1 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:20,000 Well, come on! 2 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,080 Come on, old man! 3 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,200 Coming into Trinity Lane! 4 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:25,240 Oh! 5 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:26,640 BICYCLE BELL RINGS 6 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,400 LAUGHING: Eyes on the road, Brian! 7 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:33,400 Brian spies an opening! 8 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,920 Eyes on the staff! Hawking's lost it! 9 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,160 Whoa! 10 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:44,480 No! 11 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:45,960 You lose, Brian. 12 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:56,080 Too slow, old man. Too slow. 13 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,920 Oh, my goodness. Right, time for a drink. 14 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:00,120 Yeah. 15 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,240 Hello. 16 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,200 LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS 17 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:04,240 Oo-pah. 18 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,080 What if the secret of the universe had something to do with sex, huh? 19 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,320 Maybe do your doctorate on that - the physics of love. 20 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,920 I think that's more your field, Brian. Oh, not lately. 21 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:17,800 They will boot you out, you know, if you don't decide. 22 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,000 I know everyone here who's... 23 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,840 Brilliant. 24 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,520 Oh, dear. Scientists. 25 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,120 Ah, yes. Ah, you made it. 26 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,080 Don't worry, we don't have to stay for long. Looks mortifyingly dull. 27 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,360 Bores. Who's...who's that? 28 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,080 Who's who? 29 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:41,800 Oh, him? 30 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:43,480 Oh, he's strange. 31 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,400 Clever. Goes to Ban the Bomb marches. 32 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:47,840 SHE GIGGLES 33 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,680 Wilde. Jane Wilde. 34 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,640 Oh, look, there's David. David! 35 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:54,200 I'll be back in a minute. Diana... 36 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:55,760 Diana! David! 37 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,760 Hello. Hello. 38 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,160 Science. Arts. 39 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:16,520 English? 40 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:17,960 French and Spanish. 41 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,760 What about you? What are you...? 42 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,080 Oh, cosmologist. I'm a cosmologist. 43 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:25,880 What's that? 44 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,720 Erm, it's a kind of religion for intelligent atheists. 45 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,960 Intelligent atheists? 46 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:32,560 You're not religious, are you? 47 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,040 C of E. 48 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,040 Church of England? England, yeah. 49 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,560 Well, I suppose someone has to be. 50 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,840 What do cosmologists worship, then? 51 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:47,680 What do we worship? Mm. 52 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,440 One single unifying equation that explains everything in the universe. 53 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,920 Really? Yes. What's the equation? 54 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:56,560 That is the question. 55 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,480 And a very good question. 56 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,840 I'm not quite sure yet. 57 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:03,760 But I intend to find out. 58 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,280 DOO-WOP BALLAD PLAYS 59 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,760 Then why didn't you stay at Oxford? 60 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,200 Because my finals exams were such a shambles, that the examiners, 61 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,240 they summoned me in for a viva, and they told me that if 62 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,440 I got a second... What's a viva? 63 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,240 Oh, it's a sort of mildly terrifying face-to-face thingy. 64 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,960 Like an interview? An interrogation. 65 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,800 And I told them that if they gave me a second-class degree, 66 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,240 then I would stay with them and do my research at Oxford. 67 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,040 But if they gave me the first that I needed to get into Cambridge, 68 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,520 then they would never have to see me again. 69 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,880 They gave you the first. 70 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,600 They gave me a first. Of course. 71 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,000 This party is officially deceased. 72 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,440 Come on, I fixed up a ride home. 73 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,360 Come on, Jane. 74 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:54,280 Oh, Jane! 75 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:56,440 Well, it was lovely to talk to you. 76 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:57,960 Yes. 77 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,360 And...I hope you find your equation. 78 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:02,960 Yes. Oh. 79 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,040 Uh...bye. 80 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,520 Bye. 81 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:12,400 DOOR SHUTS 82 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,800 Stephen? Oh... 83 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:21,040 Yeah... 84 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:25,600 DOOR SHUTS 85 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,560 Well, then, here we are. 86 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,280 A little challenge for you all, as you embark upon 87 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:37,720 your separate doctoral journeys - whatever they may be, Mr Hawking. 88 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,920 Pass them down. 89 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,400 Something to separate the men from the boys, the wheat from the chaff, 90 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:47,040 the mesons from the pi mesons, the quarks from the quacks. 91 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,600 Ten questions, each more impregnable than the last. 92 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,280 Good luck. 93 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:55,200 You'll need it. Shall we say Friday, 3:00? 94 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,720 This is going to hospitalise me. 95 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,080 And, one! Drive! Two! Drive! 96 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,440 Three! Drive! 97 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,960 Stay long, Brian! I'll give you something long. 98 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,080 Stay long, Brian! 99 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:12,680 Keep long, Brian! 100 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,000 Shut up! 101 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Long, Brian! I'm exhausted...! 102 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,880 Stay long, Brian! Ah! 103 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,280 MACHINE DINGS 104 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:22,240 Flip it! Flip it, Wiggs! 105 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,120 LIVELY CHATTER 106 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,120 Somebody else, for once. 107 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,280 Can I get two more of those, please? Yeah, sure. 108 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:30,480 And some change for the payphone. Yeah. 109 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:42,640 Steve, you all right, mate? 110 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:43,680 There's Jane. 111 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,280 No, of course, Timothy turned out to be an absolute cad. 112 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:52,680 I mean, you'll never guess who I saw him with the other day. 113 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,000 Caroline! 114 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,960 I mean, for heaven's sake, she can have him, quite frankly. 115 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:00,720 What's the probability? 116 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,520 Reasonably low. 117 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:03,800 STEPHEN LAUGHS 118 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:05,200 Erm... 119 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,440 This is... This is Stephen. 120 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,960 Do you play croquet? Croquet? 121 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,120 Not recently. 122 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:13,920 Sunday morning. 123 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,240 Actually busy Sunday mornings. 124 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:19,320 Oh. 125 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,040 Him. 126 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:26,360 OK. 127 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,200 DIANA: Anyway, before I was completely interrupted... 128 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:48,880 Oh, come on, get up. 129 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:50,400 How many did you get? 130 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,960 Morning, Brian. Good afternoon, Stephen. 131 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,040 How many of the impossible questions did you do? 132 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,240 Brian, I have no idea what you're talking about. 133 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,560 How many of Sciama's questions did you get, Stephen? 134 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,120 None. You didn't get any? 135 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:05,720 I was going to do them later. 136 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,160 You haven't even looked at them. No. 137 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,400 Stephen, are you aware that you've voluntarily embarked 138 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,000 upon a PhD in physics, at the most prestigious college in England? 139 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,320 Yes. 140 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,840 Oh, I thought maybe you'd slept through the induction or something. 