1 00:01:16,660 --> 00:01:17,978 Well, come on! 2 00:01:18,078 --> 00:01:20,476 Oh! Come on, old man! 3 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:23,358 Coming into Trinity Lane. 4 00:01:23,667 --> 00:01:25,314 - Oh! 5 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:27,271 Eyes on the road, Brian! 6 00:01:27,462 --> 00:01:28,563 Whoa! 7 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:32,409 Brian spies an opening! 8 00:01:32,509 --> 00:01:33,494 A-ha! 9 00:01:34,678 --> 00:01:36,288 Eyes on the staff! 10 00:01:36,388 --> 00:01:37,535 Hawking's lost it! 11 00:01:41,476 --> 00:01:42,793 Whoa! 12 00:01:43,353 --> 00:01:44,338 No! 13 00:01:44,438 --> 00:01:45,585 You lose, Brian. 14 00:01:52,487 --> 00:01:55,056 Too slow, old man. Too slow. 15 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:57,968 Oh, my goodness. Right. 16 00:01:58,619 --> 00:02:00,562 Time for a drink. 17 00:02:00,662 --> 00:02:01,934 Hello. 18 00:02:02,873 --> 00:02:04,520 - Oo-pah! 19 00:02:06,877 --> 00:02:10,447 What if the secret of the universe had something to do with sex, huh? 20 00:02:10,547 --> 00:02:11,864 Maybe do your doctorate on that. 21 00:02:12,257 --> 00:02:13,450 The physics of love. 22 00:02:13,550 --> 00:02:14,993 I think that's more your field, Brian. 23 00:02:15,093 --> 00:02:16,411 Oh, not lately. 24 00:02:16,511 --> 00:02:18,784 They will boot you out, you know, if you don't decide. 25 00:02:19,139 --> 00:02:21,333 I know everyone here who's... 26 00:02:21,767 --> 00:02:24,086 Brilliant. Oh, dear. 27 00:02:24,353 --> 00:02:25,545 Scientists. 28 00:02:25,896 --> 00:02:27,748 - MAN 1: Ah, yes. Ah, you made it. 29 00:02:29,441 --> 00:02:30,801 Don't worry, we don't have to stay for long. 30 00:02:30,901 --> 00:02:32,628 Looks mortifyingly dull. 31 00:02:37,449 --> 00:02:40,223 - Bores. - Who's that? 32 00:02:40,786 --> 00:02:41,978 Who's who? 33 00:02:42,245 --> 00:02:44,222 Oh, him? Oh... 34 00:02:44,456 --> 00:02:46,900 He's strange. Clever. 35 00:02:47,042 --> 00:02:49,895 Goes to "Ban the Bomb" marches. 36 00:02:50,212 --> 00:02:53,691 - Wilde. Jane Wilde. 37 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,617 Oh, look, there's David. David! 38 00:02:55,717 --> 00:02:58,286 - I'll be back in a minute. - Diana! Diana! 39 00:03:14,444 --> 00:03:16,046 - Hello. - Hello. 40 00:03:16,613 --> 00:03:18,465 - Science. - Arts. 41 00:03:19,282 --> 00:03:21,601 - English? - French and Spanish. 42 00:03:23,453 --> 00:03:25,806 What about you? What are you... 43 00:03:25,956 --> 00:03:28,104 Oh, cosmologist, I'm a cosmologist. 44 00:03:28,625 --> 00:03:30,022 What's that? 45 00:03:30,627 --> 00:03:33,105 It's a kind of religion for intelligent atheists. 46 00:03:33,338 --> 00:03:35,031 - Intelligent atheists? - Mmm-hmm. 47 00:03:35,757 --> 00:03:37,154 You're not religious, are you? 48 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:38,697 C of E. 49 00:03:41,763 --> 00:03:43,740 - Church of England? - England, yeah. 50 00:03:46,476 --> 00:03:47,828 I suppose someone has to be. 51 00:03:48,645 --> 00:03:51,340 What do cosmologists worship, then? 52 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:52,758 - What do we worship? - Mmm. 53 00:03:52,858 --> 00:03:54,718 One single unifying equation 54 00:03:54,818 --> 00:03:56,887 that explains everything in the universe. 55 00:03:56,987 --> 00:03:58,221 - Really? - Yes. 56 00:03:58,321 --> 00:03:59,422 What's the equation? 57 00:04:00,824 --> 00:04:01,971 That is the question. 58 00:04:03,326 --> 00:04:04,769 And a very good question. 59 00:04:05,495 --> 00:04:06,767 I'm not quite sure yet. 60 00:04:07,956 --> 00:04:10,104 But I intend to find out. 61 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:19,443 Then why didn't you stay at Oxford? 62 00:04:19,551 --> 00:04:21,662 Because my finals exams were such a shambles, 63 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:24,748 that the examiners, they summoned me in for a viva, 64 00:04:24,848 --> 00:04:26,208 and they told me that if I got a second... 