? 61 00:04:00,824 --> 00:04:01,867 That is the question. 62 00:04:03,327 --> 00:04:04,662 And a very good question. (CHUCKLES) 63 00:04:05,496 --> 00:04:06,664 I'm not quite sure yet. 64 00:04:07,957 --> 00:04:10,000 But I intend to find out. 65 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:19,343 JANE: Then why didn't you stay at Oxford? 66 00:04:19,551 --> 00:04:21,679 Because my finals exams were such a shambles, 67 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:24,765 that the examiners, they summoned me in for a viva, 68 00:04:24,848 --> 00:04:26,225 and they told me that if I got a second... 69 00:04:26,308 --> 00:04:27,434 What's a viva? 70 00:04:27,977 --> 00:04:31,105 Oh, it's a sort of mildly terrifying face-to-face thingy. 71 00:04:31,188 --> 00:04:33,399 Like an interview? An interrogation. 72 00:04:34,066 --> 00:04:36,694 And I told them that if they gave me a second-class degree, 73 00:04:36,777 --> 00:04:39,446 then I would stay with them and do my research at Oxford. 74 00:04:39,530 --> 00:04:42,199 But if they gave me the first that I needed to get into Cambridge, 75 00:04:42,283 --> 00:04:44,910 then they would never have to see me again. 76 00:04:46,161 --> 00:04:48,163 They gave you the first. 77 00:04:48,497 --> 00:04:50,541 They gave me a first. Of course. 78 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:53,210 (CHUCKLES) This party is officially deceased. 79 00:04:53,877 --> 00:04:56,255 Come on, I fixed up a ride home. 80 00:04:57,715 --> 00:04:59,258 Come on, Jane. 81 00:05:00,718 --> 00:05:01,885 (SIGHS) Jane. 82 00:05:02,261 --> 00:05:04,680 Well, it was lovely to talk to you. 83 00:05:04,763 --> 00:05:05,931 Yes. 84 00:05:06,015 --> 00:05:08,851 And I hope you find your equation. 85 00:05:09,852 --> 00:05:11,395 Yes. Oh. 86 00:05:13,439 --> 00:05:14,606 Ah. Bye. 87 00:05:15,941 --> 00:05:17,109 STEPHEN: Bye. 88 00:05:19,987 --> 00:05:21,530 (DOOR CLOSES) 89 00:05:23,907 --> 00:05:25,326 (DOOR OPENS) 90 00:05:27,077 --> 00:05:28,412 Stephen? Oh. 91 00:05:29,246 --> 00:05:30,247 Yeah. 92 00:05:33,751 --> 00:05:35,252 (DOOR CLOSES) 93 00:05:39,214 --> 00:05:41,216 Well, then, here we are. 94 00:05:41,425 --> 00:05:42,718 A little challenge for you all, 95 00:05:42,801 --> 00:05:45,387 as you embark upon your separate doctoral journeys, 96 00:05:45,471 --> 00:05:47,097 whatever they may be, Mr. Hawking. 97 00:05:48,015 --> 00:05:49,016 Pass them down. 98 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:51,935 Something to separate the men from the boys, 99 00:05:52,019 --> 00:05:53,395 the wheat from the chaff, 100 00:05:53,479 --> 00:05:55,105 the mesons from the pi mesons, 101 00:05:55,230 --> 00:05:57,232 the quarks from the quacks. 102 00:05:57,441 --> 00:06:00,861 Ten questions, each more impregnable than the last. 103 00:06:01,362 --> 00:06:03,405 Good luck. You'll need it. 104 00:06:03,530 --> 00:06:05,908 Shall we say Friday, 3:00? (CLEARS THROAT) 105 00:06:06,450 --> 00:06:08,035 This is going to hospitalize me. 106 00:06:11,622 --> 00:06:13,457 And, one. Drive! 107 00:06:13,624 --> 00:06:15,167 Two. Drive! (GRUNTING) 108 00:06:15,626 --> 00:06:17,169 Three. Drive! 109 00:06:17,795 --> 00:06:20,297 Stay long, Brian. BRIAN: I'll give you something long. 110 00:06:20,464 --> 00:06:23,967 Stay long, Brian! Keep long, Brian! 111 00:06:24,259 --> 00:06:25,260 BRIAN: Shut up! 112 00:06:25,636 --> 00:06:27,304 Long, Brian! BRIAN: I'm exhausted! 113 00:06:27,388 --> 00:06:29,139 Stay long, Brian! (YELLS) 114 00:06:29,890 --> 00:06:31,266 (BELL DINGS) 115 00:06:32,309 --> 00:06:33,977 BRIAN: Flip it. Flip it, Wiggs. 116 00:06:34,645 --> 00:06:35,687 (BRIAN LAUGHS) 117 00:06:35,979 --> 00:06:37,940 ELLIS: Somebody else, for once. 118 00:06:38,065 --> 00:06:39,733 Can I get two more of those, please? BARTENDER: Yeah, sure. 119 00:06:40,192 --> 00:06:42,820 And some change for the payphone. Yeah. 120 00:06:53,997 --> 00:06:54,915 Steve, you all right, mate? 121 00:06:54,998 --> 00:06:56,542 DIANA: Jane. 122 00:07:00,796 --> 00:07:03,465 No, of course, Timothy turned out to be an absolute cad. 123 00:07:03,549 --> 00:07:05,509 I mean, you'll never guess who I saw him with the other day. 124 00:07:05,592 --> 00:07:06,635 Caroline! 125 00:07:06,885 --> 00:07:10,222 (LAUGHS) For heaven's sake, she can have him, quite frankly. 126 00:07:12,224 --> 00:07:13,892 What's the probability? 127 00:07:14,435 --> 00:07:16,270 Reasonably low. (CHUCKLES) 128 00:07:17,354 --> 00:07:20,983 Um... This is... This is Stephen. 129 00:07:21,191 --> 00:07:23,193 Do you play croquet? JANE: Croquet? 130 00:07:24,111 --> 00:07:25,696 Not recently. 131 00:07:26,196 --> 00:07:27,865 Sunday morning. 132 00:07:28,282 --> 00:07:29,658 JANE: Actually busy Sunday mornings. 133 00:07:32,786 --> 00:07:33,871 Oh. 134 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:36,415 Him. 135 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:40,878 Okay. 136 00:07:47,551 --> 00:07:51,430 DIANA: (LAUGHING) Anyway, before I was completely interrupted... 137 00:08:02,274 --> 00:08:04,276 Oh, come on, get up. 138 00:08:04,568 --> 00:08:06,403 How many did you get? 139 00:08:07,529 --> 00:08:08,697 Morning, Brian. 140 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:10,657 Good afternoon, Stephen. 141 00:08:11,074 --> 00:08:12,451 How many of the impossible questions did you do? 142 00:08:12,701 --> 00:08:15,162 Brian, I have no idea what you're talking about. 143 00:08:15,287 --> 00:08:17,706 How many of Sciama's questions did you get, Stephen? 144 00:08:17,873 --> 00:08:19,875 None. You didn't get any? 145 00:08:20,876 --> 00:08:21,919 I was going to do them later. 146 00:08:22,002 --> 00:08:23,170 You haven't even looked at them. 147 00:08:23,253 --> 00:08:24,463 No. 148 00:08:24,796 --> 00:08:26,632 Stephen, are you aware that you have voluntarily embarked upon 149 00:08:26,715 --> 00:08:29,468 a PhD in physics, at the most prestigious college in England? 150 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:30,594 Yes. Oh. 151 00:08:30,719 --> 00:08:33,388 I thought maybe you'd slept through the induction or something. 152 00:08:36,433 --> 00:08:37,434 Bri? 153 00:08:38,685 --> 00:08:39,686 What? 154 00:08:39,770 --> 00:08:40,938 Can you whip on some Wagner? 155 00:08:42,064 --> 00:08:43,607 Oh, sod off. 156 00:08:52,407 --> 00:08:54,243 (OPERA MUSIC PLAYING) 157 00:09:01,792 --> 00:09:03,627 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 158 00:09:04,711 --> 00:09:06,129 (SIGHS) 159 00:09:18,308 --> 00:09:19,518 (GROANS) 160 00:09:26,441 --> 00:09:27,985 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 161 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:29,945 Come in, Stephen. Sorry. 162 00:09:31,488 --> 00:09:34,157 Um, Michael, that's so illegible, 163 00:09:34,241 --> 00:09:37,160 I can't quite decipher how wrong it is. I suspect enormously. 164 00:09:37,244 --> 00:09:39,788 And, Brian, that's just baffling. 165 00:09:40,664 --> 00:09:42,040 Have you even bothered, Stephen? 166 00:09:42,291 --> 00:09:44,042 Oh, sorry. Uh... 167 00:09:48,171 --> 00:09:50,507 SCIAMA: Right. Train timetables. 168 00:09:51,008 --> 00:09:52,843 STEPHEN: Ah. (CHUCKLES) 169 00:09:53,176 --> 00:09:55,429 That's,uh, totally unacceptable. 170 00:09:55,512 --> 00:09:56,722 These expired a month ago. 171 00:09:56,805 --> 00:09:59,016 (CHUCKLES) It's on the back, I had a little accident. 172 00:09:59,224 --> 00:10:00,642 Ah. 173 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:06,940 I could only do nine. 174 00:10:10,861 --> 00:10:11,862 SCIAMA: Good Lord. 175 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,073 Oh, thank God. Bravo. 176 00:10:17,367 --> 00:10:18,952 (MOUTHING) Nine? 177 00:10:21,413 --> 00:10:23,040 SCIAMA: Come in. 178 00:10:25,292 --> 00:10:27,336 Ah, Stephen, take a seat. 179 00:10:27,878 --> 00:10:28,962 (DOOR CLOSES) 180 00:10:39,181 --> 00:10:42,059 I wanted to talk to you about your subject. 181 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:46,480 We're all rather concerned as to what it's going to be. 182 00:10:46,772 --> 00:10:48,398 I can't decide. 183 00:10:52,861 --> 00:10:54,529 Do you have any ideas? 184 00:10:56,698 --> 00:10:57,741 No. 185 00:11:15,926 --> 00:11:21,765 So, this is where J.J. Thomson discovered the electron, 186 00:11:22,724 --> 00:11:25,352 and where Rutherford split the atom. 187 00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:32,067 You know, one of the great rewards of this job is one never knows 188 00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:33,985 from where the next great leap forward 189 00:11:34,069 --> 00:11:36,321 is going to come, or from whom. 190 00:11:40,117 --> 00:11:44,538 Listen, next Friday, I'm taking a few graduates of merit to London 191 00:11:44,621 --> 00:11:47,958 to attend a talk by the mathematician Roger Penrose. 192 00:11:48,458 --> 00:11:51,128 Do come along, if you're interested. 193 00:11:55,465 --> 00:11:58,093 Oh, and close the door as you leave. 194 00:12:00,011 --> 00:12:01,430 (DOOR OPENS) 195 00:12:02,305 --> 00:12:03,807 (DOOR CLOSES) 196 00:12:35,380 --> 00:12:37,090 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 197 00:12:44,431 --> 00:12:46,475 So, I gather you've never been to church. 198 00:12:46,683 --> 00:12:48,435 Once upon a time. 199 00:12:48,727 --> 00:12:50,437 Tempted to convert? 200 00:12:50,562 --> 00:12:53,690 I have a slight problem with the whole "celestial dictator" premise. 201 00:12:54,691 --> 00:12:56,610 Now, what are you doing for lunch? 202 00:12:56,735 --> 00:12:58,862 Ma makes a cracking roast. 203 00:13:03,283 --> 00:13:06,536 Ah, so, Jane, what are you studying? (CLEARS THROAT) 204 00:13:07,329 --> 00:13:08,622 Arts. Spuds? 205 00:13:09,039 --> 00:13:10,499 Thank you. 206 00:13:10,665 --> 00:13:12,709 Um, French and Spanish. 207 00:13:12,918 --> 00:13:14,544 I'm hoping to do a PhD eventually. 208 00:13:14,836 --> 00:13:16,129 Oh, what on? 209 00:13:16,213 --> 00:13:18,882 Medieval poetry of the Iberian Peninsula. 210 00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:20,801 FRAN K: Medieval poets? 211 00:13:21,426 --> 00:13:23,053 What painters do you like? 212 00:13:23,220 --> 00:13:25,055 Well, I like Turner. 213 00:13:25,305 --> 00:13:27,224 (CHUCKLES) Mmm. Turner, really? 