141 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:20,720 Bri? 142 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:22,800 What? 143 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,800 Can you whip on some Wagner? 144 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,200 Oh, sod off. 145 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,200 MUSIC: Die Walkure, Act 1: Vorspiel by Richard Wagner 146 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,400 MUG CLATTERS 147 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,040 KNOCK AT DOOR 148 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,360 Come in, Stephen. Sorry. 149 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,680 Erm, Michael, that's so illegible, I can't quite decipher 150 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:17,960 how wrong it is. I suspect enormously. 151 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,960 And, Brian, that's just baffling. 152 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:22,640 Have you even bothered, Stephen? 153 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:24,200 Oh, sorry. Uh... 154 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,960 Right. Train timetables. 155 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:32,000 Ah. 156 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,080 That's totally unacceptable. 157 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:36,720 These expired a month ago. 158 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:38,760 Oh. It's on the back. I had a little accident. 159 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:40,160 Ah. 160 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:46,760 I could only do nine. 161 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:51,040 Good Lord. 162 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,520 Oh, thank God. Bravo. 163 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:57,680 MOUTHING: Nine? 164 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:00,120 KNOCK AT DOOR 165 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:01,640 Come in. 166 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:05,880 Ah, Stephen. Take a seat. 167 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:08,200 DOOR SHUTS 168 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,480 I wanted to talk to you about your subject. 169 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:24,320 We're all rather concerned as to what it's going to be. 170 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,240 I can't decide. 171 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,040 Do you have any ideas? 172 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:35,080 No. 173 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,400 So... 174 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:58,880 This is where JJ Thomson discovered the electron, 175 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,120 and where Rutherford split the atom. 176 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,120 You know, one of the great rewards of this job is one never knows 177 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,680 from where the next great leap forward is going to come, 178 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:12,320 or from whom. 179 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:20,160 Listen, next Friday, I'm taking a few graduates of merit to London 180 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,440 to attend a talk by the mathematician, Roger Penrose. 181 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,760 Do come along, if you're interested. 182 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,120 Oh, and close the door as you leave. 183 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,000 DOOR SHUTS 184 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,920 LOW CHATTER 185 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,560 So, I gather you've never been to church. 186 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:21,320 Once upon a time. 187 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,040 Tempted to convert? 188 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,720 I have a slight problem with the whole "celestial dictator" premise. 189 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,080 Now, what are you doing for lunch? 190 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,280 Ma makes a cracking roast. 191 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:39,040 Ah. So, Jane, what are you studying? 192 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:40,960 Arts. Spuds? 193 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,000 Thank you. 194 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,360 French and Spanish. I'm hoping to do a PhD eventually. 195 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,080 Oh, what on? 196 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,480 Medieval poetry of the Iberian Peninsula. 197 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,480 Medieval poets? 198 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,560 What painters do you like? 199 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:56,480 Well, I like Turner. 200 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,480 Turner, really? 201 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,640 You know, I always feel that his paintings look as if 202 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,280 they've been left out in the rain. 203 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:03,720 Pa. 204 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:05,280 And William Blake. 205 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,360 Thank you, Mother. Oh, good heavens, surely not. 206 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,680 Jane, have some of my elderflower wine. Oh, yes, thank you. 207 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:10,960 Don't touch it. 208 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:12,600 Don't touch it, Jane. Thank you. 209 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,000 Mother? 210 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Stephen doesn't like my home-made wine. 211 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,480 Philistine. 212 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:19,960 I'm going to send you back with a couple of bottles. 213 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:23,640 So, Stephen, you have come from church with a good woman. 214 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:25,880 Are you feeling holier than thou? 215 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:29,000 Positively saintly. Thank you. 216 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,840 You haven't said why you don't believe in God. 217 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,160 A physicist can't allow his calculations to be muddled 218 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:36,480 by a belief in a supernatural creator. 219 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,760 Sounds less of an argument against God than against physicists. 220 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:43,920 Light or dark? 221 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,640 Jane, light meat or dark? Oh, light, please. 222 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,040 I'm inviting Jane to be my partner to the May Ball. 223 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,000 Really? Oh. Very impressive. 224 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,920 You'll have to dance this year, Stephen. 225 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,720 Make way for Mother's leg. Here we go. 226 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:18,680 Hello. 227 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:22,280 Hello. 228 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,320 LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS 229 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:35,280 Oh...! 230 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:37,880 Sorry. 231 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:39,440 You OK? Yeah. 232 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,200 Do you dance, Stephen? No. 233 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,000 THEY LAUGH 234 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,160 No. I don't dance. 235 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,520 It's a phenomenon I'm very happy to observe, but I can't possibly 236 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,880 imagine participating. I absolutely agree. 237 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:00,680 I mean, who would want to dance? 238 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,400 No, I'm serious. I don't dance. 239 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,360 No dancing, then. 240 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:11,880 PARTYGOERS EXCLAIM 241 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,240 You see how the men's shirtfronts and their bow ties, 242 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,160 how they glow more than the women's dresses? 243 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:20,840 Yes. 244 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:22,880 Do you know why? Why? 245 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:25,560 Tide. 246 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,000 The washing powder? 247 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,640 The fluorescence in the washing powder is caught by the UV light. 248 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,120 Why do you know that? 249 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:34,800 STEPHEN LAUGHS 250 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,440 When stars are born, 251 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,600 and when...when they die, 252 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,000 they emit UV radiation. 253 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,560 So, if we could see the night sky in the ultraviolet light, 254 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,800 then almost all the stars would disappear, 255 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,280 and all that we would see 256 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,360 are these spectacular births and deaths. 257 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,000 I reckon it would look a little... 258 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,240 Like that. 259 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:11,840 FIREWORK WHISTLES 260 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,160 Wow! 261 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:23,600 Did you see...? 262 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,000 Like those. Like those ones... 263 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:39,680 Why? 264 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,360 Why what? Why Spanish medieval poetry? 265 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,720 I suppose...I like to time-travel. 266 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:47,680 Like you. 267 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,840 Are there any particular time periods that you like to visit? 268 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:52,880 I imagine the '20s was fun. 269 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,120 The Roaring Twenties. Mm. 270 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:59,320 "Seek, then, no learning from starry men, 271 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:03,160 "who follow with the optic glass the whirling ways of stars that pass." 272 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:08,560 Bravo. 273 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,320 LOW TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS 274 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:35,760 Well, that's astonishing, isn't it? 275 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,880 "In the beginning 276 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,760 "was the Heaven and the Earth. 