65 00:04:26,308 --> 00:04:27,534 What's a viva? 66 00:04:27,976 --> 00:04:31,088 Oh, it's a sort of mildly terrifying face-to-face thingy. 67 00:04:31,188 --> 00:04:33,507 - Like an interview? - An interrogation. 68 00:04:34,065 --> 00:04:36,677 And I told them that if they gave me a second-class degree, 69 00:04:36,777 --> 00:04:39,429 then I would stay with them and do my research at Oxford. 70 00:04:39,529 --> 00:04:42,182 But if they gave me the first that I needed to get into Cambridge, 71 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:45,010 then they would never have to see me again. 72 00:04:46,161 --> 00:04:48,263 They gave you the first. 73 00:04:48,497 --> 00:04:50,524 - They gave me a first. - Of course. 74 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:53,318 This party is officially deceased. 75 00:04:53,877 --> 00:04:56,355 Come on, I fixed up a ride home. 76 00:04:57,714 --> 00:04:59,361 Come on, Jane. 77 00:05:00,717 --> 00:05:01,989 Jane. 78 00:05:02,260 --> 00:05:04,663 Well, it was lovely to talk to you. 79 00:05:04,763 --> 00:05:05,914 Yes. 80 00:05:06,014 --> 00:05:08,958 And I hope you find your equation. 81 00:05:09,851 --> 00:05:11,498 Yes. Oh. 82 00:05:13,438 --> 00:05:14,710 Ah. Bye. 83 00:05:15,941 --> 00:05:17,213 Bye. 84 00:05:27,077 --> 00:05:28,520 - Stephen? - Oh. 85 00:05:29,246 --> 00:05:30,347 Yeah. 86 00:05:39,214 --> 00:05:41,316 Well, then, here we are. 87 00:05:41,424 --> 00:05:42,701 A little challenge for you all, 88 00:05:42,801 --> 00:05:45,370 as you embark upon your separate doctoral journeys, 89 00:05:45,470 --> 00:05:47,197 whatever they may be, Mr. Hawking. 90 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:49,115 Pass them down. 91 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:51,918 Something to separate the men from the boys, 92 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:53,378 the wheat from the chaff, 93 00:05:53,478 --> 00:05:55,130 the mesons from the pi mesons, 94 00:05:55,230 --> 00:05:57,332 the quarks from the quacks. 95 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,965 Ten questions, each more impregnable than the last. 96 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:03,430 Good luck. You'll need it. 97 00:06:03,530 --> 00:06:06,008 - Shall we say Friday, 3:00? 98 00:06:06,449 --> 00:06:08,142 This is going to hospitalize me. 99 00:06:11,621 --> 00:06:13,523 And, one. Drive! 100 00:06:13,623 --> 00:06:15,270 - Two. Drive! 101 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:17,272 Three. Drive! 102 00:06:17,794 --> 00:06:20,363 - Stay long, Brian. I'll give you something long. 103 00:06:20,463 --> 00:06:24,067 Stay long, Brian! Keep long, Brian! 104 00:06:24,259 --> 00:06:25,360 Shut up! 105 00:06:25,635 --> 00:06:27,287 - Long, Brian! I'm exhausted! 106 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:29,239 - Stay long, Brian! 107 00:06:32,309 --> 00:06:34,082 Flip it. Flip it, Wiggs. 108 00:06:35,979 --> 00:06:37,964 Somebody else, for once. 109 00:06:38,064 --> 00:06:39,837 - Can I get two more of those, please? Yeah, sure. 110 00:06:40,191 --> 00:06:42,919 - And some change for the payphone. - Yeah. 111 00:06:53,997 --> 00:06:54,898 Steve, you all right, mate? 112 00:06:54,998 --> 00:06:56,645 Jane. 113 00:07:00,795 --> 00:07:03,448 No, of course, Timothy turned out to be an absolute cad. 114 00:07:03,548 --> 00:07:05,492 I mean, you'll never guess who I saw him with the other day. 115 00:07:05,592 --> 00:07:06,739 Caroline! 116 00:07:06,885 --> 00:07:10,330 For heaven's sake, she can have him, quite frankly. 117 00:07:12,223 --> 00:07:13,996 What's the probability? 118 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:16,377 - Reasonably low. 119 00:07:17,354 --> 00:07:21,084 Um... This is... This is Stephen. 