214 00:13:27,307 --> 00:13:28,892 You know, I always feel that his paintings 215 00:13:28,975 --> 00:13:30,852 look as if they've been left out in the rain. 216 00:13:30,936 --> 00:13:32,062 Oh. STEPHEN: Pa. 217 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:34,439 (PHILIPPA LAUGHS) And William Blake. 218 00:13:34,564 --> 00:13:36,316 FRANK: Thank you, Mother. Oh, good heavens, surely not. 219 00:13:36,566 --> 00:13:38,151 FRANK: Jane, have some of my elderflower wine. (CORK POPS) 220 00:13:38,235 --> 00:13:40,153 Oh, yes, thank you. STEPHEN: Don't touch it. 221 00:13:40,237 --> 00:13:42,989 Don't touch it, Jane. Thank you. Mother? 222 00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:45,283 Stephen doesn't like my home-made wine. 223 00:13:45,575 --> 00:13:46,868 Philistine. 224 00:13:46,910 --> 00:13:49,746 I'm going to send you back with a couple of bottles. (CHUCKLES) 225 00:13:49,871 --> 00:13:53,416 So, Stephen, you have come from church with a good woman. 226 00:13:53,583 --> 00:13:55,126 Are you feeling holier thanthou? 227 00:13:56,086 --> 00:13:58,296 Positively saintly. Thank you. 228 00:13:58,421 --> 00:14:01,424 (CHUCKLES) You haven't said why you don't believe in God. 229 00:14:02,259 --> 00:14:04,719 A physicist can't allow his calculations to be muddled 230 00:14:04,803 --> 00:14:06,805 by a belief in a supernatural creator. 231 00:14:07,097 --> 00:14:10,267 Sounds less of an argument against God than against physicists. 232 00:14:13,103 --> 00:14:14,271 (PHILIPPA LAUGHS) Light or dark? 233 00:14:16,606 --> 00:14:18,775 Jane, light meat or dark? Oh, light, please. 234 00:14:20,944 --> 00:14:22,946 I'm inviting Jane to be my partner to the May Ball. 235 00:14:23,113 --> 00:14:25,198 FRAN KI Really? Ah. 236 00:14:25,282 --> 00:14:26,324 PHILIPPA: Very impressive. 237 00:14:26,449 --> 00:14:28,034 (MOUTHING) ISOBEL: You'll have to dance this year, Stephen. 238 00:14:28,118 --> 00:14:29,286 (PHILIPPA CHUCKLES) 239 00:14:29,369 --> 00:14:31,663 FRANK: Make way for Mother's leg. Here we go. 240 00:14:49,639 --> 00:14:50,932 Hello. 241 00:14:53,476 --> 00:14:54,644 Hello. 242 00:14:58,648 --> 00:15:00,191 (MUSIC PLAYING) 243 00:15:07,282 --> 00:15:10,410 Ooh. Sorry. (CHUCKLES) 244 00:15:10,660 --> 00:15:12,203 You okay? Yeah. 245 00:15:21,922 --> 00:15:23,256 Do you dance, Stephen? No. 246 00:15:23,423 --> 00:15:25,050 (BOTHLAUGH) 247 00:15:25,550 --> 00:15:27,928 No. I don't dance. 248 00:15:28,011 --> 00:15:30,013 It's a phenomenon I'm very happy to observe, 249 00:15:30,096 --> 00:15:32,057 but I can't possibly imagine participating. 250 00:15:32,140 --> 00:15:33,224 I absolutely agree. 251 00:15:33,308 --> 00:15:34,434 I mean, who would want to dance? (CHUCKLES) 252 00:15:34,517 --> 00:15:36,186 No, I'm serious. I don't dance. 253 00:15:39,856 --> 00:15:41,650 No dancing, then. 254 00:15:48,865 --> 00:15:52,285 You see how the men's shirtfronts and their bow ties, 255 00:15:52,369 --> 00:15:53,954 how they glow more than the women's dresses? 256 00:15:54,037 --> 00:15:55,413 JANE: Yes. 257 00:15:55,538 --> 00:15:57,540 Do you know why? (CHUCKLES) Why? 258 00:15:59,167 --> 00:16:00,669 Tide. 259 00:16:00,752 --> 00:16:01,962 The washing powder? 260 00:16:02,045 --> 00:16:04,965 The fluorescence in the washing powder is caught by the UV light. 261 00:16:06,716 --> 00:16:09,135 Why do you know that? (CHUCKLES) 262 00:16:13,598 --> 00:16:17,686 When stars are born, and when they die, 263 00:16:18,561 --> 00:16:20,563 they emit UV radiation. 264 00:16:21,064 --> 00:16:24,317 So if we could see the night sky in the ultraviolet light, 265 00:16:24,401 --> 00:16:27,195 then almost all the stars would disappear 266 00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:30,156 and all that we would see 267 00:16:30,407 --> 00:16:33,618 are these spectacular births and deaths. 268 00:16:36,162 --> 00:16:38,248 I reckon it would look a little... 269 00:16:38,748 --> 00:16:40,458 Like that. 270 00:16:48,258 --> 00:16:49,718 (ALL CHEERING) 271 00:16:49,884 --> 00:16:51,428 (WHOOPING) 272 00:16:57,767 --> 00:16:58,768 Wow! 273 00:16:58,893 --> 00:17:00,937 Oh! Did you see? (LAUGHING) 274 00:17:02,355 --> 00:17:04,149 Like those. Like those ones... 275 00:17:11,489 --> 00:17:13,116 (ALL CHEERING) 276 00:17:13,408 --> 00:17:14,951 (BAND PLAYING) 277 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:17,412 Why? 278 00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:18,788 Why what? 279 00:17:18,872 --> 00:17:20,373 Why Spanish medieval poetry? 280 00:17:20,457 --> 00:17:23,668 I suppose I like to time-travel. 281 00:17:24,586 --> 00:17:25,879 Like you. 282 00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:29,716 Are there any particular time periods that you like to visit? 283 00:17:29,799 --> 00:17:31,634 I imagine the Twenties was fun. 284 00:17:31,718 --> 00:17:33,553 The Roaring Twenties. Mmm. 285 00:17:34,095 --> 00:17:35,305 "Seek, then, 286 00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:38,016 "No learning from starry men, 287 00:17:38,099 --> 00:17:39,809 "Who follow with the optic glass 288 00:17:39,934 --> 00:17:41,644 "The whirling ways of stars that pass" 289 00:17:45,982 --> 00:17:46,983 (CHUCKLES) 290 00:17:47,067 --> 00:17:48,109 Bravo. 291 00:17:53,656 --> 00:17:55,241 (CHUCKLES) 292 00:18:02,499 --> 00:18:04,209 (BAND PLAYING) 293 00:18:14,469 --> 00:18:16,304 Well, that's astonishing, isn't it? 294 00:18:16,513 --> 00:18:17,931 (JANE SIGHS) 295 00:18:21,351 --> 00:18:27,315 "In the beginning was the Heaven and the Earth. 296 00:18:30,026 --> 00:18:32,362 "And the Earth was without form, 297 00:18:34,447 --> 00:18:35,990 "and darkness 298 00:18:36,491 --> 00:18:38,910 "was upon the face of the deep." 299 00:18:52,006 --> 00:18:53,967 Will you dance with me? 300 00:18:55,552 --> 00:18:57,303 (BAND PLAYING) 301 00:19:52,442 --> 00:19:52,525 MAN: (OVER PA) The train now departing from platform three is 302 00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:55,528 MAN: (OVER PA) The train now departing from platform three is 303 00:19:55,904 --> 00:19:59,490 the nine-seventeen service to London King's Cross. 304 00:20:05,288 --> 00:20:06,831 (TRAIN HORN HOOTING) 305 00:20:06,915 --> 00:20:10,043 Come on, Stephen. Get a move on. 306 00:20:10,335 --> 00:20:12,629 What's wrong with you, man? Chop-chop. 307 00:20:19,802 --> 00:20:21,721 (TRAIN HORN HOOTING) 308 00:20:27,352 --> 00:20:30,855 A star, more than three times the size of our sun, 309 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:33,149 ought to end its life how? 310 00:20:33,983 --> 00:20:35,360 With a collapse. 311 00:20:35,985 --> 00:20:38,321 The gravitational forces of the entire mass 312 00:20:38,404 --> 00:20:41,658 overcoming the electromagnetic forces of individual atoms, 313 00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:43,785 and so collapsing inwards. 314 00:20:44,285 --> 00:20:45,745 If the star is massive enough, 315 00:20:45,828 --> 00:20:47,413 it will continue this collapse, 316 00:20:47,497 --> 00:20:49,499 creating a black hole, 317 00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:53,628 where the warping of space-time is so great that nothing can escape. 318 00:20:53,795 --> 00:20:55,213 Not even light. 319 00:20:55,338 --> 00:20:58,341 It gets smaller. 320 00:21:00,009 --> 00:21:01,344 Smaller. 321 00:21:01,427 --> 00:21:03,763 The star, in fact, gets denser, 322 00:21:03,846 --> 00:21:06,349 as atoms, even subatomic particles, 323 00:21:06,432 --> 00:21:10,186 get literally crushed into smaller and smaller space. 324 00:21:12,188 --> 00:21:15,858 And at its end point, what are we left with? 325 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:19,821 A space-time singularity. 326 00:21:21,281 --> 00:21:24,284 Space and time come to a stop. 327 00:21:35,211 --> 00:21:36,713 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 328 00:21:52,270 --> 00:21:55,231 I wonder what would happen if you applied Penrose's theory about black holes 329 00:21:55,315 --> 00:21:57,317 to the entire universe. 330 00:21:58,067 --> 00:22:01,112 If Einstein is right, or if general relativity is correct, 331 00:22:01,195 --> 00:22:03,281 then the universe is expanding, yes? 332 00:22:03,364 --> 00:22:04,782 Yes. Okay. 333 00:22:04,866 --> 00:22:08,286 So, if you reverse time, then the universe is getting smaller. 334 00:22:08,369 --> 00:22:10,371 All right. 335 00:22:10,455 --> 00:22:14,625 So, what if I reverse the process all the way back, 336 00:22:14,709 --> 00:22:17,795 to see what happened at the beginning of time itself? 337 00:22:17,879 --> 00:22:19,964 At the beginning of time itself? Yes. 338 00:22:20,089 --> 00:22:23,009 So the universe, getting smaller and smaller, 339 00:22:23,092 --> 00:22:25,428 getting denser and denser, hotter and hotter as we... 340 00:22:25,511 --> 00:22:26,929 You mean wind back the clock? 341 00:22:27,764 --> 00:22:29,265 Exactly. Wind back the clock. 342 00:22:29,349 --> 00:22:31,017 Wind back the clock. (CHUCKLES) 343 00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:32,852 Is that what you're doing? (CHUCKLING) 344 00:22:33,394 --> 00:22:35,480 Are you winding back the clock? That is what I'm doing. 345 00:22:36,105 --> 00:22:37,440 STEPHEN: Well, keep winding. 346 00:22:37,523 --> 00:22:40,151 And you've got quite a long way to go. Keep winding. 347 00:22:40,276 --> 00:22:41,319 JANE: I don't want to fall in. 348 00:22:41,402 --> 00:22:42,612 You've got to get back to the beginning of time. 349 00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:44,697 You've got a long way to go. Keep winding. 350 00:22:44,822 --> 00:22:47,450 Keep winding until you get... 351 00:22:49,327 --> 00:22:51,204 A singularity? A space-time singularity. 352 00:22:51,287 --> 00:22:53,998 So, the universe born from a black hole exploding. 353 00:22:54,123 --> 00:22:56,459 Keep going. What do you mean, "Keep going"? 354 00:22:57,126 --> 00:22:58,669 Before the universe began? 355 00:22:58,753 --> 00:23:01,631 No,no,no,no. Keep going, develop the mathematics. 356 00:24:04,068 --> 00:24:05,653 (FLATLINING) 357 00:24:05,862 --> 00:24:07,280 (INAUDIBLE) 358 00:24:19,542 --> 00:24:20,877 (COT SQUEAKING) 359 00:24:45,526 --> 00:24:47,737 DOCTOR: Okay, all right, very good. 360 00:24:48,279 --> 00:24:50,656 Push it as hard as you can. Push it. 361 00:24:50,865 --> 00:24:52,700 Push it. As hard as you can. 362 00:24:52,783 --> 00:24:54,243 STEPHEN: lam pushing as hard as I can. 363 00:24:56,037 --> 00:24:59,582 Why... Come on. One, two... 364 00:25:02,585 --> 00:25:04,128 Why won't it... 365 00:25:04,795 --> 00:25:06,589 All right, all right. 