277 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:52,800 "And the Earth was without form, 278 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:57,760 "and darkness was upon the face of the deep." 279 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,840 Will you dance with me? 280 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,680 ANNOUNCEMENT: The train now departing from platform three 281 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:14,960 is the 9.17 service to London King's Cross. 282 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,520 WHISTLE BLOWS 283 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:25,160 Come on, Stephen. Get a move on. 284 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,600 What's wrong with you, man? Chop chop. 285 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,040 TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS 286 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,880 A star, more than three times the size of our sun, 287 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,600 ought to end its life how? 288 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,480 With a collapse. 289 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,400 The gravitational forces of the entire mass overcoming 290 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,160 the electromagnetic forces of individual atoms, 291 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,680 and so collapsing inwards. 292 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:00,600 If the star is massive enough, it will continue this collapse, 293 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,600 creating a black hole, 294 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:06,720 where the warping of space-time is so great that nothing can escape. 295 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:10,280 Not even light. It gets... 296 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,680 ..smaller. 297 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:14,200 Smaller. 298 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:18,800 The star, in fact, gets denser, as atoms - even subatomic particles - 299 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:23,080 get literally crushed into smaller and smaller space. 300 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:29,160 And at its end point, what are we left with? 301 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,800 A space-time singularity. 302 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:36,600 Space and time come to a stop. 303 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,160 TRAIN CARRIAGE RATTLES 304 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:48,600 LOW CHATTER 305 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,200 I wonder what would happen if you applied Penrose's theory 306 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,360 about black holes to the entire universe. 307 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:11,280 If Einstein is right, or if general relativity is correct, 308 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,200 then the universe is expanding, yes? 309 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,040 Yes. OK. So... 310 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,120 If you reverse time, then the universe is getting smaller. 311 00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:20,320 All right. So... 312 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:24,560 What if I reverse the process all the way back, 313 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,320 to see what happened at the beginning of time itself? 314 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,240 At the beginning of time itself? Yes. 315 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,960 So, the universe, getting smaller and smaller, 316 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,440 getting denser and denser, hotter and hotter as we... 317 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,400 You mean wind back the clock? 318 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,320 Exactly, wind back the clock. 319 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:39,960 LAUGHING: Wind back the clock. 320 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:41,920 Is that what you're doing? 321 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,320 Are you winding back the clock? That is what I'm doing. 322 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,200 Well, keep winding! I am! 323 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,240 You've got quite a long way to go. Keep winding! 324 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:49,560 I don't want to fall in! 325 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,440 Well, you've got to get back to the beginning of time. 326 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,520 You've got a long way to go. Come on, keep winding! 327 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,960 Keep winding until you get... 328 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:59,520 A singularity? A space-time singularity. 329 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:01,840 So, the universe born from a black hole exploding. 330 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:03,360 Keep going. 331 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:04,880 What do you mean keep going? What...? 332 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:06,640 Before the universe began? 333 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,440 No, no, no, no. Keep going, develop the mathematics. 334 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,960 TINNITUS WHISTLING 335 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,560 OK, all right, very good. 336 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,920 Push it as hard as you can. Push it. 337 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:55,600 Push it, as hard as you can. 338 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:57,480 I am pushing as hard as I can. 339 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,440 Why...? 340 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,720 Come on. One, two... 341 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,360 Why won't it...? 342 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:09,880 All right, all right. 343 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,760 Fourth finger, fourth peg. 344 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,720 It's called motor neuron disease. 345 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,280 It's a progressive neurological disorder that destroys 346 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:59,080 the cells in the brain that control essential muscle activity, 347 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,040 such as speaking, walking... 348 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:03,880 DOCTOR SIGHS 349 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,080 ..breathing, swallowing. 350 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,680 The signals that muscles must receive in order 351 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,720 to move are disrupted. 352 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,520 The result is gradual muscle decay. 353 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,760 Wasting away. 354 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:26,080 Eventually, the ability to control voluntary movement is lost. 355 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:27,800 Entirely. 356 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:35,080 I'm afraid average life expectancy is two years. 357 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,560 There's nothing I can do for you. 358 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:45,800 What about the brain? 359 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:49,280 The brain isn't affected. 360 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:53,680 Your thoughts won't change. It's just that... 361 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,280 Well, eventually, no-one will know what they are. 362 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,560 I'm ever so sorry. 363 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:31,240 Hello, Brian. 364 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:39,680 KNOCK AT DOOR 365 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,400 MUSIC: Die Walkure, Act 1: Vorspiel by Richard Wagner 366 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:51,080 MUSIC CUTS OUT 367 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,560 Welcome to this week's episode of The Natural World, 368 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,600 where this week we explore the bizarre hibernation patterns 369 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:01,840 of the rare Cambridge physicist, 370 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,280 seen here in his remarkable plumage. 371 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:11,040 So, how was it? What did they say? How's your wrist? 372 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,160 I have a disease, Bri. 373 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,400 Is it...venereal, Stephen? 374 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,000 I have motor neuron disease. 375 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:25,560 Sorry, I don't... 376 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,240 It's Lou Gehrig's disease. He was a baseball player. 377 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:32,600 Sorry, I'm lagging behind in my pioneering research into obscure, 378 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,400 motor, baseball-related diseases. 379 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:35,560 BRIAN LAUGHS 380 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,480 I have two years to live. 381 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:41,280 Sorry? 382 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,360 It does sound odd when you say it out loud, doesn't it? 383 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:48,640 You... 384 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,680 What do you mean? 385 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,080 No, you don't. 386 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:53,640 Did... 387 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,440 STAMMERING: What did they say? 388 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,520 Sorry, I don't really, erm... 389 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:01,760 Will you go, Bri? 390 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,080 Stephen, sorry, I was just being a berk. I didn't... I'll be... 391 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:05,680 No, it's not... I... 392 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:08,680 Will you go? 393 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:09,960 KNOCK AT DOOR 394 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,680 Stephen, phone for you. 395 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:14,440 It's a girl. 396 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:24,120 Erm... 397 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:26,880 I'll... I'll, erm... 398 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,400 I'll see you soon. I'll... 399 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:30,920 Yes. 400 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,480 She's waiting. 401 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,560 DISCONNECT TONE 402 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:54,200 Stephen? 403 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,720 LOW CHATTER 404 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,000 Jane. Jane! 405 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:43,360 Brian. 406 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,800 Hello. Sorry. Erm... 407 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,080 Why don't you... why don't you sit down? 408 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:54,400 I'm so sorry. 409 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:58,480 I... I spoke to Stephen, yesterday, 410 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,480 and I know that you called him... 411 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,960 SPEECH FADES 412 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,880 TV PROGRAMME PLAYS 413 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,160 Something educational? 