120 00:07:21,191 --> 00:07:23,293 - Do you play croquet? Croquet? 121 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:25,803 Not recently. 122 00:07:26,196 --> 00:07:27,969 Sunday morning. 123 00:07:28,281 --> 00:07:29,758 Actually busy Sunday mornings. 124 00:07:32,786 --> 00:07:33,978 Oh. 125 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:36,523 Him. 126 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:40,978 Okay. 127 00:07:47,550 --> 00:07:51,530 Anyway, before I was completely interrupted... 128 00:08:02,273 --> 00:08:04,375 Oh, come on, get up. 129 00:08:04,567 --> 00:08:06,510 How many did you get? 130 00:08:07,529 --> 00:08:08,722 Morning, Brian. 131 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:10,765 Good afternoon, Stephen. 132 00:08:11,074 --> 00:08:12,551 How many of the impossible questions did you do? 133 00:08:12,701 --> 00:08:15,186 Brian, I have no idea what you're talking about. 134 00:08:15,286 --> 00:08:17,772 How many of Sciama's questions did you get, Stephen? 135 00:08:17,872 --> 00:08:19,974 - None. - You didn't get any? 136 00:08:20,875 --> 00:08:21,902 I was going to do them later. 137 00:08:22,002 --> 00:08:23,153 You haven't even looked at them. 138 00:08:23,253 --> 00:08:24,570 No. 139 00:08:24,796 --> 00:08:26,615 Stephen, are you aware that you have voluntarily embarked upon 140 00:08:26,715 --> 00:08:29,451 a PhD in physics, at the most prestigious college in England? 141 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:30,619 - Yes. - Oh. 142 00:08:30,719 --> 00:08:33,493 I thought maybe you'd slept through the induction or something. 143 00:08:36,433 --> 00:08:37,534 Bri? 144 00:08:38,685 --> 00:08:39,669 What? 145 00:08:39,769 --> 00:08:41,041 Can you whip on some Wagner? 146 00:08:42,063 --> 00:08:43,710 Oh, sod off. 147 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:30,045 - Come in, Stephen. - Sorry. 148 00:09:31,488 --> 00:09:34,140 Um, Michael, that's so illegible, 149 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,143 I can't quite decipher how wrong it is. I suspect enormously. 150 00:09:37,243 --> 00:09:39,892 And, Brian, that's just baffling. 151 00:09:40,663 --> 00:09:42,140 Have you even bothered, Stephen? 152 00:09:42,290 --> 00:09:44,142 Oh, sorry. Uh... 153 00:09:48,171 --> 00:09:50,615 Right. Train timetables. 154 00:09:51,007 --> 00:09:52,950 Ah. 155 00:09:53,176 --> 00:09:55,412 That's, uh, totally unacceptable. 156 00:09:55,512 --> 00:09:56,705 These expired a month ago. 157 00:09:56,805 --> 00:09:59,124 It's on the back, I had a little accident. 158 00:09:59,224 --> 00:10:00,746 Ah. 159 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:07,040 I could only do nine. 160 00:10:10,860 --> 00:10:11,961 Good Lord. 161 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:15,177 Oh, thank God. Bravo. 162 00:10:17,367 --> 00:10:19,060 Nine? 163 00:10:21,412 --> 00:10:23,139 Come in. 164 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:27,439 Ah, Stephen, take a seat. 165 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:42,159 I wanted to talk to you about your subject. 166 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:46,580 We're all rather concerned as to what it's going to be. 167 00:10:46,771 --> 00:10:48,498 I can't decide. 168 00:10:52,861 --> 00:10:54,634 Do you have any ideas? 169 00:10:56,698 --> 00:10:57,845 No. 170 00:11:15,925 --> 00:11:21,873 So, this is where J.J. Thomson discovered the electron, 171 00:11:22,724 --> 00:11:25,452 and where Rutherford split the atom. 172 00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:32,050 You know, one of the great rewards of this job is one never knows 173 00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:33,968 from where the next great leap forward 174 00:11:34,068 --> 00:11:36,421 is going to come, or from whom. 175 00:11:40,116 --> 00:11:44,521 Listen, next Friday, I'm taking a few graduates of merit to London 176 00:11:44,621 --> 00:11:48,066 to attend a talk by the mathematician Roger Penrose. 