366 00:25:07,632 --> 00:25:09,759 Fourth finger, fourth peg. 367 00:25:44,669 --> 00:25:47,463 DOCTOR: It's called motor neuron disease. 368 00:25:51,509 --> 00:25:54,053 It's a progressive neurological disorder 369 00:25:54,136 --> 00:25:55,888 that destroys the cells in the brain 370 00:25:55,972 --> 00:25:58,266 that control essential muscle activity, 371 00:25:58,683 --> 00:26:01,060 such as speaking, 372 00:26:01,269 --> 00:26:02,979 walking... (INHALES DEEPLY) 373 00:26:03,104 --> 00:26:05,648 ...breathing, swallowing. 374 00:26:06,983 --> 00:26:11,487 The signals that muscles must receive in order to move are disrupted. 375 00:26:12,780 --> 00:26:15,741 The result is gradual muscle decay. 376 00:26:17,326 --> 00:26:18,911 Wasting away. 377 00:26:20,621 --> 00:26:25,835 Eventually, the ability to control voluntary movement is lost. 378 00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:28,713 Entirely. 379 00:26:32,717 --> 00:26:35,928 I'm afraid average life expectancy is two years. 380 00:26:40,349 --> 00:26:42,893 There's nothing I can do for you. 381 00:26:45,479 --> 00:26:47,356 What about the brain? 382 00:26:49,108 --> 00:26:51,027 The brain isn't affected. 383 00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:54,822 Your thoughts won't change, it's just that... 384 00:26:58,159 --> 00:27:01,245 Well, eventually, no one will know what they are. 385 00:27:04,874 --> 00:27:06,876 I'm ever so sorry. 386 00:27:27,563 --> 00:27:29,357 (BELL TOLLING) 387 00:27:33,110 --> 00:27:34,612 MAN: Hello, Brian. 388 00:27:41,911 --> 00:27:44,080 (OPERA MUSIC PLAYING) (KNOCK ON DOOR) 389 00:27:54,423 --> 00:27:55,424 (MUSIC TURNS OFF) 390 00:27:57,093 --> 00:28:00,179 Welcome to this week's episode of The Natural World, 391 00:28:00,262 --> 00:28:04,058 where this week we explore the bizarre hibernation patterns 392 00:28:04,433 --> 00:28:06,727 of the rare Cambridge physicist 393 00:28:07,061 --> 00:28:09,814 seen here in his remarkable plumage. 394 00:28:12,483 --> 00:28:15,611 So how was it? What did they say? How's your wrist? 395 00:28:16,112 --> 00:28:17,988 I have a disease, Bri. 396 00:28:19,782 --> 00:28:22,451 Is it venereal, Stephen? 397 00:28:22,535 --> 00:28:23,619 (CHUCKLES) 398 00:28:25,663 --> 00:28:27,665 I have motor neuron disease. 399 00:28:30,209 --> 00:28:31,335 (STUTTERS) Sorry, I don't... 400 00:28:31,419 --> 00:28:34,213 It's Lou Gehrig's disease. He was a baseball player. 401 00:28:34,296 --> 00:28:37,925 Sorry, I'm lagging behind in my pioneering research into 402 00:28:38,008 --> 00:28:41,137 obscure, motor, baseball-related diseases. (CHUCKLES) 403 00:28:43,264 --> 00:28:45,015 I have two years to live. 404 00:28:46,642 --> 00:28:47,893 Sorry? 405 00:28:49,186 --> 00:28:51,814 It does sound odd when you say it out loud, doesn't it? 406 00:28:54,150 --> 00:28:56,193 You... What do you mean? 407 00:28:57,695 --> 00:28:59,488 No, you don't. 408 00:29:00,656 --> 00:29:02,324 (STAMMERING) What did they say? 409 00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:04,660 Sorry, I don't really, um... 410 00:29:07,830 --> 00:29:08,831 Will you go, Bri? 411 00:29:09,206 --> 00:29:10,708 Stephen, sorry, I was just being a berk. 412 00:29:10,791 --> 00:29:12,877 (STAMMERING) No, it's not... 413 00:29:13,502 --> 00:29:14,879 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 414 00:29:15,171 --> 00:29:16,422 Will you 90'? 415 00:29:16,505 --> 00:29:17,673 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 416 00:29:17,757 --> 00:29:20,176 Stephen, phone for you. 417 00:29:20,843 --> 00:29:22,303 It's a girl. 418 00:29:31,187 --> 00:29:32,188 Um... 419 00:29:32,313 --> 00:29:34,190 I'll... I'll... Um... 420 00:29:35,441 --> 00:29:37,193 I'll see you soon. I'll... 421 00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:39,403 Yes. 422 00:29:50,915 --> 00:29:52,541 She's waiting. 423 00:30:00,549 --> 00:30:01,884 (DIAL TONE) 424 00:30:02,384 --> 00:30:03,594 Stephen? 425 00:30:12,061 --> 00:30:13,729 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 426 00:30:42,925 --> 00:30:45,177 Nobody's seen him for a while. 427 00:30:45,261 --> 00:30:46,929 I suppose, you know... 428 00:30:51,475 --> 00:30:53,310 Jane.Jane. 429 00:30:53,477 --> 00:30:56,939 Bflan,heHo. Sorry. Um... 430 00:30:57,773 --> 00:31:00,442 Why don't you... Why don't you sit down? 431 00:31:05,406 --> 00:31:06,740 I'm so sorry. 432 00:31:06,824 --> 00:31:10,452 I spoke to Stephen, uh, yesterday, 433 00:31:10,953 --> 00:31:12,746 and I know that you called him... 434 00:31:12,830 --> 00:31:14,582 (CONTINUES TALKING) 435 00:31:25,634 --> 00:31:26,886 (TV PLAYING) 436 00:31:51,118 --> 00:31:52,995 Something educational? 437 00:31:55,205 --> 00:31:56,373 Very. 438 00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:01,503 John is having an affair with Martha. But... 439 00:32:02,338 --> 00:32:03,756 Martha is in love with Alan, 440 00:32:03,839 --> 00:32:06,675 and I think that Alan is probably a homosexual by the look of his jumper. 441 00:32:06,759 --> 00:32:08,218 So... 442 00:32:08,594 --> 00:32:13,182 Well, I'm just trying to work out the mathematical probability of happiness. 443 00:32:13,682 --> 00:32:14,975 Are you close? 444 00:32:15,184 --> 00:32:18,687 Some integer of zero, but no, not quite there yet. 445 00:32:22,399 --> 00:32:23,525 Stephen. 446 00:32:24,193 --> 00:32:26,862 You just missed him, he was here earlier. 447 00:32:29,823 --> 00:32:31,158 JANE: Don't do this. 448 00:32:36,455 --> 00:32:37,873 Go. 449 00:32:42,544 --> 00:32:44,129 Croquet. 450 00:32:45,756 --> 00:32:47,549 Play a game with me. 451 00:32:48,759 --> 00:32:50,052 Go. 452 00:32:54,890 --> 00:32:57,851 If you don't get up and play a game with me, 453 00:32:58,227 --> 00:33:00,562 I won't come back here again. 454 00:33:04,692 --> 00:33:05,985 Even 455 00:33:19,415 --> 00:33:20,749 Come on. 456 00:34:05,461 --> 00:34:06,670 (JANE SOBBING) 457 00:34:50,172 --> 00:34:51,715 Leave me now. 458 00:34:52,257 --> 00:34:53,467 Are you going to talk about this or not? 459 00:34:53,550 --> 00:34:55,177 Will you just 90'? 460 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:57,763 Is that what you want? Yes, it is what I want. 461 00:34:57,846 --> 00:35:00,682 So, please, if you care about me at all, then pleasejust go. 462 00:35:01,058 --> 00:35:03,018 I can't. I have two years to live. 463 00:35:03,102 --> 00:35:05,104 I need to work. I love you. 464 00:35:09,691 --> 00:35:12,861 (STUTTERING) That's a false conclusion. 465 00:35:13,987 --> 00:35:15,906 I want us to be together for as long as we've got, 466 00:35:15,989 --> 00:35:18,700 and if that's not very long, well, then that's just how it is. 467 00:35:19,409 --> 00:35:22,162 It'll have to do. You don't know what's coming. 468 00:35:22,246 --> 00:35:24,206 It'll affect everything. 469 00:35:31,922 --> 00:35:33,257 (EXHALES) 470 00:35:41,515 --> 00:35:43,809 Your glasses are always dirty. 471 00:35:57,906 --> 00:35:59,366 (CHUCKLES) 472 00:36:01,702 --> 00:36:03,078 There. 473 00:36:04,746 --> 00:36:06,665 That's better, isn't it? 474 00:36:07,583 --> 00:36:08,917 Yes. 475 00:36:11,837 --> 00:36:13,380 Yes, it is. 476 00:36:20,053 --> 00:36:23,515 SCIAMA: Now the solutions to the Schrodinger equation 477 00:36:23,599 --> 00:36:27,603 must vanish at the boundary of the box, and so we have... 478 00:36:29,271 --> 00:36:30,731 Time. 479 00:36:31,815 --> 00:36:33,984 Oh, time, that's your subject? 480 00:36:36,403 --> 00:36:38,447 Any aspect in particular? 481 00:36:38,822 --> 00:36:40,032 Time. 482 00:36:42,284 --> 00:36:44,453 Come in, come in. (CHUCKLING) 483 00:36:46,914 --> 00:36:48,498 (CLEARS TH ROAT) 484 00:36:52,961 --> 00:36:55,047 (CLEARS THROAT) I... 485 00:36:55,631 --> 00:36:59,968 I don't think you realize what lies ahead, Jane. 486 00:37:01,303 --> 00:37:03,972 His life is going to be very short. 487 00:37:05,140 --> 00:37:08,143 So, be careful. 488 00:37:10,479 --> 00:37:13,106 The weight of science is against you, 489 00:37:14,149 --> 00:37:17,861 and this will not be a fight, Jane. 490 00:37:20,489 --> 00:37:24,034 This is going to be a very heavy defeat. 491 00:37:28,497 --> 00:37:30,082 For all of us. 492 00:37:35,003 --> 00:37:37,339 I know what you all think. That... 493 00:37:39,841 --> 00:37:43,303 That I don't look like a terribly strong person. 494 00:37:46,848 --> 00:37:48,475 But I love him, 495 00:37:50,727 --> 00:37:53,480 and he loves me. 496 00:37:56,191 --> 00:37:59,194 We're going to fight this illness together. 497 00:38:03,699 --> 00:38:05,033 All of us. 498 00:38:06,868 --> 00:38:08,412 (INAUDIBLE) 499 00:38:55,584 --> 00:38:57,044 (INAUDIBLE) 500 00:39:13,226 --> 00:39:14,644 (GRUNTING) 501 00:39:17,356 --> 00:39:19,149 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 502 00:39:24,446 --> 00:39:26,448 Two, three... 503 00:39:26,865 --> 00:39:28,450 (BOTH GRUNTING) 504 00:39:31,244 --> 00:39:32,621 Good luck. (CHUCKLES) 505 00:39:33,497 --> 00:39:35,624 Morning, Stephen. Morning, Professor. 506 00:39:46,134 --> 00:39:47,302 SCIAMA: I know, I know. 507 00:39:47,386 --> 00:39:49,137 THORNE: it could be a little bit more elegant. 508 00:39:49,262 --> 00:39:50,555 SCIAMAI Yes, but I... 509 00:39:54,684 --> 00:39:55,936 (KNOCKING) 510 00:39:56,103 --> 00:39:57,729 Come in, Stephen. 511 00:39:58,271 --> 00:40:00,190 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 512 00:40:05,987 --> 00:40:08,698 SCIAMA: I know it's something we were all worried about initially, 513 00:40:08,782 --> 00:40:10,534 but I... I knew, Roger... 514 00:40:10,617 --> 00:40:12,744 You had some reservations about it in the early days. 515 00:40:12,953 --> 00:40:14,246 Yes, but it's not uncommon in any theory. 516 00:40:14,329 --> 00:40:15,455 Yes. 517 00:40:15,539 --> 00:40:17,791 Absolutely. Very well, very well. We'll see. 518 00:40:18,667 --> 00:40:20,377 SCIAMA: Welcome, Stephen. Morning. 519 00:40:20,794 --> 00:40:22,671 Would you like to take a seat? 520 00:40:23,046 --> 00:40:24,214 No, I'm fine. Thank you. 521 00:40:24,297 --> 00:40:25,674 SCIAMA: You're sure? Yeah. 522 00:40:26,842 --> 00:40:29,386 So, Stephen, in summary, um, 523 00:40:29,469 --> 00:40:32,139 as we know, chapter one, full of holes, uh, 524 00:40:33,473 --> 00:40:35,642 lacks mathematical support. 