414 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:42,200 Very. 415 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,400 John is having an affair with Martha. 416 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,120 But...Martha is in love with Alan, 417 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,240 and I think that Alan is probably a homosexual 418 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:53,520 by the look of his jumper, so... 419 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,400 Well, I'm just trying to work out the mathematical 420 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,280 probability of happiness. 421 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,120 Are you close? 422 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:03,920 Some integer of zero. But, no, not quite there yet. 423 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:08,520 Stephen. 424 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,200 You just missed him. 425 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,040 He was here earlier. 426 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,880 Don't do this. 427 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:21,920 Go. 428 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:27,840 Croquet. 429 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,080 Play a game with me. 430 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:33,760 Go. 431 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,240 If you don't get up and play a game with me, 432 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,720 I won't come back here again. 433 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:48,880 Ever. 434 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,120 Come on. 435 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:26,680 THUD FROM WITHIN 436 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,600 Leave me now. 437 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,800 Are you going to talk about this or not? Please, will you just go? 438 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,080 Is that what you want? Yes, it is what I want. 439 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,920 So, please, if you care about me at all, then please just go. 440 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:40,200 I can't. 441 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,080 I have two years to live. I need to work. 442 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:43,640 I love you. 443 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:49,480 STEPHEN STAMMERS 444 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,840 That's a false conclusion. 445 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:53,840 I want us to be together for as long as we've got, 446 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,400 and if that's not very long, well, then that's just how it is. 447 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,280 It'll have to do. You don't know what's coming. 448 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,520 It'll affect everything. 449 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:20,080 Your glasses are always dirty. 450 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:38,680 There. 451 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:41,400 That's better, isn't it? 452 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,360 Yes. 453 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:48,720 Yes, it is. 454 00:34:54,720 --> 00:34:58,080 Now, the solutions to the Schrodinger equation 455 00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:02,600 must vanish at the boundary of the box, and so we have... 456 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,120 Time. 457 00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:08,560 Oh, time - that's your subject? 458 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:12,880 Any aspect in particular? 459 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:14,520 Time. 460 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,560 Come in, come in. 461 00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:34,440 I...don't think you realise what lies ahead, Jane. 462 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:37,800 His life is going to be very short. 463 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,600 So, be careful. 464 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:46,640 The weight of science is against you. 465 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:50,920 And this will not be a fight, Jane. 466 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:56,760 This is going to be a very heavy defeat. 467 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,400 For all of us. 468 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,400 I know what you all think. That... 469 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:15,000 That I don't look like a terribly strong person. 470 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,040 But I love him. 471 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,480 And he loves me. 472 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,480 We're going to fight this illness together. 473 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,000 All of us. 474 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:53,960 Two, three... 475 00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,200 STEPHEN STRAINS 476 00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,400 Good luck. 477 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,000 Morning, Stephen. Morning, Professor. 478 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:14,000 I know, I know. 479 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,800 It could be a little bit more elegant. 480 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:17,880 Yes, but I... I understand... 481 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,080 HE KNOCKS 482 00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:24,000 Come in, Stephen. 483 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,920 I know it's something we were all worried about initially. 484 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,320 And you, Roger, I know you had some reservations about it 485 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:37,560 in the early days. 486 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:40,720 Yes, but it's not uncommon in any theory. Yes. 487 00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:43,680 Absolutely. Very well, very well. We'll see. 488 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:45,800 Welcome, Stephen. Morning. 489 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:49,120 Would you like to take a seat? No, I'm fine. Thank you. 490 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:50,480 You're sure? Yeah. 491 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,560 So, Stephen, in summary, erm... 492 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:57,600 As we know, chapter one, full of holes. 493 00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:00,120 Uh, lacks mathematical support. 494 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:01,560 Professor Thorne? 495 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,880 Chapter two, not really original. 496 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,200 Uses a lot of Roger's ideas. 497 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,720 Well, at least you run with them. 498 00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:11,840 Chapter three, too many unanswered questions. 499 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:13,360 I agree. 500 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:15,760 And then, of course, we have chapter four - 501 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,880 this black hole at the beginning of time. 502 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:22,080 Space-time singularity. Indeed. 503 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,360 It's brilliant. 504 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:27,800 Brilliant, Stephen. Superb. 505 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,600 Therefore, all there is to say is well done. 506 00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:34,160 Or perhaps I should say - to be more precise - well done, Doctor. 507 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:35,880 Bravo, Stephen. 508 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,160 An extraordinary theory. 509 00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:41,920 Thank you. 510 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:45,640 So, what next? 511 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:46,880 Prove it. 512 00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:51,280 To prove with a single equation 513 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,960 that time has a beginning. 514 00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,080 Wouldn't that be nice, Professor? 515 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:05,960 The one simple, elegant equation... 516 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,960 ..to explain everything. 517 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,200 Yes, it would. 518 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:16,000 It would indeed. 519 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,800 Thank you. 520 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:38,360 To the esteemed and formidable 521 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:39,960 Doctor... Who? 522 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,440 THEY ALL LAUGH 523 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,160 Doctor Stephen Hawking. 524 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:47,240 ALL: Doctor Stephen Hawking. 525 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:50,960 Thank you. Cheers. 526 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,280 It is astonishing he's the first person to receive his doctorate, 527 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,240 bearing in mind how little work he's been doing. 528 00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:56,560 THEY LAUGH 529 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:59,640 Work was the worst four-letter word for Stephen, at Oxford especially. 530 00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:01,920 He averaged an hour. 531 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,880 An hour a day, he averaged. 532 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:05,800 And now, here he is, the esteemed man. 533 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:07,120 Astonishing levels of sloth. 534 00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:09,880 On the theme of sloth, Brian, how many of your lectures have I covered 535 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:11,480 in the last six months. 536 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,160 When you've been doing research trips up to the Lake District. 537 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:16,000 Absolutely, completely... So have I. 538 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:17,320 How many? Four. 539 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,400 VOICES FADE AWAY 540 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:29,440 MUFFLED CHATTER 541 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:44,760 Everything all right? All good. 542 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:46,280 I'm fine. 543 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:04,640 What can you do? Would you like kartoffel? 544 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:06,000 Oh, please. 545 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,920 STEPHEN BREATHES UNEVENLY 546 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:14,080 Business or pleasure? For pleasure. 547 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:24,800 HE STRAINS 548 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:37,280 Hey, Robbie. 549 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:42,960 It's OK, Robbie. 