525 00:40:35,892 --> 00:40:39,521 Professor Thorne? Chapter two, not really original. 526 00:40:39,813 --> 00:40:41,481 Uses a lot of Roger's ideas. 527 00:40:41,815 --> 00:40:43,984 Well, at least you run with them. 528 00:40:44,693 --> 00:40:48,071 Uh, chapter three, too many unanswered questions. 529 00:40:48,238 --> 00:40:49,281 SCIAMA: I agree. 530 00:40:49,364 --> 00:40:51,908 And then, of course, we have chapter four. 531 00:40:51,992 --> 00:40:54,828 This black hole at the beginning of time. 532 00:40:55,245 --> 00:40:57,456 Space-time singularity. Indeed. 533 00:40:58,707 --> 00:41:01,918 It's brilliant. Brilliant, Stephen. 534 00:41:02,711 --> 00:41:04,087 Superb. 535 00:41:04,379 --> 00:41:07,132 Therefore, all there is to say is well done. 536 00:41:07,674 --> 00:41:09,426 Or perhaps I should say, to be more precise, 537 00:41:09,509 --> 00:41:11,219 well done, Doctor. 538 00:41:11,386 --> 00:41:12,762 PENROSE: Bravo, Stephen. 539 00:41:12,846 --> 00:41:15,640 SCIAMA: An extraordinary theory. (CHUCKLES) 540 00:41:16,183 --> 00:41:17,893 (CHUCKLES) Thank you. 541 00:41:21,396 --> 00:41:22,731 So, what next? 542 00:41:23,231 --> 00:41:24,566 Prove it. 543 00:41:25,650 --> 00:41:29,112 To prove with a single equation 544 00:41:29,196 --> 00:41:31,406 that time has a beginning. 545 00:41:35,035 --> 00:41:37,412 Wouldn't that be nice, Professor? 546 00:41:39,247 --> 00:41:44,044 The one simple, elegant equation 547 00:41:46,838 --> 00:41:48,757 to explain everything. 548 00:41:49,716 --> 00:41:51,259 Yes, it would. 549 00:41:52,344 --> 00:41:54,054 It would indeed. 550 00:41:55,096 --> 00:41:56,556 Thank you. 551 00:42:14,115 --> 00:42:17,619 JANE: To the esteemed and formidable 552 00:42:18,203 --> 00:42:19,538 Doctor... Who? 553 00:42:19,621 --> 00:42:20,622 (ALL LAUGHING) 554 00:42:22,457 --> 00:42:24,626 Doctor Stephen Hawking. 555 00:42:24,918 --> 00:42:26,962 ALL: Doctor Stephen Hawking. 556 00:42:28,922 --> 00:42:30,507 Thank you. 557 00:42:31,633 --> 00:42:33,718 It is astonishing he's the first person to receive his doctorate 558 00:42:33,802 --> 00:42:35,220 bearing in mind how little work he's been doing. 559 00:42:35,303 --> 00:42:37,055 (ALL LAUGHING) 560 00:42:37,138 --> 00:42:39,182 BRIAN: Work was the worst four-letter word for Stephen. 561 00:42:39,266 --> 00:42:42,185 At Oxford especially, he averaged an hour. 562 00:42:42,352 --> 00:42:44,479 An hour a day, he averaged. 563 00:42:44,729 --> 00:42:46,606 And now, here he is, the esteemed man. 564 00:42:46,690 --> 00:42:48,233 Astonishing levels of sloth. 565 00:42:48,316 --> 00:42:49,901 CARTER: I've got... On the theme of sloth, Brian, 566 00:42:49,985 --> 00:42:52,571 how many of your lectures have I covered in the last six months? 567 00:42:52,654 --> 00:42:55,323 When you've been doing research trips up to the Lake District. 568 00:42:55,407 --> 00:42:57,158 BRIAN: Absolutely, completely... ELLIS: So have I! 569 00:42:57,242 --> 00:42:58,368 CARTER: How many? BRIAN: Four. 570 00:42:58,451 --> 00:43:00,245 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 571 00:43:24,936 --> 00:43:27,188 Everything all right? All good. (CHUCKLES) 572 00:43:27,689 --> 00:43:28,857 I'm fine. 573 00:43:29,065 --> 00:43:30,567 (ALL LAUGHING) 574 00:43:45,081 --> 00:43:46,666 (LAUGHING) What can you do? 575 00:43:46,750 --> 00:43:47,792 Would you like kartoffel? 576 00:43:47,876 --> 00:43:49,878 Oh, please. (CHUCKLES) 577 00:43:50,128 --> 00:43:51,796 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 578 00:43:55,550 --> 00:43:57,427 ELLIS: Business or pleasure? JANE: Ah, for pleasure. 579 00:43:57,510 --> 00:43:58,511 (ALL LAUGHING) 580 00:44:00,138 --> 00:44:01,556 (GRUNTING) 581 00:44:11,858 --> 00:44:13,318 (PANTING) 582 00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:18,490 (GRUNTS) 583 00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:21,618 Hey, Robbie. 584 00:44:21,785 --> 00:44:23,078 (PANTING) 585 00:44:25,580 --> 00:44:27,290 It's okay, Robbie. 586 00:44:30,085 --> 00:44:31,461 (GRUNTING) 587 00:44:32,462 --> 00:44:34,297 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 588 00:44:42,097 --> 00:44:43,098 (SNIFFLES) 589 00:44:48,103 --> 00:44:49,437 (SLURP5) 590 00:45:34,566 --> 00:45:36,192 (CUTLERY CLATTERING) 591 00:45:45,577 --> 00:45:46,619 (SIGHS) 592 00:45:57,172 --> 00:45:58,923 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 593 00:46:12,729 --> 00:46:14,063 (SIGHS) 594 00:46:16,691 --> 00:46:18,151 This 595 00:46:19,569 --> 00:46:22,906 is temporary. 596 00:46:26,451 --> 00:46:27,952 Of course. 597 00:46:33,041 --> 00:46:34,042 (CHUCKLES) 598 00:46:34,793 --> 00:46:37,378 Well, it's convenient for breakfast. 599 00:46:37,962 --> 00:46:38,963 (LAUGHS) 600 00:46:50,433 --> 00:46:51,976 Thank you. 601 00:46:54,521 --> 00:46:57,398 (INHALES SHARPLY) Sorry, did you say something? 602 00:47:00,610 --> 00:47:02,445 Isaid... 603 00:47:06,074 --> 00:47:07,534 Yes? 604 00:47:10,036 --> 00:47:11,538 ...thank you. 605 00:47:41,943 --> 00:47:43,653 (WHISPERING) There we go, Lucy. 606 00:47:43,736 --> 00:47:45,280 (Booms) 607 00:47:52,412 --> 00:47:54,038 There we go. 608 00:47:54,664 --> 00:47:56,165 (MUMBLING) 609 00:47:56,457 --> 00:47:57,959 There we go. 610 00:47:59,043 --> 00:48:00,795 Have you got her? 611 00:48:02,088 --> 00:48:03,798 She looks like you. 612 00:48:04,966 --> 00:48:06,718 (STEPHEN CHUCKLING) 613 00:48:07,969 --> 00:48:09,929 (GRUNTS) JANE: Oh, no. 614 00:48:11,055 --> 00:48:13,474 (LUCY CRYING) Oh, wait. Go, Jane. 615 00:48:13,808 --> 00:48:15,059 (CHUCKLES) 616 00:48:15,143 --> 00:48:16,978 I'll be one second. 617 00:48:18,062 --> 00:48:20,815 Luce! Lucy. 618 00:48:27,488 --> 00:48:29,574 (LAUGHING) 619 00:48:33,202 --> 00:48:34,621 Jane? 620 00:49:03,358 --> 00:49:06,027 JANE: Oh, Stephen. Oh. Hello... 621 00:49:07,195 --> 00:49:08,196 (CHUCKLES) 622 00:49:08,279 --> 00:49:09,656 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 623 00:49:09,739 --> 00:49:11,491 I've got an idea. 624 00:49:14,202 --> 00:49:16,037 (CHUCKLES) Jane“. 625 00:49:16,955 --> 00:49:18,665 Jane, I've had an idea. 626 00:49:29,968 --> 00:49:31,469 Hello. Hello, Dennis. 627 00:49:31,552 --> 00:49:33,221 Hello, Dennis. How are you? 628 00:49:35,264 --> 00:49:37,308 Okay. Good luck. 629 00:49:37,392 --> 00:49:39,811 SCIAMA: He'll be fine. He'll be fine. 630 00:49:41,562 --> 00:49:42,522 Oops. Sorry. 631 00:49:42,605 --> 00:49:43,898 No problem. 632 00:49:45,566 --> 00:49:46,943 (DOOR CLOSES) 633 00:49:52,073 --> 00:49:54,283 Allowing us to predict 634 00:49:56,077 --> 00:50:01,833 that some particles can, in fact, escape a black hole. 635 00:50:02,875 --> 00:50:08,256 So, black holes are not, in fact, black at all, 636 00:50:09,507 --> 00:50:13,886 but glow with heat radiation. 637 00:50:16,431 --> 00:50:19,434 The steady emission of heat energy 638 00:50:20,268 --> 00:50:24,188 causes the black holes to lose mass 639 00:50:25,815 --> 00:50:32,572 and eventually they disappear in a spectacular explosion. 640 00:50:33,114 --> 00:50:35,825 It's very, very simple, in the way that a body loses heat. 641 00:50:35,950 --> 00:50:38,703 Second law of thermodynamics. BRIAN: Right, it's thermodynamics. 642 00:50:38,786 --> 00:50:39,787 (STUTTERING) 643 00:50:40,663 --> 00:50:42,373 If we can imagine that a black hole 644 00:50:42,457 --> 00:50:44,208 is, indeed, losing particles 645 00:50:44,292 --> 00:50:47,336 and over time, will diminish in size, it will evaporate, it will... 646 00:50:47,670 --> 00:50:49,005 Disappear. 647 00:50:51,424 --> 00:50:52,425 So 648 00:50:57,138 --> 00:50:58,389 first 649 00:50:58,806 --> 00:51:03,853 a star vanishes into a black hole. 650 00:51:05,313 --> 00:51:06,981 And then 651 00:51:07,774 --> 00:51:10,151 the black hole itself 652 00:51:12,111 --> 00:51:13,321 vanishes. 653 00:51:13,863 --> 00:51:15,156 Gone, nothing. 654 00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:17,492 From nothing to nothing! 655 00:51:17,617 --> 00:51:18,993 You owe me another beer. 656 00:51:19,577 --> 00:51:21,746 I have just shown you that our friend has proven 657 00:51:21,829 --> 00:51:23,956 that time, indeed, has a beginning. 658 00:51:24,457 --> 00:51:26,501 Not only that, how the universe was born, 659 00:51:26,751 --> 00:51:28,169 and... How it will end. 660 00:51:28,336 --> 00:51:29,462 Bang! 661 00:51:31,297 --> 00:51:32,298 Crunch! 662 00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:37,470 It's, uh, beautiful, it's racy, it's... 663 00:51:37,678 --> 00:51:38,846 Complete nonsense! 664 00:51:40,264 --> 00:51:41,849 It's preposterous! 665 00:51:44,018 --> 00:51:46,896 Was it something I said, Professor? 666 00:51:48,898 --> 00:51:50,358 Uh, excuse me. 667 00:51:53,027 --> 00:51:56,489 (DOOR SLAMS) My name is Professor Khalatnikov 668 00:51:57,156 --> 00:51:59,117 from the Soviet Academy of Science. 669 00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:00,409 As you know, 670 00:52:00,493 --> 00:52:04,205 my field is evolution of the hot universe, 671 00:52:04,288 --> 00:52:08,000 the properties of the microwave background radiation 672 00:52:08,084 --> 00:52:10,378 and the theory of black holes. 673 00:52:11,337 --> 00:52:12,880 To be honest, 674 00:52:13,631 --> 00:52:15,383 I came here today 675 00:52:16,217 --> 00:52:19,053 expecting to hear a lot of nonsense. 676 00:52:20,721 --> 00:52:22,390 I go home disappointed. 677 00:52:23,182 --> 00:52:25,143 The little one here 678 00:52:26,310 --> 00:52:27,520 has done it! 679 00:52:27,603 --> 00:52:28,813 (MURMURING) 680 00:52:28,896 --> 00:52:30,231 He has done it! 681 00:52:31,190 --> 00:52:33,109 (ALL APPLAUDING) 682 00:52:38,739 --> 00:52:41,492 It is a pleasure to meet you, Professor. 683 00:52:41,576 --> 00:52:42,994 Entirely my pleasure. 684 00:52:43,077 --> 00:52:44,245 My pleasure. 685 00:52:45,913 --> 00:52:47,206 STEPHEN; Thank you. 686 00:52:47,290 --> 00:52:48,583 PROFESSOR: Well done, Stephen. 687 00:52:49,292 --> 00:52:52,253 STEPHEN: Well, that went pretty well, all things considered. 688 00:52:52,587 --> 00:52:54,005 SCIAMA: I was worried for a while. 689 00:52:55,173 --> 00:52:57,383 (LAUGHING) 690 00:52:58,050 --> 00:52:59,719 Hawking radiation! 