550 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,680 HE GROANS 551 00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:19,600 STEPHEN BREATHES SHALLOWLY 552 00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:28,680 This... 553 00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:34,080 ..is temporary. 554 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:38,280 Of course. 555 00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:47,440 Well, it's convenient for breakfast. 556 00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:48,640 HE LAUGHS 557 00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,120 Thank you. 558 00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:06,320 Sorry, did you say something? 559 00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:11,160 I said... 560 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,120 Yes? 561 00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:20,080 Thank you. 562 00:45:49,240 --> 00:45:50,840 There we go, Lucy. 563 00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:52,800 BABY LUCY FUSSES 564 00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:00,160 There we go. 565 00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:04,080 There we go. There we go. 566 00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:07,880 Have you got her? 567 00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:09,840 She looks like you. 568 00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:16,080 Oh, no. Oh... 569 00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:17,680 BABY CRYING 570 00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:19,400 Oh, wait. Go, Jane. 571 00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:22,320 I'll be one second. 572 00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:26,440 Luce. Lucy. 573 00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:33,880 Oh... 574 00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:35,440 STEPHEN LAUGHS 575 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:39,800 Jane? 576 00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:10,400 Oh, Stephen. Oh, hello. 577 00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:15,120 I've got an idea. 578 00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:20,000 Jane... 579 00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,040 Jane, I've had an idea. 580 00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:30,400 ELEVATOR BELL DINGS 581 00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:34,080 Hello. Hello, Dennis. 582 00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:36,160 Hello, Dennis. How are you? 583 00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:39,400 OK. 584 00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:42,040 Good luck. He'll be fine. He'll be fine. 585 00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:45,800 Oops. Sorry. No problem. 586 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:57,560 Allowing us to predict... 587 00:47:57,560 --> 00:48:03,720 ..that some particles can, in fact, escape a black hole. 588 00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:10,200 So, black holes are not, in fact, black at all, 589 00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:14,960 but glow with heat radiation. 590 00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:20,840 The steady emission of heat energy 591 00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:25,480 causes the black holes to lose mass 592 00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:33,080 and eventually they disappear in a spectacular explosion. 593 00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:36,000 It's very, very simple, in the way that a body loses heat. 594 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:38,800 Second law of thermodynamics. Right, it's thermodynamics. 595 00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:40,240 It's... 596 00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:43,560 If we can imagine that a black hole is, indeed, losing particles 597 00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:46,880 and over time, will diminish in size, it will evaporate, it will... 598 00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:48,600 Disappear. 599 00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:52,000 So... 600 00:48:56,480 --> 00:49:02,640 First, a star vanishes into a black hole. 601 00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:08,840 And then, the black hole itself... 602 00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:12,320 ..vanishes. 603 00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:14,840 Gone. Nothing. From nothing... 604 00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:16,120 ..to nothing! 605 00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:17,720 You owe me another beer. 606 00:49:17,720 --> 00:49:20,800 I have just shown you that our friend has proven that time, indeed, 607 00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:22,320 has a beginning. 608 00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:24,720 Not only that. How the universe was born, and... 609 00:49:24,720 --> 00:49:26,200 How it will end. 610 00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:27,960 Bang! 611 00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:29,320 TABLE CLATTERS 612 00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:30,560 Crunch! 613 00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:34,840 It's, uh, beautiful, it's racy, it's... 614 00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:36,400 Complete nonsense. 615 00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:39,240 It's preposterous. 616 00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:44,400 Was it something I said, Professor? 617 00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:48,280 Uh, excuse me. 618 00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:51,400 My name... 619 00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:55,640 My name is Professor Khalatnikov, from the Soviet Academy of Science. 620 00:49:55,640 --> 00:50:00,320 As you know, my field is evolution of the hot universe, 621 00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:04,080 the properties of the microwave background radiation 622 00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:07,080 and the theory of black holes. 623 00:50:07,080 --> 00:50:09,520 To be honest, 624 00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:12,200 I came here today 625 00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:16,000 expecting to hear a lot of nonsense. 626 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:18,600 I go home disappointed. 627 00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:20,440 The little one here... 628 00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:23,480 ..has done it. 629 00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:25,880 MURMURING AROUND ROOM 630 00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:25,880 He has done it. 631 00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:28,120 ROOM APPLAUDS 632 00:50:33,720 --> 00:50:36,400 It is a pleasure to meet you, Professor. 633 00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:39,040 Entirely my pleasure. My pleasure. 634 00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:43,640 Thank you. Well done, Stephen. 635 00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:46,880 Well, that went pretty well, all things considered. 636 00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:48,160 I was worried for a while. 637 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:52,240 LAUGHING: Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa! 638 00:50:52,240 --> 00:50:55,480 Hawking radiation! The little one has done it! 639 00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:58,560 The little one has done it! 640 00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:01,000 Hey, come on, genius! Oh, very funny! 641 00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:06,240 You've had enough of that, old man. 642 00:51:06,240 --> 00:51:08,000 Come on, codger. 643 00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,760 One, two, three. 644 00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:12,720 BRIAN GRUNTS 645 00:51:12,720 --> 00:51:14,960 My God! How does Jane manage? 646 00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:23,600 Stephen, your motor-mouth disease, does it affect, erm...? 647 00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:25,520 What? 648 00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:27,000 Everything? 649 00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:30,000 What? No. 650 00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:32,160 Different system. 651 00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:35,640 Automatic. Are you serious? 652 00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:38,240 Well, that's pretty wonderful, isn't it? 653 00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:40,560 Well, it certainly explains a lot about men. 654 00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:42,320 THEY LAUGH 655 00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:43,920 Hurry up! 656 00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:45,560 STEPHEN LAUGHS 657 00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:46,880 Come on! 658 00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:48,200 Oh... 659 00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:56,360 THEY LAUGH 660 00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:19,600 What is it? 661 00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:21,640 It's a surprise. 662 00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:23,120 Right. 663 00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:26,680 Keep them closed. 664 00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:30,160 # Ta-da! # 665 00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:31,680 Look, Daddy, look! 666 00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:33,600 That is an electric wheelchair. 667 00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:35,880 If you don't like it, we can take it back. 668 00:52:58,680 --> 00:53:01,560 I don't understand. You've spent years 669 00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:06,040 assuming black holes exist and you believe Cygnus X-1 670 00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:08,720 could well turn out to be the first black hole 671 00:53:08,720 --> 00:53:10,600 that we can actually observe. 672 00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:13,160 And yet, you've bet Kip Thorne it's not a black hole. 673 00:53:13,160 --> 00:53:15,480 Yes. What did you bet him? 674 00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:19,360 A one-year subscription to a magazine. 675 00:53:19,360 --> 00:53:22,120 Which magazine? Nature? No. 676 00:53:22,120 --> 00:53:23,960 Penthouse. 677 00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:26,280 Penthouse? Yes! 678 00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:27,640 HE LAUGHS 679 00:53:27,640 --> 00:53:29,080 ROBERT: Going to get you! 680 00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:30,720 LAUGHTER 681 00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:34,280 Daddy, look out. Let's get Mummy. 682 00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:35,880 Come on...! 683 00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:39,240 Going to get you! 684 00:53:39,240 --> 00:53:41,560 Mummy, Mummy! Come and look. 685 00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:44,120 CLATTERING 686 00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:46,440 We're going to get you. 687 00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:49,040 Oh, no... 688 00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:53,880 GLASS SHATTERS 689 00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:56,440 CHILDREN CHANT: Holiday! Holiday! 690 00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,000 Holiday! Holiday! 691 00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,320 Holiday! Holiday... 692 00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:10,840 Hello. Hello. 693 00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:12,200 Hello. There you are. 694 00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:13,600 Hello, Pa! Isn't it marvellous? 695 00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:16,560 What about these steps, Frank? Steps are nothing, Jane. 696 00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:19,480 Stephen. Here we are. Hello. 697 00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:23,000 Yes, here we go. Once we're up at the top, it's very snug. 698 00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:24,120 Hello, Stephen. 699 00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:25,960 Hello. There we go. 700 00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:28,240 Turn you around, Stephen. Want me to pull? 701 00:54:28,240 --> 00:54:30,920 No, no, I'll be fine. You get the baggage. 702 00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:32,600 Here we go. Off we go. Let's go. 703 00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:39,080 There we are, you see? Quite easy. 704 00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:41,240 Up one, there we go. 705 00:54:41,240 --> 00:54:42,840 Shimmering? 706 00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:44,920 Um, er, the... 707 00:54:44,920 --> 00:54:47,280 Oh, rain coming down, shivering cold? 708 00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:48,800 Cold? 709 00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:50,400 No. 710 00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:52,040 The...falling. 711 00:54:52,040 --> 00:54:54,000 Falling... 712 00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:56,200 SHIVERING 713 00:54:56,200 --> 00:54:59,200 Very cold. What is it? I'm... STEPHEN CHOKES 714 00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:01,880 ..having a jolly... 715 00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:04,240 OK, take Lucy. One moment. 716 00:55:04,240 --> 00:55:06,000 What is it? 717 00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:07,720 HE CHOKES 718 00:55:09,720 --> 00:55:11,160 HE GAGS 719 00:55:11,160 --> 00:55:12,320 Is it out? 720 00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:16,840 Some... Some water? No, don't worry. 721 00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:19,560 OK, that's it. 722 00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:20,960 There we go. 723 00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:24,880 It's OK. It's OK. He needs to see a specialist. 724 00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:27,880 Keeps happening over and over again. 725 00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:29,160 Ridiculous. 726 00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:31,120 No doctors. 727 00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:33,320 No doctors! 728 00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:36,720 All right, no doctors. 729 00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:42,120 A little water. 730 00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:55,360 SHE SNIFFLES 731 00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:20,040 Stephen. 732 00:56:23,240 --> 00:56:25,000 I need help. 733 00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:31,440 If only for Robert. He's missing out on his childhood. 734 00:56:32,520 --> 00:56:36,560 I keep looking for a way to make this work, but... 735 00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:38,760 I can't find it on my own. 736 00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:42,640 Everything is fine. We're just a normal family. 737 00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:44,480 We're not a normal family. 738 00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:51,040 We're not a normal family. 739 00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:56,080 Robert. 740 00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:59,800 Your mother is very angry with me. 741 00:57:06,960 --> 00:57:08,680 Thanks. 742 00:57:11,880 --> 00:57:14,600 VACUUM WHIRS 743 00:57:18,280 --> 00:57:19,960 Jane. 744 00:57:25,200 --> 00:57:27,120 Jane, stop. 745 00:57:33,680 --> 00:57:34,880 Sit. 746 00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:49,920 Now... 747 00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:51,680 POURS TEA 748 00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:54,160 ..I'd like to make a suggestion. 749 00:57:57,120 --> 00:58:01,360 Might sound a bit unusual, but I have seen it work wonders. 750 00:58:01,360 --> 00:58:06,160 I think that you should consider joining the church choir. 751 00:58:08,280 --> 00:58:10,080 SHE SCOFFS 752 00:58:11,880 --> 00:58:13,640 Mum, 753 00:58:13,640 --> 00:58:17,640 I think that's possibly the most English thing anyone has ever said. 754 00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:21,840 Maybe so. 755 00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:26,720 I used to love singing. You're very good at it. 756 00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:28,800 I don't know about that. 757 00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:30,520 Just go. 758 00:58:32,840 --> 00:58:34,480 It's one hour a week. 759 00:58:37,880 --> 00:58:42,560 ALL SING CHORAL PIECE 760 00:59:16,080 --> 00:59:19,560 Really lovely, everyone. OK. See you next week. 761 00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:25,320 Bye-bye. Bye. 762 00:59:26,960 --> 00:59:28,400 Goodbye. 763 00:59:31,280 --> 00:59:32,840 Hello. Hello. 764 00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:34,240 Have you come to sing? 765 00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:36,200 Um... 766 00:59:36,200 --> 00:59:37,880 I just came to, um... 767 00:59:40,440 --> 00:59:43,080 Soprano? Mezzo. 768 00:59:43,080 --> 00:59:46,720 Ah! Lovely, just what we need. Where have you been hiding? 769 00:59:46,720 --> 00:59:48,320 Good question. 770 00:59:48,320 --> 00:59:50,160 Well, you're here now, 771 00:59:50,160 --> 00:59:52,920 and just in time, as they say. 772 00:59:58,440 --> 01:00:00,800 Oh, you know, I have to come back anyway, so... 773 01:00:00,800 --> 01:00:02,440 Good. You have everything? 774 01:00:02,440 --> 01:00:04,360 Yes, thank you. Yes. Thank you for coming. 775 01:00:04,360 --> 01:00:07,080 You will be a valuable asset. 776 01:00:07,080 --> 01:00:08,840 Thank you. 777 01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:12,160 Um... 778 01:00:12,160 --> 01:00:14,320 Well, I should be going. 779 01:00:14,320 --> 01:00:16,960 And if your son wants those piano lessons, just... 780 01:00:16,960 --> 01:00:19,440 Yes, yes, absolutely. I... Call me. 781 01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:21,160 I will do. Great. 782 01:00:21,160 --> 01:00:23,240 My husband adores music, too. 783 01:00:23,240 --> 01:00:26,400 Oh, well, I could... Does he play? 784 01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:28,080 Um... 785 01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:29,360 I could teach him, as well. 786 01:00:30,760 --> 01:00:33,280 That's a long story. 787 01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:36,000 But... OK. Well, thank you, Jonathan. 788 01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:38,800 My pleasure, Jane. See you again. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. 789 01:00:48,640 --> 01:00:51,400 PRACTISING PIANO INSIDE 790 01:00:54,960 --> 01:00:58,600 HE PLAYS SCALE 791 01:01:00,280 --> 01:01:01,560 PLAYING STOPS 792 01:01:01,560 --> 01:01:03,440 Third finger. No, that... 793 01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:05,040 That one, there. 794 01:01:05,040 --> 01:01:07,280 Try lifting your wrists a little bit. 795 01:01:07,280 --> 01:01:09,520 Keep your elbows back. OK, try again. 796 01:01:09,520 --> 01:01:11,240 PLAYS SCALE 797 01:01:11,240 --> 01:01:12,680 No. 798 01:01:16,640 --> 01:01:20,160 HE PLAYS WITH BOTH HANDS 799 01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:23,760 BOTH CHUCKLE 800 01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:23,760 Yeah. Good. 801 01:01:29,840 --> 01:01:31,400 More wine? 802 01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:34,120 Why not? Thank you. 803 01:01:34,120 --> 01:01:36,320 Stephen? No. 804 01:01:52,200 --> 01:01:53,800 JONATHAN CLEARS HIS THROAT 805 01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:57,600 Stephen, Jane was telling me that you have a beautiful theorem. 806 01:01:59,440 --> 01:02:05,680 Um, that proves that the universe, had a beginning. Is that it? 807 01:02:08,640 --> 01:02:11,680 That was my PhD thesis. 808 01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:18,720 My new project disproves it. 809 01:02:18,720 --> 01:02:22,320 Disproves it? Yes. Oh! 810 01:02:22,320 --> 01:02:26,320 Um, so, then, you no longer believe in the creation? 811 01:02:26,320 --> 01:02:32,560 What one believes is irrelevant in physics. 812 01:02:32,560 --> 01:02:34,400 "Irrelevant in physics." 813 01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:36,280 Oh. 814 01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:36,280 HE CLEARS HIS THROAT 815 01:02:36,280 --> 01:02:38,440 I see. 816 01:02:38,440 --> 01:02:40,200 Stephen's done a U-turn. 817 01:02:40,200 --> 01:02:44,080 The big new idea is that the universe has no boundaries at all. 818 01:02:44,080 --> 01:02:46,640 No boundaries, no beginning... 819 01:02:46,640 --> 01:02:48,280 And no God. Oh! 820 01:02:49,560 --> 01:02:52,320 Oh, I see. I thought that, um, 821 01:02:52,320 --> 01:02:54,600 you'd proved the universe had a beginning 822 01:02:54,600 --> 01:02:56,280 and thus a need for a creator. 823 01:02:57,840 --> 01:02:59,320 My mistake. 824 01:02:59,320 --> 01:03:02,520 No, mine. 825 01:03:04,120 --> 01:03:06,840 Stephen is looking for a single theory that 826 01:03:06,840 --> 01:03:10,040 explains all the forces in the universe. 827 01:03:10,040 --> 01:03:12,200 Therefore, God must die. 828 01:03:12,200 --> 01:03:15,160 Oh, why must God die? I don't see. 829 01:03:15,160 --> 01:03:17,560 The two great pillars of physics 830 01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:20,680 are quantum theory, 831 01:03:20,680 --> 01:03:23,280 the laws that govern the very small - 832 01:03:23,280 --> 01:03:25,360 particles, electrons and so on, 833 01:03:25,360 --> 01:03:28,640 and general relativity. 834 01:03:28,640 --> 01:03:30,920 Yes, Einstein. Einstein's theory, 835 01:03:30,920 --> 01:03:33,280 the laws that govern the very large planets and such. 836 01:03:33,280 --> 01:03:35,800 But quantum and relativity... 837 01:03:35,800 --> 01:03:37,760 Don't tell me. They're different? 838 01:03:37,760 --> 01:03:41,320 They don't remotely play by the same rules. 839 01:03:41,320 --> 01:03:45,120 If the world were all potatoes, then, easy. 840 01:03:45,120 --> 01:03:50,000 You could trace a precise beginning as Stephen once did. 841 01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:52,840 A moment of creation. 842 01:03:52,840 --> 01:03:56,080 Hallelujah. God lives. 843 01:03:56,080 --> 01:03:57,880 If you incorporate peas into the menu, 844 01:03:57,880 --> 01:04:00,560 well, then it all goes a little... Tits up! 845 01:04:00,560 --> 01:04:02,400 HE LAUGHS 846 01:04:00,560 --> 01:04:02,400 Yes. Haywire. 847 01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:04,880 It just all becomes a godless mess. 848 01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:07,960 Oh, dear. Einstein hated peas. 849 01:04:07,960 --> 01:04:09,880 Quantum theory. 850 01:04:09,880 --> 01:04:13,520 He said, "God doesn't play dice with the universe." 851 01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:17,240 Seems he not only plays dice, 852 01:04:17,240 --> 01:04:22,480 but he throws them where we can't find them. 853 01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:26,400 God is back on the endangered species list. 854 01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:28,800 Well, I expect he'll cope. 855 01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:32,720 And physics is back in business. 856 01:04:32,720 --> 01:04:34,200 Yes. 857 01:04:35,640 --> 01:04:37,480 Physics is back in business. 858 01:04:48,520 --> 01:04:50,400 I was...married, actually. 859 01:04:53,280 --> 01:04:55,160 But, sadly, she passed. 860 01:04:56,840 --> 01:04:58,480 Almost a year ago now. 861 01:05:00,560 --> 01:05:02,440 It was...leukaemia. 862 01:05:05,160 --> 01:05:08,760 She fought it and I nursed her, but... 863 01:05:08,760 --> 01:05:10,480 ..in the end... 864 01:05:16,160 --> 01:05:18,040 I do get quite lonely. 865 01:05:18,040 --> 01:05:21,880 The...tyranny of the empty room 866 01:05:21,880 --> 01:05:23,240 and all that. 867 01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:27,960 But music is my salvation. Teaching and playing. 