691 00:52:59,802 --> 00:53:01,554 The little one has done it! 692 00:53:01,637 --> 00:53:03,264 (LAUGHING) The little one has done it! 693 00:53:03,347 --> 00:53:04,682 (INDISTINCT YELLING) 694 00:53:04,765 --> 00:53:07,101 Hey, come on, genius! BRIAN: Oh, very funny! 695 00:53:08,853 --> 00:53:10,354 (CHUCKUNG) 696 00:53:10,438 --> 00:53:11,939 You've had enough of that, old man. 697 00:53:12,440 --> 00:53:13,816 Oh, uh... Come on, codger. 698 00:53:14,483 --> 00:53:16,194 One, two, 699 00:53:16,277 --> 00:53:17,403 three! 700 00:53:17,486 --> 00:53:19,280 (GROANING) 701 00:53:19,405 --> 00:53:22,200 My God! How does Jane manage? (GRUNTING) 702 00:53:25,494 --> 00:53:27,163 Stephen, 703 00:53:27,246 --> 00:53:29,957 your motor-mouth disease, does it affect, um... 704 00:53:31,042 --> 00:53:32,168 What? 705 00:53:33,085 --> 00:53:34,629 Uh, everything? 706 00:53:35,796 --> 00:53:37,298 What? No. 707 00:53:37,381 --> 00:53:38,966 Different system. 708 00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:42,386 (CHUCKLING) Automatic. Are you serious? 709 00:53:43,679 --> 00:53:45,723 Well, that's pretty wonderful, isn't it? 710 00:53:46,307 --> 00:53:48,267 Well, it certainly explains a lot about men. 711 00:53:48,351 --> 00:53:49,852 (BOTH LAUGHING) 712 00:53:50,478 --> 00:53:51,479 STEPHEN: Hurry up! 713 00:53:52,563 --> 00:53:54,482 (CHUCKLING) Come on! 714 00:53:55,316 --> 00:53:56,651 (GROANING) 715 00:53:59,403 --> 00:54:00,947 (CHUCKUNG) 716 00:54:02,949 --> 00:54:04,617 Please. (BRIAN LAUGHING) 717 00:54:27,556 --> 00:54:29,308 What is it? 718 00:54:29,392 --> 00:54:31,060 It's a surprise. 719 00:54:33,020 --> 00:54:34,021 Right. 720 00:54:35,022 --> 00:54:36,274 Keep them closed. (CHUCKLING) 721 00:54:37,692 --> 00:54:38,859 JANE: Ta-da! 722 00:54:39,527 --> 00:54:41,237 (CHUCKLING) Look, Daddy, look! 723 00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:43,823 JANE: That is an electric wheelchair. 724 00:54:44,615 --> 00:54:46,284 If you don't like it, we can take it back. 725 00:55:10,099 --> 00:55:13,019 SCIAMA: I don't understand. You've spent years 726 00:55:13,394 --> 00:55:16,689 assuming black holes exist and you believe 727 00:55:16,772 --> 00:55:18,983 Cygnus X-1 could well turn out to be 728 00:55:19,066 --> 00:55:21,986 the first black hole that we can actually observe. 729 00:55:22,069 --> 00:55:24,447 And yet, you've bet Kip Thorne it's not a black hole. 730 00:55:24,530 --> 00:55:25,823 Yes. 731 00:55:25,906 --> 00:55:27,158 What did you bet him? 732 00:55:27,241 --> 00:55:30,911 A one-year subscription to a magazine. 733 00:55:31,746 --> 00:55:34,415 Which magazine? Nature? No. 734 00:55:35,082 --> 00:55:36,292 Penthouse. 735 00:55:36,917 --> 00:55:40,087 Penthouse? (CHUCKLING) (CHUCKLING) Yes. 736 00:55:40,171 --> 00:55:41,589 Gonna get you! 737 00:55:41,672 --> 00:55:43,632 (STEPHEN GROANING) (ROBERT CHUCKLING) 738 00:55:44,925 --> 00:55:47,053 ROBERT: Daddy, look out! Let's get Mummy! 739 00:55:47,678 --> 00:55:50,097 STEPHEN: Come on... 740 00:55:50,264 --> 00:55:51,724 ROBERT: Gonna get you. 741 00:55:52,391 --> 00:55:53,434 Mummy, Mummy! 742 00:55:53,809 --> 00:55:55,436 Come and look! 743 00:55:55,519 --> 00:55:57,229 (CLATTERING AND CLANKING) 744 00:55:58,439 --> 00:56:00,441 We're gonna get you. 745 00:56:00,941 --> 00:56:02,276 STEPHEN: Come on. 746 00:56:04,445 --> 00:56:06,280 (CLATTERING AND BANGING) 747 00:56:07,490 --> 00:56:11,077 ROBERT AND LUCY: (CHANTING) Holiday! Holiday! Holiday... 748 00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:12,995 STEPHEN: (CHANTING) Holiday! Holiday... 749 00:56:22,338 --> 00:56:23,381 FRANK: Hello! 750 00:56:23,464 --> 00:56:24,840 Hello! Hello. 751 00:56:24,924 --> 00:56:26,801 There you are. Hello, Pa! 752 00:56:26,884 --> 00:56:28,135 Isn't it marvelous? (GRUNTING) 753 00:56:28,594 --> 00:56:29,970 What about these steps, Frank? FRANK: Lucy! 754 00:56:30,054 --> 00:56:31,472 Steps are nothing, Jane. 755 00:56:31,555 --> 00:56:34,225 Stephen! Here we are! STEPHEN: Hello! 756 00:56:34,433 --> 00:56:36,227 Yes, here we go. 757 00:56:36,310 --> 00:56:39,188 Once we're up at the top, it's very snug. Hello, Stephen. 758 00:56:39,313 --> 00:56:40,981 Hello. There we go. 759 00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:43,609 Turn you around, Stephen. Want me to pull? 760 00:56:43,692 --> 00:56:46,028 No, no, I'll be fine. You get the luggage. 761 00:56:46,153 --> 00:56:47,822 Here we go. Off we go. Let's go. I'll lift it up. 762 00:56:48,280 --> 00:56:49,657 (FRANK GRUNTING) 763 00:56:51,075 --> 00:56:54,078 (GRUNTING) There we are, you see? Quite easy. 764 00:56:54,745 --> 00:56:56,831 And up one, there we go. 765 00:56:57,456 --> 00:56:58,582 ISOBEL: Shimmering? 766 00:56:58,833 --> 00:57:00,626 FRANK: Um, uh, the... 767 00:57:00,751 --> 00:57:04,588 Oh, rain coming down, shivering cold? Cold? 768 00:57:04,672 --> 00:57:08,300 Uh, no. Um, the, uh, falling. 769 00:57:08,384 --> 00:57:12,680 Falling... Um... Ooh! 770 00:57:12,763 --> 00:57:14,181 Very cold. What is it? 771 00:57:14,265 --> 00:57:15,683 (CHOKING) 772 00:57:15,766 --> 00:57:18,018 I'm having a jolly... 773 00:57:18,227 --> 00:57:20,229 Okay, take Lucy. One minute. 774 00:57:20,312 --> 00:57:21,313 Oh. 775 00:57:21,397 --> 00:57:22,690 What is it? 776 00:57:23,232 --> 00:57:24,442 (STEPHEN CHOKING) 777 00:57:24,525 --> 00:57:26,318 (GRUNTING) Ah... 778 00:57:28,696 --> 00:57:30,239 Is it out? (BREATHING HEAVILY) 779 00:57:31,699 --> 00:57:33,534 Some water. No, don't worry. 780 00:57:34,034 --> 00:57:35,077 (SIGHING) 781 00:57:35,161 --> 00:57:37,204 Okay, that's it. 782 00:57:37,288 --> 00:57:38,289 There we go. (STEPHEN SNORTING) 783 00:57:39,039 --> 00:57:40,541 It's okay. It's okay. 784 00:57:40,791 --> 00:57:42,501 He needs to see a specialist. 785 00:57:43,419 --> 00:57:45,379 Keeps happening over and over again. 786 00:57:45,463 --> 00:57:48,132 Ridiculous. STEPHEN: No doctors. 787 00:57:48,883 --> 00:57:51,218 No doctors. 788 00:57:52,803 --> 00:57:54,430 FRANK: All right, no doctors. 789 00:57:56,599 --> 00:57:58,809 (SNORTING AND GASPING) 790 00:57:59,310 --> 00:58:00,519 FRANK: A little water. 791 00:58:11,906 --> 00:58:13,240 (SNIFFLING) 792 00:58:20,873 --> 00:58:22,208 (SNIFFLING) 793 00:58:39,141 --> 00:58:40,392 Stephen. 794 00:58:43,854 --> 00:58:45,105 I need help. 795 00:58:47,858 --> 00:58:49,443 If only for Robert. 796 00:58:50,110 --> 00:58:51,529 He's missing out on his childhood. 797 00:58:52,780 --> 00:58:55,658 I keep looking for a way to make this work, 798 00:58:56,742 --> 00:58:58,536 but I can't find it on my own. 799 00:58:58,619 --> 00:59:00,371 STEPHEN: Everything is fine. 800 00:59:00,454 --> 00:59:03,374 We're just a normal family. 801 00:59:03,457 --> 00:59:05,668 We're not a normal family. 802 00:59:10,130 --> 00:59:12,132 We're not a normal family! 803 00:59:15,302 --> 00:59:16,637 Robert. 804 00:59:17,638 --> 00:59:21,392 Your mother is very angry with me. 805 00:59:27,606 --> 00:59:28,774 (SIGHING) 806 00:59:28,857 --> 00:59:30,067 Thanks. 807 00:59:31,777 --> 00:59:33,028 (SIGHING) 808 00:59:40,661 --> 00:59:42,037 Jane. 809 00:59:47,918 --> 00:59:49,295 Jane, stop. 810 00:59:53,215 --> 00:59:54,842 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 811 00:59:57,136 --> 00:59:58,387 Sit. 812 01:00:10,357 --> 01:00:11,525 (LIQUID POURING) 813 01:00:12,276 --> 01:00:13,444 Now, 814 01:00:14,528 --> 01:00:16,030 (LIQUID POURING) 815 01:00:16,113 --> 01:00:17,948 I'd like to make a suggestion. 816 01:00:21,577 --> 01:00:24,371 Might sound a bit unusual, but I have seen it work wonders. 817 01:00:25,706 --> 01:00:27,499 I think 818 01:00:27,583 --> 01:00:30,628 that you should consider joining the church choir. 819 01:00:33,088 --> 01:00:34,340 (CHUCKUNG) 820 01:00:36,967 --> 01:00:38,218 Mum, 821 01:00:38,719 --> 01:00:42,806 I think that's possibly the most English thing anyone has ever said. 822 01:00:45,225 --> 01:00:46,685 Maybe so. 823 01:00:48,896 --> 01:00:50,064 I used to love singing. 824 01:00:50,314 --> 01:00:51,982 You're very good at it. 825 01:00:52,274 --> 01:00:54,068 I don't know about that. 826 01:00:54,276 --> 01:00:55,569 Just go. 827 01:00:58,405 --> 01:00:59,948 It's one hour a week. 828 01:01:00,366 --> 01:01:02,076 Mmm-hmm. Mmm. 829 01:01:03,744 --> 01:01:03,786 (SINGING IN LATIN) 830 01:01:03,786 --> 01:01:05,537 (SINGING IN LATIN) 831 01:01:43,617 --> 01:01:44,868 Really lovely, everyone. 832 01:01:45,452 --> 01:01:47,037 Okay. See you next week. 833 01:01:51,375 --> 01:01:52,710 BYE-bye. Bye. 834 01:01:55,087 --> 01:01:56,338 Goodbye. 835 01:01:59,425 --> 01:02:00,759 Hello. Hello. 836 01:02:00,843 --> 01:02:02,594 Have you come to sing? 837 01:02:02,678 --> 01:02:04,012 Um... 838 01:02:04,638 --> 01:02:06,432 I just came to, um... 839 01:02:09,101 --> 01:02:10,477 (CHUCKLING) Soprano? 840 01:02:10,769 --> 01:02:12,396 Mezzo. Ah! 841 01:02:12,479 --> 01:02:14,148 Lovely, just what we need. 842 01:02:14,231 --> 01:02:15,482 Where have you been hiding? 843 01:02:16,066 --> 01:02:17,401 Good question. 844 01:02:17,484 --> 01:02:20,154 Well, you're here now, and, uh, just in time, 845 01:02:20,654 --> 01:02:22,406 as they say. 846 01:02:27,578 --> 01:02:30,164 Oh, uh, you know, I have to come back anyway, so... Good. 847 01:02:30,247 --> 01:02:32,374 You have everything? Yes, thank you. Yes. 848 01:02:32,916 --> 01:02:34,168 Thank you for coming. 849 01:02:34,251 --> 01:02:36,837 You will be a valuable asset. 850 01:02:37,171 --> 01:02:38,505 Thank you. (CHUCKLING) (CHUCKUNG) 851 01:02:40,007 --> 01:02:41,341 Um... 852 01:02:42,092 --> 01:02:43,969 Well, I should be going. 853 01:02:44,052 --> 01:02:46,722 Um, and if your son wants those piano lessons, just... 854 01:02:46,847 --> 01:02:49,725 Yes, yes, absolutely. I, um... Call me. 855 01:02:49,808 --> 01:02:50,934 I will do. Great. 856 01:02:51,018 --> 01:02:53,771 My husband adores music, too. 857 01:02:53,854 --> 01:02:56,815 Oh, well, I could... Does he play? 858 01:02:57,441 --> 01:02:58,358 Um... 859 01:02:58,442 --> 01:03:00,486 I could teach him, as well. Um... 860 01:03:01,403 --> 01:03:03,238 That's a long story. 861 01:03:04,031 --> 01:03:05,699 But, um... Ah, okay. 862 01:03:06,200 --> 01:03:08,494 Well, thank you, Jonathan. My pleasure, Jane. See you again. 