868 01:05:27,960 --> 01:05:30,880 Not really as a career, but I'm not very ambitious. 869 01:05:30,880 --> 01:05:32,640 Though that's not... 870 01:05:38,080 --> 01:05:40,920 Is that a sin? I don't know. 871 01:05:42,680 --> 01:05:45,120 Wrong man to ask. 872 01:05:50,800 --> 01:05:52,680 Thank you so much for having me. 873 01:05:52,680 --> 01:05:55,640 Thank you for coming. It was really, really wonderful. 874 01:05:55,640 --> 01:05:59,640 If there's anything I can do to be of service, to you, 875 01:05:59,640 --> 01:06:04,000 to the family, I mean, I would consider it a privilege. 876 01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:07,800 I have no children or commitments, so... 877 01:06:07,800 --> 01:06:10,800 I only mean that if I could be of help, 878 01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:13,920 I believe I might find a purpose that would... 879 01:06:13,920 --> 01:06:16,360 ..help alleviate my own, um, situation. 880 01:06:18,440 --> 01:06:21,080 Goodnight. Night. 881 01:06:55,840 --> 01:06:58,440 I understand... 882 01:07:00,600 --> 01:07:02,960 ..if you need help. 883 01:07:05,840 --> 01:07:08,800 If someone is 884 01:07:08,800 --> 01:07:11,600 prepared to offer it... 885 01:07:14,920 --> 01:07:17,720 ..I won't object. 886 01:07:58,960 --> 01:08:01,880 Chilly? Yeah, it's very bracing. 887 01:08:32,240 --> 01:08:33,920 Come on. Ready? 888 01:08:33,920 --> 01:08:35,840 Yeah. All right. 889 01:08:38,200 --> 01:08:40,360 17, 18... 890 01:08:40,360 --> 01:08:41,760 ..19... 891 01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:51,560 There we go. Right. I'm going to put the kettle on. 892 01:08:51,560 --> 01:08:55,160 MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH 893 01:09:13,120 --> 01:09:16,160 INAUDIBLE 894 01:09:37,040 --> 01:09:40,000 # Calls you one and calls you all 895 01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:43,480 # To gain his everlasting hall 896 01:09:43,480 --> 01:09:46,920 # Christ was born to save 897 01:09:46,920 --> 01:09:50,360 # Christ was born to save! # 898 01:09:50,360 --> 01:09:52,560 Great, lovely, OK. We can go. ALL CHUCKLE 899 01:09:52,560 --> 01:09:54,640 Just gone 7.45. 900 01:09:55,960 --> 01:09:58,920 Could you all leave your copies? Goodbye. Bye, all! 901 01:10:03,960 --> 01:10:05,960 There's something I need to tell you. 902 01:10:06,960 --> 01:10:08,640 What? 903 01:10:08,640 --> 01:10:10,360 I'm pregnant. 904 01:10:13,040 --> 01:10:15,880 Gosh, I, assumed that you and Stephen, um... 905 01:10:17,560 --> 01:10:20,080 Well, that's really wonderful. 906 01:10:20,080 --> 01:10:23,480 It is. Yes, wonderful. 907 01:10:23,480 --> 01:10:24,960 Congratulations, Jane. 908 01:10:26,120 --> 01:10:27,480 Thank you. 909 01:10:42,440 --> 01:10:44,040 Everyone say, "Cheese." Ready? 910 01:10:44,040 --> 01:10:45,960 On the count of three. One, two, three. 911 01:10:45,960 --> 01:10:47,800 ALL: Cheese. 912 01:10:49,160 --> 01:10:50,320 Cheese. 913 01:10:54,400 --> 01:10:56,560 CHATTER 914 01:11:00,280 --> 01:11:02,240 Mummy! Just coming. 915 01:11:02,240 --> 01:11:04,520 BABY CRIES Oh, come on, sweetie. Come on... 916 01:11:11,280 --> 01:11:13,240 Now, you know, 917 01:11:13,240 --> 01:11:17,240 I've always been supportive of your choice not to have home help, 918 01:11:17,240 --> 01:11:20,280 but we need to find a permanent solution. 919 01:11:20,280 --> 01:11:23,320 This... This...situation cannot continue. 920 01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:28,480 You need to have a proper live-in nurse immediately. 921 01:11:28,480 --> 01:11:30,320 We have help. 922 01:11:30,320 --> 01:11:34,360 Look, you know what I'm talking about. 923 01:11:34,360 --> 01:11:37,880 We can't afford a live-in nurse. 924 01:11:37,880 --> 01:11:41,960 Stephen, you need to find a way for your family's sake. 925 01:11:41,960 --> 01:11:43,520 You're world-famous. 926 01:11:43,520 --> 01:11:47,200 For black holes, not for rock concerts. 927 01:11:47,200 --> 01:11:50,360 Stephen, this isn't funny. 928 01:11:50,360 --> 01:11:52,360 I believe it's urgent. 929 01:11:53,640 --> 01:11:56,000 QUIET CHATTER 930 01:12:12,840 --> 01:12:15,040 We do have a right to know. 931 01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:17,720 We have a right to know, Jane. 932 01:12:20,320 --> 01:12:22,760 Know what? 933 01:12:22,760 --> 01:12:25,280 Whose child Timothy is. 934 01:12:25,280 --> 01:12:27,720 Stephen's or Jonathan's. 935 01:12:30,200 --> 01:12:32,320 That's what you think of me. 936 01:12:33,680 --> 01:12:35,600 There's no way that Timothy could 937 01:12:35,600 --> 01:12:38,000 have any other father than Stephen. None. 938 01:12:48,240 --> 01:12:49,840 Jonathan. Please don't go. 939 01:12:49,840 --> 01:12:52,800 I have to go. Come on. Everyone is talking. 940 01:12:52,800 --> 01:12:54,080 So, what does it matter? 941 01:12:54,080 --> 01:12:56,440 It's difficult for me because I'm just trying to help. 942 01:12:56,440 --> 01:12:58,480 I know you're trying to help, and your help is valued. 943 01:12:58,480 --> 01:13:01,720 The best thing for me right now is... I think maybe if... 944 01:13:01,720 --> 01:13:03,200 I just step back for now. 945 01:13:03,200 --> 01:13:05,720 Please, Jonathan. We need you. That would be the best. 946 01:13:05,720 --> 01:13:07,360 The children need you, and I need you, 947 01:13:07,360 --> 01:13:08,920 and Stephen needs you. Jonathan. 948 01:13:08,920 --> 01:13:11,400 There's other things as well. Jane, I... 949 01:13:11,400 --> 01:13:14,040 HE SIGHS 950 01:13:14,040 --> 01:13:16,120 ..I have feelings for you. 951 01:13:20,160 --> 01:13:27,360 And I have feelings for you, too. 952 01:13:27,360 --> 01:13:28,920 Thank you, Jane. 953 01:14:15,920 --> 01:14:20,400 I've been invited to the Bordeaux Opera. 954 01:14:20,400 --> 01:14:22,240 Invited where? 955 01:14:22,240 --> 01:14:24,600 Bordeaux. 956 01:14:25,680 --> 01:14:27,440 To Bordeaux? 957 01:14:28,400 --> 01:14:30,360 Wagner. 958 01:14:30,360 --> 01:14:33,400 The students can take me. 959 01:14:33,400 --> 01:14:35,960 I know you hate flying. 960 01:14:37,240 --> 01:14:39,440 I do hate to fly. 961 01:14:39,440 --> 01:14:42,160 Bring the car. 962 01:14:42,160 --> 01:14:45,800 Meet me in Bordeaux. 963 01:14:47,040 --> 01:14:50,720 Take the children camping. 964 01:14:52,760 --> 01:14:55,840 It'll be too difficult to manage, Stephen. 965 01:15:01,360 --> 01:15:05,120 Bring Jonathan. 966 01:15:09,680 --> 01:15:12,200 I doubt he would be willing. 967 01:15:18,600 --> 01:15:20,520 DOOR SLAMS 968 01:15:28,520 --> 01:15:30,040 Hello, Stephen. 969 01:15:45,320 --> 01:15:47,120 Is this OK? 970 01:15:47,120 --> 01:15:49,000 Well... 971 01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:51,640 OPENS BOTTLES ..I won't tell if you won't. 972 01:16:01,840 --> 01:16:04,160 Just... 973 01:16:04,160 --> 01:16:06,040 ..bearing in mind you have to drive. 974 01:16:06,040 --> 01:16:08,520 THEY CHUCKLE 975 01:16:10,840 --> 01:16:12,680 GLASS CLINKS 976 01:16:21,280 --> 01:16:24,200 Jane needs help. 977 01:16:37,360 --> 01:16:39,760 Sarah, you won't forget a vitamin B injection as soon as you land. 978 01:16:39,760 --> 01:16:42,280 No. Of course. And you'll call me when you get to the hotel? 979 01:16:42,280 --> 01:16:44,720 I will. Yes? Promise? Yes. Good. 980 01:16:44,720 --> 01:16:46,880 Stephen. 981 01:16:49,120 --> 01:16:51,600 Mum will take the baby. 982 01:16:51,600 --> 01:16:55,440 She'll be here any minute. See you in Bordeaux. 983 01:16:55,440 --> 01:16:56,880 And be good. 984 01:17:06,280 --> 01:17:09,000 BIRDSONG 985 01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:22,840 Are they asleep? Yeah. 986 01:17:27,560 --> 01:17:29,920 QUIET CHATTER 987 01:17:33,720 --> 01:17:37,200 THEY LAUGH 988 01:17:37,200 --> 01:17:40,440 OK. It's OK. I'm all right. Where are the children? 989 01:17:40,440 --> 01:17:43,160 CHATTERING 990 01:17:53,000 --> 01:17:55,640 I think we've done rather well. 991 01:17:55,640 --> 01:17:58,520 Right. Children? Get your sleeping bags. 992 01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:02,240 Thank you. 993 01:18:13,960 --> 01:18:16,080 Thank you. Thanks. 994 01:18:23,200 --> 01:18:26,240 ORCHESTRA TUNES UP 995 01:18:26,240 --> 01:18:29,000 HUSHED CONVERSATION 996 01:18:45,640 --> 01:18:48,240 ZIPS QUIETLY 997 01:19:18,720 --> 01:19:20,480 Jonathan? 998 01:19:22,200 --> 01:19:26,200 MUSIC PLAYS 999 01:19:37,680 --> 01:19:40,520 HE CHOKES 1000 01:19:46,520 --> 01:19:48,120 HE COUGHS QUIETLY 1001 01:19:48,120 --> 01:19:49,840 MAN SHUSHES 1002 01:19:49,840 --> 01:19:51,480 HE COUGHS LUDLY 1003 01:19:53,400 --> 01:19:54,760 Oh, God. 1004 01:19:56,760 --> 01:19:58,720 Excuse me, sorry. 1005 01:20:30,360 --> 01:20:32,080 Jonathan? 1006 01:20:32,080 --> 01:20:33,840 Jonathan. 1007 01:20:33,840 --> 01:20:37,160 Stephen's been taken ill. He's in hospital and... 1008 01:20:37,160 --> 01:20:39,960 ..he...he's in a coma. Stephen's been taken ill? 1009 01:21:02,880 --> 01:21:05,760 MONITORS BEEP 1010 01:21:32,160 --> 01:21:34,080 What are you talking about? 1011 01:21:37,280 --> 01:21:39,120 This way would be a painless end. 1012 01:21:39,120 --> 01:21:41,800 If we try to bring him round from the anaesthetic, 1013 01:21:41,800 --> 01:21:44,040 it's not sure he will survive resuscitation. 1014 01:21:45,720 --> 01:21:48,160 You have to bring him round from the anaesthetic. 1015 01:21:49,360 --> 01:21:51,400 Are you sure it's what you want? 1016 01:21:52,800 --> 01:21:54,760 The only way of weaning him off the 1017 01:21:54,760 --> 01:21:57,520 ventilator will be to give him a tracheotomy. 1018 01:21:57,520 --> 01:22:01,280 A hole in the neck, bypassing the throat. 1019 01:22:03,040 --> 01:22:04,880 He will never speak again. 1020 01:22:09,280 --> 01:22:10,920 There's no question. 1021 01:22:12,400 --> 01:22:17,240 Stephen must live. I will see he gets everything he needs. 1022 01:22:17,240 --> 01:22:19,760 I will have him transferred back to Cambridge. 1023 01:22:22,720 --> 01:22:25,000 He may not survive the journey. 1024 01:22:25,000 --> 01:22:26,880 Yes, he will. 1025 01:22:26,880 --> 01:22:30,440 JET ENGINES ROAR 1026 01:22:34,600 --> 01:22:36,640 I know. 1027 01:22:38,240 --> 01:22:40,000 I'll... 1028 01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:41,680 ..step back. 1029 01:22:45,240 --> 01:22:47,200 Did you get everything in the car? 1030 01:22:47,200 --> 01:22:49,960 His chair and his equipment and everything? 1031 01:22:51,440 --> 01:22:52,960 HE MOUTHS 1032 01:23:01,360 --> 01:23:03,960 JET ROARS OVERHEAD 1033 01:23:09,920 --> 01:23:11,720 Goodbye. 1034 01:24:13,040 --> 01:24:15,640 LIGHT BUZZES 1035 01:24:17,760 --> 01:24:20,080 LEAVES RUSTLE 1036 01:24:28,800 --> 01:24:31,040 LOW CONVERSATION 1037 01:24:31,040 --> 01:24:33,240 VOICES FROM TV 1038 01:24:43,040 --> 01:24:44,960 Stephen? 1039 01:25:02,600 --> 01:25:05,240 This is a spelling board. 1040 01:25:06,960 --> 01:25:11,000 Firstly, you tell me what letter you want by blinking 1041 01:25:11,000 --> 01:25:14,720 when I say the colour of the group that contains the letter. 1042 01:25:16,600 --> 01:25:18,640 Once I know the group, you can choose 1043 01:25:18,640 --> 01:25:20,440 the character inside that group 1044 01:25:20,440 --> 01:25:22,480 by blinking again when I say the colour 1045 01:25:22,480 --> 01:25:24,280 of each letter within that group. 1046 01:25:26,880 --> 01:25:28,560 Apparently. 1047 01:25:29,480 --> 01:25:31,280 Let's just try. 1048 01:25:35,320 --> 01:25:37,080 Green. 1049 01:25:39,760 --> 01:25:41,320 Blue. 1050 01:25:43,120 --> 01:25:44,640 Pink. 1051 01:25:47,280 --> 01:25:48,840 Black. 1052 01:25:50,320 --> 01:25:51,760 Red. 1053 01:25:55,000 --> 01:25:56,960 Blink to choose the colour of the group 1054 01:25:56,960 --> 01:25:58,800 of the letter you want, Stephen. 1055 01:26:09,440 --> 01:26:11,200 Green. 1056 01:26:13,320 --> 01:26:14,920 Blue. 1057 01:26:18,480 --> 01:26:19,920 Pink. 1058 01:26:25,360 --> 01:26:27,080 Black. 1059 01:26:31,440 --> 01:26:33,120 Red. 1060 01:26:49,200 --> 01:26:53,200 HE MOUTHS 1061 01:27:00,480 --> 01:27:02,040 DOOR OPENS 1062 01:27:02,040 --> 01:27:03,800 Hello, Elaine. 1063 01:27:03,800 --> 01:27:06,000 Shall I take your coat? OK. 1064 01:27:06,000 --> 01:27:07,600 Thank you, Jane. 1065 01:27:07,600 --> 01:27:09,760 FOOTSTEPS 1066 01:27:13,880 --> 01:27:16,120 Just wait here. Great. 1067 01:27:22,960 --> 01:27:24,280 She's here. 1068 01:27:24,280 --> 01:27:26,000 She comes highly recommended. 1069 01:27:29,000 --> 01:27:31,040 Promise not to eat her alive. 1070 01:27:33,120 --> 01:27:34,560 OK? 1071 01:27:45,600 --> 01:27:47,240 Here we are. 1072 01:27:48,960 --> 01:27:51,240 Elaine, Stephen. 1073 01:27:52,360 --> 01:27:55,920 Stephen, Elaine. Lovely to meet you, Professor. 