863 01:03:08,577 --> 01:03:09,953 BYE-bye. BYE-bye. 864 01:03:20,005 --> 01:03:21,548 (PIANO PLAYING) 865 01:03:33,852 --> 01:03:35,562 Third finger. No, that... That one, there. 866 01:03:37,314 --> 01:03:39,316 Try lifting your wrists a little bit. Keep your elbows back. 867 01:03:40,067 --> 01:03:41,235 Okay, try again. 868 01:03:43,529 --> 01:03:44,738 ROBERT; No. 869 01:03:54,456 --> 01:03:56,583 (CHUCKLING) Good. (CHUCKLING) Yeah. 870 01:04:03,173 --> 01:04:04,550 JANE: More wine? 871 01:04:05,676 --> 01:04:07,427 Um, why not? Thank you. 872 01:04:07,511 --> 01:04:09,680 Stephen? No. 873 01:04:26,363 --> 01:04:28,031 (JONATHAN CLEARING THROAT) 874 01:04:28,115 --> 01:04:31,618 Stephen, Jane was telling me that you have a beautiful, uh, theorem. 875 01:04:34,037 --> 01:04:35,289 Um... 876 01:04:36,039 --> 01:04:38,500 That proves that the universe, um, 877 01:04:38,584 --> 01:04:40,460 had a beginning. Is that it? 878 01:04:43,297 --> 01:04:46,842 That was my PhD thesis. 879 01:04:49,136 --> 01:04:53,432 My new project disproves it. 880 01:04:54,308 --> 01:04:56,768 Uh, disproves it? Oh. Yes. 881 01:04:57,978 --> 01:05:01,732 Um, so then you no longer believe in the creation? 882 01:05:02,107 --> 01:05:08,280 What one believes is irrelevant in physics. 883 01:05:08,822 --> 01:05:10,240 "Irrelevant in physics." 884 01:05:10,532 --> 01:05:12,326 Oh. (CLEARING THROAT) 885 01:05:13,076 --> 01:05:14,161 I see. 886 01:05:14,828 --> 01:05:16,622 Stephen's done a U-turn. 887 01:05:16,705 --> 01:05:20,208 The big new idea is that the universe has no boundaries at all. 888 01:05:20,876 --> 01:05:23,045 No boundaries, no beginning. 889 01:05:23,128 --> 01:05:25,130 And no God. Oh. 890 01:05:26,214 --> 01:05:29,301 Oh, I see. I... (CHUCKLES) I thought that, um, 891 01:05:29,384 --> 01:05:33,388 you'd proved the universe had a beginning and thus a need for a creator. 892 01:05:34,514 --> 01:05:36,016 (CHUCKLES) My mistake. 893 01:05:36,433 --> 01:05:39,144 No, mine. 894 01:05:42,397 --> 01:05:43,899 Stephen is looking for a single theory 895 01:05:43,982 --> 01:05:46,526 that explains all the forces in the universe. 896 01:05:47,527 --> 01:05:49,571 Therefore, God must die. 897 01:05:49,780 --> 01:05:52,157 Oh, uh, why must God die? I don't see. 898 01:05:53,158 --> 01:05:55,786 The two great pillars of physics 899 01:05:56,244 --> 01:05:58,455 are quantum theory, 900 01:05:58,747 --> 01:06:02,876 the laws that govern the very small particles, electrons and so on, 901 01:06:03,460 --> 01:06:05,879 and general relativity. 902 01:06:06,213 --> 01:06:07,673 Ah, yes, Einstein. 903 01:06:08,173 --> 01:06:09,257 Einstein's theory, the laws that govern 904 01:06:09,341 --> 01:06:11,134 the very large planets and such. 905 01:06:11,218 --> 01:06:14,304 But quantum and relativity... 906 01:06:14,388 --> 01:06:16,390 Don't tell me. They're different? 907 01:06:16,932 --> 01:06:19,559 They don't remotely play by the same rules. 908 01:06:20,394 --> 01:06:24,106 If the world were all potatoes, then, easy. 909 01:06:24,189 --> 01:06:26,900 You could trace a precise beginning 910 01:06:26,984 --> 01:06:28,735 as Stephen once did. 911 01:06:29,236 --> 01:06:31,071 A moment of creation. 912 01:06:31,947 --> 01:06:34,533 Hallelujah. God lives. 913 01:06:35,283 --> 01:06:36,743 If you incorporate peas into the menu, 914 01:06:36,868 --> 01:06:38,412 well, then it all goes a little... 915 01:06:38,787 --> 01:06:40,956 Tits up. Oh. (CHUCKLING) 916 01:06:41,039 --> 01:06:43,125 Yes. Haywire. 917 01:06:43,208 --> 01:06:45,419 It just all becomes a godless mess. Oh, dear. 918 01:06:46,211 --> 01:06:48,088 (CHUCKLING) Einstein hated peas. 919 01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:53,510 Quantum theory. He said, "God doesn't play dice with the universe." 920 01:06:54,136 --> 01:06:57,431 STEPHEN: Seems he not only plays dice, 921 01:06:58,265 --> 01:07:02,936 but he throws them where we can't find them. 922 01:07:03,437 --> 01:07:06,648 God is back on the endangered species list. (JONATHAN CHUCKLING) 923 01:07:07,232 --> 01:07:10,027 Well, I expect he'll cope. 924 01:07:10,110 --> 01:07:13,822 And physics is back in business. 925 01:07:13,905 --> 01:07:15,073 JANE: Yes. 926 01:07:16,783 --> 01:07:18,994 Physics is back in business. 927 01:07:30,255 --> 01:07:32,549 I was, uh, married, actually. 928 01:07:33,842 --> 01:07:36,553 Um... But, sadly, she passed. 929 01:07:38,889 --> 01:07:40,515 Almost a year ago now. 930 01:07:40,599 --> 01:07:41,933 (EXHALING) 931 01:07:43,143 --> 01:07:44,811 It was, uh, leukemia. 932 01:07:47,314 --> 01:07:50,067 Um, she fought it and I nursed her. 933 01:07:51,485 --> 01:07:53,445 But, uh, in the end... 934 01:07:53,528 --> 01:07:55,155 Um... (SIGHING) 935 01:07:58,784 --> 01:08:00,744 I do get quite lonely. 936 01:08:00,827 --> 01:08:04,081 The, uh, (INHALING DEEPLY) tyranny of the empty room 937 01:08:05,165 --> 01:08:06,500 and all that. 938 01:08:07,959 --> 01:08:11,546 But music is my salvation. Teaching and playing. 939 01:08:11,630 --> 01:08:14,633 Not really as a career, but I'm not very ambitious. 940 01:08:14,716 --> 01:08:16,426 Though that's not... 941 01:08:17,302 --> 01:08:19,054 (SIGHING) 942 01:08:22,516 --> 01:08:24,810 Is that a sin? I don't know. 943 01:08:26,728 --> 01:08:29,231 Wrong man to ask. 944 01:08:35,195 --> 01:08:36,988 Thank you so much for having me. 945 01:08:37,072 --> 01:08:39,825 Thank you for coming. it was really, really wonderful. 946 01:08:40,700 --> 01:08:43,286 If there's anything I can do to be of service, 947 01:08:43,370 --> 01:08:44,412 um, to you, 948 01:08:44,496 --> 01:08:46,832 to the family, I mean, I would 949 01:08:46,915 --> 01:08:48,625 consider it a privilege. 950 01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:52,295 I have no children or commitments, so... 951 01:08:53,296 --> 01:08:56,550 I only mean that if I could be of help, 952 01:08:57,092 --> 01:08:59,052 I believe I might find a purpose that would 953 01:08:59,136 --> 01:09:01,805 help alleviate my own, um, situation. (CHUCKLES) 954 01:09:04,057 --> 01:09:05,058 Good night. 955 01:09:06,143 --> 01:09:07,310 Night. 956 01:09:43,305 --> 01:09:45,640 I understand 957 01:09:48,101 --> 01:09:50,353 if you need help. 958 01:09:53,899 --> 01:09:59,112 If someone is prepared to offer it, 959 01:10:03,241 --> 01:10:05,535 I won't object. 960 01:10:45,075 --> 01:10:46,284 (LAUGHING) 961 01:10:48,787 --> 01:10:49,955 Chilly? (CHUCKLING) 962 01:10:50,038 --> 01:10:51,706 (CHUCKLING) Yeah, it's very bracing. 963 01:11:23,863 --> 01:11:25,365 (CHUCKLES) Come on. Ready? 964 01:11:25,448 --> 01:11:27,075 Yeah. (GRUNTING) All right. 965 01:11:29,661 --> 01:11:31,997 17,18... 966 01:11:39,838 --> 01:11:42,465 There we go. Right. I'm going to put the kettle on. 967 01:11:58,648 --> 01:12:00,317 (PIANO PLAYING) 968 01:12:31,097 --> 01:12:34,059 (SINGING) Calls you one and calls you all 969 01:12:34,142 --> 01:12:37,937 To gain his everlasting hall 970 01:12:38,021 --> 01:12:41,358 Christ was born to save 971 01:12:41,441 --> 01:12:44,194 Christ was born to save 972 01:12:44,277 --> 01:12:46,321 JONATHAN: Great, lovely, okay. We can go. 973 01:12:47,655 --> 01:12:49,240 Just gone 7:45. 974 01:12:49,657 --> 01:12:52,994 (CHUCKLES) Um, could you all leave your copies? Goodbye. 975 01:12:59,584 --> 01:13:01,002 There's something I need to tell you. 976 01:13:02,337 --> 01:13:03,463 What? 977 01:13:04,339 --> 01:13:05,715 I'm pregnant. 978 01:13:06,966 --> 01:13:08,593 (CHUCKLES) 979 01:13:08,676 --> 01:13:11,429 Gosh, I, um, assumed that you and Stephen, um... 980 01:13:13,139 --> 01:13:15,308 Well, that's really wonderful. 981 01:13:16,184 --> 01:13:18,478 It is. Yes, wonderful. 982 01:13:19,479 --> 01:13:21,481 (CHUCKLES) Congratulations, Jane. 983 01:13:22,565 --> 01:13:23,775 Thank you. 984 01:13:39,290 --> 01:13:40,583 Everyone say, "Cheese." Ready? 985 01:13:40,667 --> 01:13:42,752 On the count of three. One, two, three. 986 01:13:42,836 --> 01:13:44,504 ALL: Cheese! 987 01:13:46,256 --> 01:13:47,340 Cheese. 988 01:13:51,636 --> 01:13:53,847 JANE: (GASPING) Is that your brother? On his bike? 989 01:13:57,809 --> 01:13:59,686 LUCY: Mummy! Just coming. 990 01:13:59,769 --> 01:14:02,522 Oh, come on, sweetie. Come on... 991 01:14:09,404 --> 01:14:11,364 Now, you know (CLEARING THROAT) 992 01:14:11,448 --> 01:14:15,785 I've always been supportive of your choice not to have home help, 993 01:14:15,869 --> 01:14:18,913 but we need to find a permanent solution. 994 01:14:19,497 --> 01:14:21,791 This, uh, situation cannotconflnue. 995 01:14:21,875 --> 01:14:26,921 You need to have a proper live-in nurse immediately. 996 01:14:27,464 --> 01:14:29,090 We have help. 997 01:14:29,883 --> 01:14:33,219 Look, you know what I'm talking about. 998 01:14:33,470 --> 01:14:36,723 We can't afford a live-in nurse. 999 01:14:37,140 --> 01:14:38,558 Stephen, you need to find a way 1000 01:14:39,225 --> 01:14:40,727 for your family's sake. 1001 01:14:41,144 --> 01:14:42,729 You're world-famous. 1002 01:14:43,188 --> 01:14:46,900 For black holes, not for rock concerts. 1003 01:14:47,734 --> 01:14:49,736 Stephen, this isn't funny. 1004 01:14:50,570 --> 01:14:52,363 I believe it's urgent. 1005 01:15:10,882 --> 01:15:12,383 (WATER RUSHING) 1006 01:15:13,760 --> 01:15:15,970 We do have a right to know. 1007 01:15:16,054 --> 01:15:18,139 We have a right to know, Jane. 1008 01:15:21,392 --> 01:15:22,727 Know what? 1009 01:15:24,103 --> 01:15:26,231 ISOBEL: Whose child Timothy is. 1010 01:15:26,314 --> 01:15:28,691 Stephen's or Jonathan's. 1011 01:15:31,444 --> 01:15:33,404 That's what you think of me. 1012 01:15:35,281 --> 01:15:38,826 There's no way that Timothy could have any other father than Stephen. 1013 01:15:38,910 --> 01:15:40,036 None. 1014 01:15:44,123 --> 01:15:45,458 (DOOR CLOSING) 1015 01:15:50,922 --> 01:15:52,215 Jonathan. 1016 01:15:52,298 --> 01:15:54,050 Please don't go. I have to go. 1017 01:15:54,133 --> 01:15:55,760 Come on. Everyone is talking... 1018 01:15:55,843 --> 01:15:57,387 So, what does it matter? 1019 01:15:57,470 --> 01:15:59,222 It's difficult for me because I'm just trying to help. 1020 01:15:59,305 --> 01:16:01,766 I know you're trying to help, and your help is valued. 