1074 01:27:57,240 --> 01:27:59,640 Now, you should have everything you need. 1075 01:27:59,640 --> 01:28:04,040 But if there's anything else, I'll be just next door. Great. 1076 01:28:04,040 --> 01:28:07,680 I think we'll get straight to work. Thank you, Jane. 1077 01:28:07,680 --> 01:28:10,600 Oh, if you could close the doors. Of course. 1078 01:28:16,480 --> 01:28:18,680 We'll get started, then. 1079 01:28:20,240 --> 01:28:21,920 OK. 1080 01:28:29,920 --> 01:28:31,440 Red. 1081 01:28:33,800 --> 01:28:35,400 Yellow. 1082 01:28:35,400 --> 01:28:37,160 T. 1083 01:28:40,040 --> 01:28:41,680 Green. 1084 01:28:41,680 --> 01:28:43,560 Black. 1085 01:28:43,560 --> 01:28:45,320 E. 1086 01:28:45,320 --> 01:28:47,320 Green, green. 1087 01:28:47,320 --> 01:28:48,920 A. 1088 01:28:48,920 --> 01:28:51,120 Tea. 1089 01:28:51,120 --> 01:28:52,760 You want a cup of tea. 1090 01:28:55,760 --> 01:28:56,920 OK. 1091 01:29:00,680 --> 01:29:02,280 Any preference? 1092 01:29:05,200 --> 01:29:08,280 You've memorised the board, I know you have. 1093 01:29:09,840 --> 01:29:11,440 I haven't got all day. 1094 01:29:13,880 --> 01:29:16,480 Green, green. 1095 01:29:16,480 --> 01:29:18,320 Green, yellow. 1096 01:29:18,320 --> 01:29:21,480 Yellow. B. 1097 01:29:21,480 --> 01:29:24,480 Green, blue, pink, black, red. 1098 01:29:24,480 --> 01:29:25,840 Red. 1099 01:29:25,840 --> 01:29:28,320 Green, yellow, blue, blue. 1100 01:29:28,320 --> 01:29:31,080 U. So, B, U. 1101 01:29:32,120 --> 01:29:34,040 Builder's tea, right? 1102 01:29:42,000 --> 01:29:44,040 So, how did you get on? 1103 01:29:44,040 --> 01:29:48,120 You know... I think he's the most brilliant man I've ever met. 1104 01:29:48,120 --> 01:29:50,640 You're very lucky. Thank you. 1105 01:29:50,640 --> 01:29:55,040 You must worship the ground beneath... His wheels? 1106 01:29:55,040 --> 01:29:58,120 And he's the perfect patient. He's so funny. 1107 01:29:58,120 --> 01:29:59,640 When you read about him... 1108 01:29:59,640 --> 01:30:02,200 Let's see how you get on, shall we, Elaine? 1109 01:30:03,400 --> 01:30:06,160 That's tightened up. 1110 01:30:06,160 --> 01:30:08,960 As you can see, it's height-adjustable 1111 01:30:08,960 --> 01:30:11,720 and we can change the angle to whatever Steve wants it at. 1112 01:30:11,720 --> 01:30:14,360 You know, it's cutting-edge. So, how does it work? 1113 01:30:14,360 --> 01:30:17,840 It uses a very simple interface that scans through the alphabet, 1114 01:30:17,840 --> 01:30:21,240 selects each letter one at a time. I mean, using this technique, 1115 01:30:21,240 --> 01:30:25,000 the Professor can expect to write about four words per minute. 1116 01:30:25,000 --> 01:30:26,920 Good. Better than one a minute. 1117 01:30:26,920 --> 01:30:29,520 Yes, and what I've done is taken the components 1118 01:30:29,520 --> 01:30:31,720 from a telephone answering system, actually, 1119 01:30:31,720 --> 01:30:34,280 to convert the written text into synthesised speech. 1120 01:30:34,280 --> 01:30:37,920 I mean, the voice sounds a little bit robotic, but... 1121 01:30:37,920 --> 01:30:39,200 ..all we give it a try? 1122 01:30:39,200 --> 01:30:41,280 Great. Here's the clicker. 1123 01:30:44,920 --> 01:30:46,560 Right hand? 1124 01:30:52,480 --> 01:30:54,280 There you go. 1125 01:30:56,360 --> 01:30:58,600 Welcome to the future. 1126 01:31:03,040 --> 01:31:05,280 IN SYNTHESISED VOICE: 1127 01:31:07,560 --> 01:31:09,520 It's American. 1128 01:31:09,520 --> 01:31:11,320 Is that a problem? 1129 01:31:11,320 --> 01:31:14,600 Oh, my goodness. Well, is there another voice? 1130 01:31:15,960 --> 01:31:17,960 That's the only one they have at the moment. 1131 01:31:17,960 --> 01:31:19,440 I think it's great. 1132 01:31:19,440 --> 01:31:21,040 SHE CHUCKLES 1133 01:31:52,720 --> 01:31:56,280 IN SYNTHESISED VOICE: 1134 01:32:02,080 --> 01:32:05,960 SYNTHESISED VOICE: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. 1135 01:32:10,080 --> 01:32:12,440 Exterminate. 1136 01:32:12,440 --> 01:32:14,320 Exterminate. 1137 01:32:16,120 --> 01:32:17,720 Exterminate. 1138 01:32:25,840 --> 01:32:28,320 I will write a book. 1139 01:32:29,760 --> 01:32:31,280 About what? 1140 01:32:38,320 --> 01:32:39,920 Time. 1141 01:32:39,920 --> 01:32:41,240 IN SYNTHESISED VOICE: 1142 01:32:49,400 --> 01:32:52,360 SYNTHESISED VOICE: What is the nature of time? 1143 01:32:52,360 --> 01:32:55,080 Will it ever come to an end? 1144 01:32:59,120 --> 01:33:02,560 Someday, these answers may seem as obvious to us 1145 01:33:02,560 --> 01:33:06,040 as the Earth orbiting the sun, 1146 01:33:06,040 --> 01:33:10,160 or perhaps as ridiculous as a tower of tortoises. 1147 01:33:12,800 --> 01:33:17,640 Only time, whatever that may be, will tell. 1148 01:33:20,720 --> 01:33:23,240 CLICKING 1149 01:33:31,760 --> 01:33:33,840 CLICKING 1150 01:33:39,040 --> 01:33:40,680 Professor? 1151 01:33:51,360 --> 01:33:54,920 It is for a friend. Of course it is. 1152 01:33:54,920 --> 01:33:57,960 That's what they all say. 1153 01:33:57,960 --> 01:34:01,080 You don't have to be embarrassed in front of me, Professor. 1154 01:34:01,080 --> 01:34:03,240 I know what men are like. 1155 01:34:04,720 --> 01:34:06,160 Shall we take a look? 1156 01:34:07,800 --> 01:34:09,440 There you go. 1157 01:34:12,360 --> 01:34:14,040 SHE CLEARS HER THROAT 1158 01:34:18,160 --> 01:34:19,640 DOOR OPENS 1159 01:34:21,120 --> 01:34:23,400 Oh. I'm sorry. 1160 01:34:29,520 --> 01:34:32,360 BOTH LAUGH 1161 01:34:32,360 --> 01:34:33,840 Next one? 1162 01:34:39,800 --> 01:34:41,160 What? 1163 01:34:47,840 --> 01:34:51,440 CLICKING 1164 01:35:21,320 --> 01:35:24,280 SYNTHESISED VOICE: So I said, "I have long been looking 1165 01:35:24,280 --> 01:35:26,640 "for a model of the universe. 1166 01:35:27,680 --> 01:35:30,360 "I finally found her." 1167 01:35:30,360 --> 01:35:32,320 WATER SPLASHES, SHE CHUCKLES 1168 01:35:32,320 --> 01:35:34,000 I bet you did. 1169 01:35:34,000 --> 01:35:35,600 SHE CHUCKLES 1170 01:35:40,640 --> 01:35:43,880 Stephen, I need to steal you. The contract's arrived. 1171 01:35:43,880 --> 01:35:46,280 Could you just give us a minute, please, Jane? 1172 01:35:57,640 --> 01:35:59,400 There we go. 1173 01:36:07,360 --> 01:36:08,960 Like new. 1174 01:36:11,200 --> 01:36:13,600 CHUCKLING > 1175 01:36:18,480 --> 01:36:22,240 PRINTER BUZZES 1176 01:36:29,840 --> 01:36:33,840 CLICKING 1177 01:36:36,440 --> 01:36:37,680 READS: Who are we? 1178 01:36:38,920 --> 01:36:40,680 Why are we here? 1179 01:36:40,680 --> 01:36:42,800 If we ever learn this, it will be the 1180 01:36:42,800 --> 01:36:44,800 ultimate triumph of human reason, 1181 01:36:44,800 --> 01:36:47,640 for then we would know the mind of God. 1182 01:36:48,920 --> 01:36:51,120 Do you mean this? 1183 01:36:51,120 --> 01:36:52,440 Yes. 1184 01:36:52,440 --> 01:36:54,560 CLICKING 1185 01:36:54,560 --> 01:36:57,320 Of course. So, you're acknowledging him? 1186 01:37:02,680 --> 01:37:04,160 However... 1187 01:37:07,280 --> 01:37:09,320 "However" what? 1188 01:37:15,560 --> 01:37:18,800 Are you actually going to let me have this moment? 1189 01:37:23,520 --> 01:37:25,320 You are welcome. 1190 01:38:02,920 --> 01:38:06,880 I have asked Elaine to travel with me to America. 1191 01:38:09,640 --> 01:38:11,760 She will look after me. 1192 01:38:25,000 --> 01:38:26,680 Will she? 1193 01:38:30,000 --> 01:38:31,520 Yes. 1194 01:38:37,640 --> 01:38:40,840 You always used to tell me when an invitation came in. 1195 01:38:42,960 --> 01:38:44,800 Another award. 1196 01:38:44,800 --> 01:38:46,680 What can you do? 1197 01:38:56,640 --> 01:38:58,400 I am sorry. 1198 01:39:07,560 --> 01:39:09,800 How many years? 1199 01:39:15,720 --> 01:39:17,240 They said two. 1200 01:39:20,200 --> 01:39:22,120 You've had so many. 1201 01:39:29,800 --> 01:39:33,360 SHE SOBS 1202 01:39:48,680 --> 01:39:51,000 Everything will be OK. 1203 01:40:08,560 --> 01:40:10,800 I have loved you. 1204 01:40:19,760 --> 01:40:21,760 I did my best. 1205 01:40:23,520 --> 01:40:26,480 HE SOBS 1206 01:40:58,600 --> 01:41:00,800 Careful. 1207 01:41:00,800 --> 01:41:03,880 That... That's staying. All right. 1208 01:41:29,720 --> 01:41:33,680 CHATTERING 1209 01:41:47,600 --> 01:41:49,160 Bye, Jonathan. 1210 01:42:29,040 --> 01:42:34,960 PIANO MUSIC PLAYS 1211 01:43:08,360 --> 01:43:10,720 CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK, CLAMOURING 1212 01:43:10,720 --> 01:43:13,920 SHOUTING 1213 01:43:13,920 --> 01:43:16,000 Professor, I love your book. 1214 01:43:16,000 --> 01:43:18,280 SHOUTING 1215 01:43:18,280 --> 01:43:20,680 APPLAUSE 1216 01:43:22,960 --> 01:43:24,800 Thank you. 1217 01:43:26,480 --> 01:43:30,680 I first met the Professor 1218 01:43:30,680 --> 01:43:32,520 in 1963. 1219 01:43:32,520 --> 01:43:36,480 Now there you are. Time. Where does it go? 1220 01:43:36,480 --> 01:43:41,120 It has been one of the great joys of my life to watch this man 1221 01:43:41,120 --> 01:43:43,760 defy every expectation, 1222 01:43:43,760 --> 01:43:47,040 both scientific and personal. 1223 01:43:47,040 --> 01:43:51,960 Please welcome onto the stage my esteemed colleague, 1224 01:43:51,960 --> 01:43:55,080 my dear friend, Professor Hawking. 1225 01:43:55,080 --> 01:43:58,640 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 1226 01:44:11,480 --> 01:44:13,640 Thank you. Could we please have the 1227 01:44:13,640 --> 01:44:16,400 first pre-selected question? Thank you. 1228 01:44:21,560 --> 01:44:23,600 Can you hear me? 1229 01:44:23,600 --> 01:44:24,960 ALL CHUCKLE 1230 01:44:26,680 --> 01:44:29,360 Now you are recognised everywhere. 1231 01:44:29,360 --> 01:44:31,760 How do you deal with all the attention? 1232 01:44:31,760 --> 01:44:35,480 I was stopped recently by a tourist in Cambridge, 1233 01:44:35,480 --> 01:44:39,240 who asked if I was the real Stephen Hawking. 1234 01:44:39,240 --> 01:44:43,920 I replied I was not and said the real one was much better-looking. 1235 01:44:43,920 --> 01:44:46,160 LAUGHTER 1236 01:44:46,160 --> 01:44:48,520 In 1979, you talked about the 1237 01:44:48,520 --> 01:44:51,000 possibility of a theory of everything 1238 01:44:51,000 --> 01:44:54,920 being discovered before the end of the century. 1239 01:44:54,920 --> 01:44:57,600 I now predict that I was wrong. 1240 01:45:01,760 --> 01:45:06,880 Professor Hawking, you have said you do not believe in God. 1241 01:45:06,880 --> 01:45:10,200 Do you have a philosophy of life that helps you? 1242 01:46:10,880 --> 01:46:13,600 You have said you do not believe in God. 1243 01:46:14,960 --> 01:46:18,560 Do you have a philosophy of life that helps you? 1244 01:46:39,800 --> 01:46:43,560 It is clear that we are just an advanced breed of primates 1245 01:46:43,560 --> 01:46:47,840 on a minor planet orbiting around a very average star 1246 01:46:47,840 --> 01:46:52,960 in the outer suburb of one among 100 billion galaxies. 1247 01:46:54,000 --> 01:46:58,480 But, ever since the dawn of civilisation, 1248 01:46:58,480 --> 01:47:01,200 people have craved for an understanding 1249 01:47:01,200 --> 01:47:04,320 of the underlying order of the world. 1250 01:47:04,320 --> 01:47:07,280 There ought to be something very special 1251 01:47:07,280 --> 01:47:11,440 about the boundary conditions of the universe. 1252 01:47:11,440 --> 01:47:15,560 And what can be more special than that there is no boundary... 1253 01:47:17,800 --> 01:47:22,720 ..and there should be no boundary to human endeavour. 1254 01:47:22,720 --> 01:47:25,520 We are all different. 1255 01:47:25,520 --> 01:47:27,680 However bad life may seem, 1256 01:47:27,680 --> 01:47:31,720 there is always something you can do and succeed at. 1257 01:47:33,280 --> 01:47:36,600 While there is life, there is hope. 1258 01:47:36,600 --> 01:47:39,800 APPLAUSE 1259 01:47:55,160 --> 01:47:56,920 That came. 1260 01:48:06,760 --> 01:48:08,800 It's from Stephen. 1261 01:48:14,880 --> 01:48:16,480 Gosh. 1262 01:48:35,520 --> 01:48:37,880 Your glasses are always dirty. 1263 01:48:54,360 --> 01:48:57,880 MAN: Professor and Mrs Hawking, Her Majesty, The Queen. 1264 01:49:26,840 --> 01:49:28,880 Congratulations... 1265 01:49:30,400 --> 01:49:32,840 ..My Companion of Honour. 1266 01:49:34,400 --> 01:49:37,520 Not bad for an old liberal socialist. 1267 01:49:38,920 --> 01:49:41,560 QUIETLY: Don't worry, you can decline the knighthood. 1268 01:49:51,600 --> 01:49:54,920 Thank you, for today. 1269 01:49:54,920 --> 01:49:57,720 It was extraordinary. 1270 01:49:57,720 --> 01:50:00,840 It's all been rather extraordinary though, hasn't it? 1271 01:50:04,640 --> 01:50:08,920 CLICKING 1272 01:50:08,920 --> 01:50:10,760 What are you writing? 1273 01:50:22,200 --> 01:50:25,600 Look what we made. 1274 01:51:35,760 --> 01:51:37,800 FIREWORKS POP