1021 01:16:01,849 --> 01:16:04,602 The best thing for me right now is... I think maybe if (STAMMERING) 1022 01:16:04,686 --> 01:16:06,437 I just step back for now. 1023 01:16:06,521 --> 01:16:08,481 Please, Jonathan. We need you. 1024 01:16:08,565 --> 01:16:11,025 The children need you, and I need you, and Stephen needs you. 1025 01:16:11,109 --> 01:16:13,152 Jonathan. There's other things as well. 1026 01:16:13,570 --> 01:16:14,904 Jane,L“ 1027 01:16:15,780 --> 01:16:16,906 (SIGHING) 1028 01:16:17,490 --> 01:16:18,992 I have feelings for you. 1029 01:16:23,580 --> 01:16:26,165 And I have feelings for you, too. 1030 01:16:31,379 --> 01:16:32,714 Thank you, Jane. 1031 01:17:21,679 --> 01:17:25,933 I've been invited to the Bordeaux Opera. 1032 01:17:26,809 --> 01:17:28,061 Invited where? 1033 01:17:29,062 --> 01:17:30,355 Bordeaux. 1034 01:17:32,357 --> 01:17:33,816 To Bordeaux? Mmm. 1035 01:17:34,984 --> 01:17:36,653 Wagner. 1036 01:17:37,028 --> 01:17:39,364 The students can take me. 1037 01:17:39,989 --> 01:17:42,533 I know you hate flying. 1038 01:17:42,867 --> 01:17:43,993 (CHUCKUNG) 1039 01:17:44,077 --> 01:17:45,787 I do hate to fly. 1040 01:17:46,454 --> 01:17:48,581 Bring the car. 1041 01:17:49,123 --> 01:17:52,085 Meet me in Bordeaux. 1042 01:17:54,462 --> 01:17:57,465 Take the children camping. 1043 01:18:00,343 --> 01:18:02,637 It'll be too difficult to manage, Stephen. 1044 01:18:09,227 --> 01:18:12,271 Bring Jonathan. 1045 01:18:17,777 --> 01:18:20,071 I doubt he would be willing. 1046 01:18:23,825 --> 01:18:25,326 (DOOR OPENING) 1047 01:18:37,422 --> 01:18:38,881 Hello, Stephen. 1048 01:18:55,314 --> 01:18:56,774 Is this okay? 1049 01:18:57,150 --> 01:18:58,484 Well... 1050 01:18:59,485 --> 01:19:00,862 I won't tell if you won't. 1051 01:19:14,500 --> 01:19:16,210 Just bearing in mind you have to drive. 1052 01:19:16,294 --> 01:19:17,670 (LAUGHING) 1053 01:19:32,685 --> 01:19:35,146 Jane needs help. 1054 01:19:49,702 --> 01:19:51,746 Sarah, you won't forget a vitamin B injection... Yes? 1055 01:19:51,829 --> 01:19:53,080 ...as soon as you land. No. Of course. 1056 01:19:53,164 --> 01:19:54,624 And you'll call me when you get to the hotel? I will. 1057 01:19:54,707 --> 01:19:56,250 Yes? Promise? Good. Yes. 1058 01:19:57,877 --> 01:19:59,253 Stephen. 1059 01:20:01,672 --> 01:20:03,257 Mum will take the baby. 1060 01:20:04,050 --> 01:20:07,011 (KISSING) She'll be here any minute. See you in Bordeaux. 1061 01:20:08,262 --> 01:20:09,472 And be good. 1062 01:20:33,871 --> 01:20:35,248 Are they asleep? 1063 01:20:35,331 --> 01:20:36,541 (WHISPERING) Yeah. 1064 01:20:49,428 --> 01:20:50,805 (CHUCKUNG) 1065 01:20:52,098 --> 01:20:54,851 Okay. It's okay. I'm all right. Where are the children? 1066 01:21:08,155 --> 01:21:10,283 I think we've done rather well. Mmm. 1067 01:21:10,992 --> 01:21:12,618 Right. Children? 1068 01:21:12,702 --> 01:21:14,287 Get your sleeping bags. 1069 01:21:16,622 --> 01:21:17,874 Thank you. 1070 01:21:25,840 --> 01:21:27,091 (GIGGLING) 1071 01:21:30,344 --> 01:21:31,804 Thank you. Thanks. 1072 01:22:03,085 --> 01:22:04,795 (FASTENING ZIPPER) 1073 01:22:18,184 --> 01:22:19,810 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 1074 01:22:37,787 --> 01:22:38,996 Jonathan? 1075 01:22:56,263 --> 01:22:57,556 (GRUNTING) 1076 01:22:59,141 --> 01:23:00,768 (CHOKING) 1077 01:23:08,067 --> 01:23:09,360 PERSON: Shh! 1078 01:23:10,319 --> 01:23:11,529 (COUGHING) 1079 01:23:13,906 --> 01:23:14,949 Oh, God! 1080 01:23:17,451 --> 01:23:18,828 Excuse me, sorry. 1081 01:23:52,319 --> 01:23:54,155 Jonathan? 1082 01:23:54,238 --> 01:23:55,990 Jonathan. 1083 01:23:56,073 --> 01:23:58,034 Stephen's been taken ill. 1084 01:23:58,117 --> 01:23:59,452 He's in hospital and 1085 01:23:59,535 --> 01:24:01,954 he, uh... He's in a coma. Stephen's been taken ill? 1086 01:24:26,145 --> 01:24:26,228 (EQUIPMENT BEEPING) 1087 01:24:26,228 --> 01:24:27,980 (EQUIPMENT BEEPING) 1088 01:24:32,777 --> 01:24:34,653 (JANE SPEAKING FRENCH) 1089 01:24:56,842 --> 01:24:58,469 What are you talking about? 1090 01:25:02,014 --> 01:25:03,682 This way would be a painless end. 1091 01:25:04,141 --> 01:25:06,352 If we try to bring him round from the anesthetic, 1092 01:25:07,019 --> 01:25:09,063 it's not sure he will survive resuscitation. 1093 01:25:10,898 --> 01:25:13,109 You have to bring him round from the anesthetic. 1094 01:25:14,819 --> 01:25:16,862 Are you sure it's what you want? 1095 01:25:18,280 --> 01:25:21,033 The only way of weaning him off the ventilator 1096 01:25:21,117 --> 01:25:22,952 will be to give him a tracheotomy. 1097 01:25:23,744 --> 01:25:26,956 A hole in the neck, bypassing the throat. 1098 01:25:28,958 --> 01:25:30,668 He will never speak again. 1099 01:25:35,506 --> 01:25:37,049 There's no question. 1100 01:25:38,717 --> 01:25:40,469 Stephen must live. 1101 01:25:40,553 --> 01:25:42,888 I will see he gets everything he needs. 1102 01:25:43,848 --> 01:25:46,225 I will have him transferred back to Cambridge. 1103 01:25:49,562 --> 01:25:51,397 He may not survive the journey. 1104 01:25:52,565 --> 01:25:54,024 Yes, he will. 1105 01:26:02,158 --> 01:26:03,159 I know. 1106 01:26:05,661 --> 01:26:06,662 1107 01:26:08,080 --> 01:26:09,123 Step back. 1108 01:26:13,043 --> 01:26:14,503 Did you get everything in the car? 1109 01:26:14,587 --> 01:26:17,256 His chair and his equipment and everything? 1110 01:26:19,466 --> 01:26:20,759 (MOUTHS) 1111 01:26:31,854 --> 01:26:33,480 (ENGINE STARTING) 1112 01:26:38,611 --> 01:26:39,612 Goodbye. 1113 01:28:03,195 --> 01:28:04,613 (CHATTERING) 1114 01:28:15,874 --> 01:28:16,875 Stephen? 1115 01:28:36,478 --> 01:28:38,230 This is a spelling board. 1116 01:28:41,066 --> 01:28:43,777 Firstly, you tell me what letter you want 1117 01:28:43,861 --> 01:28:46,697 by blinking when I say the color of the group 1118 01:28:46,780 --> 01:28:48,324 that contains the letter. 1119 01:28:50,993 --> 01:28:52,619 Once I know the group, you can choose 1120 01:28:52,703 --> 01:28:54,455 the character inside that group 1121 01:28:55,080 --> 01:28:56,248 by blinking again when I say 1122 01:28:56,332 --> 01:28:58,500 the color of each letter within that group. 1123 01:29:01,545 --> 01:29:02,546 Apparently. 1124 01:29:04,340 --> 01:29:05,424 Let's just try. 1125 01:29:10,512 --> 01:29:11,513 Green. 1126 01:29:15,059 --> 01:29:16,060 Blue. 1127 01:29:18,771 --> 01:29:19,772 Pink. 1128 01:29:22,983 --> 01:29:23,984 Black. 1129 01:29:26,111 --> 01:29:27,112 Red. 1130 01:29:31,116 --> 01:29:32,451 Blink to choose the color of the group 1131 01:29:32,534 --> 01:29:34,203 of the letter you want, Stephen. 1132 01:29:46,173 --> 01:29:47,174 Green. 1133 01:29:50,135 --> 01:29:51,136 Blue. 1134 01:29:55,474 --> 01:29:56,475 Pink. 1135 01:30:02,815 --> 01:30:03,816 Black. 1136 01:30:08,987 --> 01:30:09,988 Red. 1137 01:30:39,059 --> 01:30:39,101 (DOOR OPENS) 1138 01:30:39,101 --> 01:30:40,060 (DOOR OPENS) 1139 01:30:40,727 --> 01:30:42,521 ELAINE: Hello. JANE: Hello, Elaine. 1140 01:30:42,771 --> 01:30:44,940 JANE: Shall I take your coat? Okay. (CHUCKLES) 1141 01:30:45,023 --> 01:30:46,150 Thank you, Jane. 1142 01:30:53,323 --> 01:30:54,908 Just wait here. Great. 1143 01:31:02,749 --> 01:31:03,750 She's here. 1144 01:31:04,376 --> 01:31:05,961 She comes highly recommended. 1145 01:31:09,047 --> 01:31:10,549 Promise not to eat herahve. 1146 01:31:13,343 --> 01:31:14,344 Okay? 1147 01:31:26,356 --> 01:31:27,357 Here we are. 1148 01:31:29,985 --> 01:31:31,987 Elaine, Stephen. 1149 01:31:33,489 --> 01:31:34,573 Stephen, Elaine. 1150 01:31:34,907 --> 01:31:36,533 Lovely to meet you, Professor. 1151 01:31:38,577 --> 01:31:40,621 Now, you should have everything you need. 1152 01:31:40,954 --> 01:31:43,457 But if there's anything else, I'll be just next door. 1153 01:31:44,208 --> 01:31:45,209 Great. 1154 01:31:45,751 --> 01:31:47,586 I think we'll get straight to work. 1155 01:31:48,003 --> 01:31:49,087 Thank you, Jane. 1156 01:31:49,463 --> 01:31:51,882 Oh, if you could close the doors. Of course. 1157 01:31:56,887 --> 01:31:57,930 (CLEARS TH ROAT) 1158 01:31:58,639 --> 01:32:00,265 ELAINE: We'll get started, then. 1159 01:32:02,434 --> 01:32:03,435 Okay. 1160 01:32:12,653 --> 01:32:13,654 Red. 1161 01:32:16,573 --> 01:32:17,574 Yellow. 1162 01:32:18,742 --> 01:32:19,743 T- 1163 01:32:23,247 --> 01:32:24,248 Green. 1164 01:32:25,123 --> 01:32:26,124 Black. 1165 01:32:27,209 --> 01:32:28,210 E- 1166 01:32:29,044 --> 01:32:30,629 Green, green. 1167 01:32:31,004 --> 01:32:32,005 A- 1168 01:32:32,381 --> 01:32:33,382 Tea. 1169 01:32:34,758 --> 01:32:35,968 You want a cup of tea. 1170 01:32:39,388 --> 01:32:40,389 Okay. 1171 01:32:44,643 --> 01:32:45,686 Any preference? 1172 01:32:49,481 --> 01:32:51,817 You've memorized the board, I know you have. 1173 01:32:54,152 --> 01:32:55,445 I haven't got all day. 1174 01:32:58,365 --> 01:33:00,200 Green, green. 1175 01:33:01,118 --> 01:33:02,244 Green, yellow. 1176 01:33:02,953 --> 01:33:03,954 Yellow. 1177 01:33:04,204 --> 01:33:05,205 B- 1178 01:33:06,415 --> 01:33:08,417 Green, blue, pink, black, red. 1179 01:33:09,459 --> 01:33:10,460 Red. 1180 01:33:11,044 --> 01:33:12,921 Green, yellow, blue, blue. 1181 01:33:13,547 --> 01:33:14,548 LJ - 1182 01:33:14,631 --> 01:33:16,508 So, B, U. (CHUCKLES) Oh. 1183 01:33:17,509 --> 01:33:18,885 Builder's tea, right? 1184 01:33:21,680 --> 01:33:22,681 (LAUGHS) 1185 01:33:27,853 --> 01:33:29,271 So, how did you get on? 1186 01:33:29,855 --> 01:33:30,856 You know... 1187 01:33:31,023 --> 01:33:33,692 I think he's the most brilliant man I've ever met. 1188 01:33:34,192 --> 01:33:35,319 You're very lucky. 1189 01:33:35,402 --> 01:33:36,403 Thank you. 1190 01:33:36,862 --> 01:33:38,739 You must worship the ground beneath... 1191 01:33:38,822 --> 01:33:39,823 His wheels? 1192 01:33:41,366 --> 01:33:42,868 And he's the perfect patient. 1193 01:33:43,118 --> 01:33:44,286 He's so funny! 1194 01:33:44,620 --> 01:33:45,787 When you read about him... 1195 01:33:45,871 --> 01:33:48,040 Let's see how you get on, shall we, Elaine? 1196 01:33:50,125 --> 01:33:51,793 TECHNICIAN: That's tightened up. 1197 01:33:52,794 --> 01:33:55,631 As you can see, it's height-adjustable 1198 01:33:55,797 --> 01:33:58,842 and we can change the angle to whatever Steve wants it at. 1199 01:33:59,176 --> 01:34:00,218 You know, it's cutting-edge. 1200 01:34:00,302 --> 01:34:01,386 JANE: So, how does it work? 1201 01:34:01,470 --> 01:34:03,597 Ituses a very simple interface 1202 01:34:03,680 --> 01:34:05,223 thatscans through the alphabet, 1203 01:34:05,307 --> 01:34:07,392 selects each letter one at a time. 1204 01:34:07,476 --> 01:34:10,020 I mean, using this technique, the Professor can expect 1205 01:34:10,103 --> 01:34:12,105 to write about four words per minute. 1206 01:34:12,606 --> 01:34:14,191 Good. Better than one a minute. 1207 01:34:14,274 --> 01:34:16,151 (LAUGHS) Yes, and what I've done 1208 01:34:16,234 --> 01:34:19,446 is taken the components from a telephone answering system, actually, 1209 01:34:19,529 --> 01:34:20,822 to convert the written text 1210 01:34:20,906 --> 01:34:22,115 into synthesized speech. 1211 01:34:22,199 --> 01:34:24,451 I mean, the voice sounds a little bit robotic, 1212 01:34:24,534 --> 01:34:26,912 but, um, shall we give it a try? 1213 01:34:27,329 --> 01:34:28,747 Great. Here's the clicker. 1214 01:34:33,168 --> 01:34:34,252 JANE: Right hand? 1215 01:34:41,093 --> 01:34:42,552 TECHNICIAN: There you go. 1216 01:34:44,054 --> 01:34:46,807 (CLEARS THROAT) Welcome to the future. 1217 01:34:52,270 --> 01:34:54,439 (STEPHEN SPEAKING THROUGH MECHANIZED VOICE) 1218 01:34:57,025 --> 01:34:58,026 It's American. 1219 01:34:59,069 --> 01:35:00,153 Is that a problem? 1220 01:35:00,737 --> 01:35:03,990 Oh, my goodness. Well, is there another voice? 1221 01:35:05,742 --> 01:35:07,786 That's the only one they have at the moment. 1222 01:35:07,869 --> 01:35:08,995 I think it's great. 1223 01:35:09,204 --> 01:35:10,288 (LAUGHS) 1224 01:35:32,310 --> 01:35:33,687 (CLICKING) 1225 01:35:43,655 --> 01:35:45,323 (STEPHEN SPEAKING) 1226 01:35:53,832 --> 01:35:57,169 Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. 1227 01:36:01,173 --> 01:36:03,508 (LAUGHING) Exterminate. 1228 01:36:04,551 --> 01:36:06,178 Exterminate. 1229 01:36:08,388 --> 01:36:09,556 Exterminate. 1230 01:36:18,523 --> 01:36:19,941 I will write a book. 1231 01:36:22,611 --> 01:36:23,612 About what? 1232 01:36:24,529 --> 01:36:25,864 (CLICKING) 1233 01:36:31,661 --> 01:36:32,662 Time. 1234 01:36:33,246 --> 01:36:34,372 (STEPHEN SPEAKING) 1235 01:36:43,089 --> 01:36:45,008 What is the nature of time? 1236 01:36:46,218 --> 01:36:48,136 Will it ever come to an end? 1237 01:36:49,429 --> 01:36:51,431 (SPEAKING) 1238 01:36:53,225 --> 01:36:56,728 Someday, these answers may seem as obvious to us 1239 01:36:56,853 --> 01:36:59,064 as the Earth orbiting the sun, 1240 01:37:00,440 --> 01:37:04,069 or perhaps as ridiculous as a tower of tortoises. 1241 01:37:07,572 --> 01:37:10,283 Only time, whatever that may be, 1242 01:37:10,784 --> 01:37:11,785 Will fell. 1243 01:37:34,933 --> 01:37:35,934 Professor? 1244 01:37:40,605 --> 01:37:42,274 (CLICKING QUICKLY) 1245 01:37:47,696 --> 01:37:48,989 It is for a friend. 1246 01:37:49,614 --> 01:37:50,782 Of course it is. 1247 01:37:51,449 --> 01:37:52,951 That's what they all say. 1248 01:37:54,744 --> 01:37:57,581 You don't have to be embarrassed in front of me, Professor. 1249 01:37:58,123 --> 01:37:59,708 I know what men are like. 1250 01:38:01,626 --> 01:38:02,878 Shall we take a look? 1251 01:38:04,754 --> 01:38:05,755 There you go. 1252 01:38:09,926 --> 01:38:10,969 (CLEARS TH ROAT) 1253 01:38:15,348 --> 01:38:16,474 (DOOR OPENS) 1254 01:38:18,685 --> 01:38:20,186 Oh! I'm sorry. 1255 01:38:31,031 --> 01:38:32,032 Next one? 1256 01:38:38,413 --> 01:38:39,414 What? 1257 01:39:21,623 --> 01:39:26,211 STEPHEN: So I said, "I have long been looking for a model of the universe. 1258 01:39:28,213 --> 01:39:30,882 "I finally found her." (LAUGHING) 1259 01:39:32,926 --> 01:39:34,052 I bet you did. 1260 01:39:34,761 --> 01:39:36,054 (LAUGHING) 1261 01:39:41,601 --> 01:39:44,479 Stephen, I need to steal you. The contract's arrived. 1262 01:39:45,021 --> 01:39:47,232 Could you just give us a minute, please, Jane? 1263 01:39:59,327 --> 01:40:00,328 There we go. 1264 01:40:09,129 --> 01:40:10,130 Like new. 1265 01:40:13,633 --> 01:40:14,718 (ELAINE CHUCKLES) 1266 01:40:39,951 --> 01:40:40,952 "Who are we? 1267 01:40:42,579 --> 01:40:43,705 "Why are we here? 1268 01:40:44,289 --> 01:40:45,540 "If we ever learn this, 1269 01:40:45,623 --> 01:40:48,209 "it will be the ultimate triumph of human reason, 1270 01:40:48,626 --> 01:40:50,712 "for then we would know the mind of God." 1271 01:40:52,922 --> 01:40:53,965 Do you mean this? 1272 01:40:55,133 --> 01:40:56,134 Yes. 1273 01:40:58,803 --> 01:40:59,763 Of course. 1274 01:40:59,846 --> 01:41:01,347 So, you're acknowledging him? 1275 01:41:07,395 --> 01:41:08,396 However... 1276 01:41:12,108 --> 01:41:13,193 "However" what? 1277 01:41:20,617 --> 01:41:23,203 Are you actually going to let me have this moment? 1278 01:41:28,917 --> 01:41:30,126 You are welcome. 1279 01:42:10,041 --> 01:42:13,503 I have asked Elaine to travel with me to America. 1280 01:42:16,881 --> 01:42:18,800 She will look after me. 1281 01:42:33,022 --> 01:42:34,023 Will she? 1282 01:42:38,319 --> 01:42:39,320 Yes. 1283 01:42:46,161 --> 01:42:48,788 You always used to tell me when an invitation came in. 1284 01:42:51,833 --> 01:42:54,586 Another award. What can you do? 1285 01:43:06,014 --> 01:43:07,265 I am sorry. 1286 01:43:17,483 --> 01:43:18,902 How many years? 1287 01:43:25,992 --> 01:43:27,202 They said two. 1288 01:43:30,580 --> 01:43:31,956 You've had so many. 1289 01:43:42,675 --> 01:43:43,843 (SOBS) 1290 01:44:00,235 --> 01:44:02,153 Everything will be okay. 1291 01:44:21,089 --> 01:44:22,507 I have loved you. 1292 01:44:32,850 --> 01:44:34,352 (WHISPERS) I did my best. 1293 01:44:37,897 --> 01:44:39,065 (SOBS) 1294 01:45:13,182 --> 01:45:14,183 Careful. 1295 01:45:15,560 --> 01:45:16,894 That... That's staying. 1296 01:45:17,145 --> 01:45:18,146 All right. 1297 01:45:47,008 --> 01:45:48,926 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 1298 01:46:04,275 --> 01:46:05,276 Bye, Jonathan. 1299 01:46:23,753 --> 01:46:25,463 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 1300 01:46:46,275 --> 01:46:48,027 (PIANO MUSIC STARTS) 1301 01:47:30,528 --> 01:47:32,363 (REPORTERS CLAMORING) 1302 01:47:34,615 --> 01:47:36,409 WOMAN: Professor, I love your book! 1303 01:47:39,537 --> 01:47:41,372 (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) 1304 01:47:43,833 --> 01:47:44,834 Thank you. 1305 01:47:47,378 --> 01:47:50,047 I first met the Professor 1306 01:47:51,716 --> 01:47:53,217 in 1963. 1307 01:47:54,051 --> 01:47:55,470 Now there you are. Time! 1308 01:47:55,761 --> 01:47:56,846 Where does it go? 1309 01:47:58,055 --> 01:48:00,308 It has been one of the greatjoys 1310 01:48:00,391 --> 01:48:05,146 of my life to watch this man defy every expectation, 1311 01:48:05,229 --> 01:48:08,191 both scientific and personal. 1312 01:48:09,066 --> 01:48:13,112 Please welcome onto the stage my esteemed colleague, 1313 01:48:14,155 --> 01:48:16,949 my dear friend, Professor Hawking. 1314 01:48:17,074 --> 01:48:18,493 (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) 1315 01:48:34,342 --> 01:48:35,593 Thank you. Could we please have 1316 01:48:35,676 --> 01:48:38,638 the first pre-selected question? Thank you. 1317 01:48:45,102 --> 01:48:46,437 Can you hear me? 1318 01:48:46,521 --> 01:48:47,855 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) 1319 01:48:50,399 --> 01:48:52,276 Now you are recognized everywhere. 1320 01:48:53,277 --> 01:48:55,238 How do you deal with all the attention? 1321 01:48:55,780 --> 01:48:59,283 I was stopped recently by a tourist in Cambridge, 1322 01:48:59,659 --> 01:49:02,286 who asked if I was the real Stephen Hawking. 1323 01:49:03,454 --> 01:49:07,792 I replied I was not and said the real one was much better looking. 1324 01:49:11,212 --> 01:49:14,298 In 1979, you talked about the possibility 1325 01:49:14,382 --> 01:49:17,885 of a theory of everything being discovered before the end of the century. 1326 01:49:19,637 --> 01:49:22,014 I now predict that I was wrong. 1327 01:49:26,978 --> 01:49:27,979 Professor Hawking, 1328 01:49:28,145 --> 01:49:30,731 you have said you do not believe in God. 1329 01:49:32,733 --> 01:49:35,570 Do you have a philosophy of life that helps you? (FADES OFF) 1330 01:50:38,758 --> 01:50:41,135 You have said you do not believe in God. 1331 01:50:43,262 --> 01:50:45,640 Do you have a philosophy of life that helps you? 1332 01:51:09,121 --> 01:51:12,875 It is clear that we are just an advanced breed of primates 1333 01:51:13,125 --> 01:51:17,254 on a minor planet orbiting around a very average star 1334 01:51:17,546 --> 01:51:22,259 in the outer suburb of one among 100 billion galaxies. 1335 01:51:24,095 --> 01:51:25,096 But, 1336 01:51:25,763 --> 01:51:28,182 ever since the dawn of civilization, 1337 01:51:28,599 --> 01:51:31,060 people have craved for an understanding 1338 01:51:31,143 --> 01:51:33,396 of the underlying order of the world. 1339 01:51:35,189 --> 01:51:37,858 There ought to be something very special 1340 01:51:37,942 --> 01:51:41,070 about the boundary conditions of the universe. 1341 01:51:42,238 --> 01:51:45,950 And what can be more special than that there is no boundary... 1342 01:51:48,786 --> 01:51:52,164 And there should be no boundary to human endeavor. 1343 01:51:54,333 --> 01:51:55,918 We are all different. 1344 01:51:56,794 --> 01:51:58,754 However bad life may seem, 1345 01:51:59,046 --> 01:52:02,466 there is always something you can do and succeed at. 1346 01:52:04,093 --> 01:52:07,054 While there is life, there is hope. 1347 01:52:07,471 --> 01:52:09,014 (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) 1348 01:52:28,367 --> 01:52:29,368 That came. 1349 01:52:39,920 --> 01:52:41,046 It's from Stephen. 1350 01:52:48,304 --> 01:52:49,305 Gosh. 1351 01:53:09,200 --> 01:53:11,535 Your glasses are always dirty. 1352 01:53:29,470 --> 01:53:32,598 EQUERRY: Professor and Mrs. Hawking, Her Majesty the Queen. 1353 01:54:03,337 --> 01:54:04,755 Congratulations... 1354 01:54:06,590 --> 01:54:09,051 My Companion of Honour. 1355 01:54:11,220 --> 01:54:13,430 Notbad for an old liberal socialist. 1356 01:54:15,641 --> 01:54:18,352 (WHISPERS) Don't worry, you can decline the knighthood. 1357 01:54:29,238 --> 01:54:31,156 Thank you, for today. 1358 01:54:32,616 --> 01:54:33,826 It was extraordinary. 1359 01:54:35,536 --> 01:54:38,122 It's all been rather extraordinary though, hasn't it? 1360 01:54:43,002 --> 01:54:44,378 (CLICKING) 1361 01:54:47,172 --> 01:54:48,424 What are you writing? 1362 01:55:00,811 --> 01:55:03,981 Look what we made.