177 00:11:48,458 --> 00:11:51,232 Do come along, if you're interested. 178 00:11:55,465 --> 00:11:58,193 Oh, and close the door as you leave. 179 00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:46,578 So, I gather you've never been to church. 180 00:12:46,683 --> 00:12:48,535 Once upon a time. 181 00:12:48,726 --> 00:12:50,461 Tempted to convert? 182 00:12:50,561 --> 00:12:53,790 I have a slight problem with the whole "celestial dictator" premise. 183 00:12:54,691 --> 00:12:56,634 Now, what are you doing for lunch? 184 00:12:56,734 --> 00:12:58,962 Ma makes a cracking roast. 185 00:13:03,283 --> 00:13:06,637 Ah, so, Jane, what are you studying? 186 00:13:07,328 --> 00:13:08,725 - Arts. - Spuds? 187 00:13:09,038 --> 00:13:10,565 Thank you. 188 00:13:10,665 --> 00:13:12,813 Um, French and Spanish. 189 00:13:12,917 --> 00:13:14,644 I'm hoping to do a PhD eventually. 190 00:13:14,836 --> 00:13:16,112 Oh, what on? 191 00:13:16,212 --> 00:13:18,865 Medieval poetry of the Iberian Peninsula. 192 00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:20,908 Medieval poets? 193 00:13:21,426 --> 00:13:23,119 What painters do you like? 194 00:13:23,219 --> 00:13:25,162 Well, I like Turner. 195 00:13:25,305 --> 00:13:27,207 - Mmm. - Turner, really? 196 00:13:27,307 --> 00:13:28,875 You know, I always feel that his paintings 197 00:13:28,975 --> 00:13:30,835 look as if they've been left out in the rain. 198 00:13:30,935 --> 00:13:32,045 - Oh. Pa. 199 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:34,464 - And William Blake. 200 00:13:34,564 --> 00:13:36,416 Thank you, Mother. - Oh, good heavens, surely not. 201 00:13:36,566 --> 00:13:38,134 Jane, have some of my elderflower wine. 202 00:13:38,234 --> 00:13:40,136 - Oh, yes, thank you. Don't touch it. 203 00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:43,089 - Don't touch it, Jane. - Thank you. Mother? 204 00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:45,391 Stephen doesn't like my home-made wine. 205 00:13:45,575 --> 00:13:46,809 Philistine. 206 00:13:46,909 --> 00:13:49,771 I'm going to send you back with a couple of bottles. 207 00:13:49,871 --> 00:13:53,483 So, Stephen, you have come from church with a good woman. 208 00:13:53,583 --> 00:13:55,230 Are you feeling holier than thou? 209 00:13:56,085 --> 00:13:58,321 Positively saintly. Thank you. 210 00:13:58,421 --> 00:14:01,525 - You haven't said why you don't believe in God. 211 00:14:02,258 --> 00:14:04,702 A physicist can't allow his calculations to be muddled 212 00:14:04,802 --> 00:14:06,904 by a belief in a supernatural creator. 213 00:14:07,096 --> 00:14:10,370 Sounds less of an argument against God than against physicists. 214 00:14:13,102 --> 00:14:14,374 - Light or dark? 215 00:14:16,606 --> 00:14:18,879 - Jane, light meat or dark? - Oh, light, please. 216 00:14:20,943 --> 00:14:23,012 I'm inviting Jane to be my partner to the May Ball. 217 00:14:23,112 --> 00:14:25,181 Really? Ah. 218 00:14:25,281 --> 00:14:26,349 Very impressive. 219 00:14:26,449 --> 00:14:28,017 You'll have to dance this year, Stephen. 220 00:14:29,369 --> 00:14:31,767 Make way for Mother's leg. Here we go. 221 00:14:49,639 --> 00:14:51,036 Hello. 222 00:14:53,476 --> 00:14:54,748 Hello. 223 00:15:07,281 --> 00:15:10,510 - Ooh. Sorry. 224 00:15:10,660 --> 00:15:12,307 - You okay? - Yeah. 225 00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:23,323 - Do you dance, Stephen? - No. 226 00:15:25,550 --> 00:15:27,910 No. I don't dance. 227 00:15:28,010 --> 00:15:29,996 It's a phenomenon I'm very happy to observe, 228 00:15:30,096 --> 00:15:32,040 but I can't possibly imagine participating. 229 00:15:32,140 --> 00:15:33,207 I absolutely agree. 230 00:15:33,307 --> 00:15:34,417 I mean, who would want to dance? 231 00:15:34,517 --> 00:15:36,290 No, I'm serious. I don't dance. 232 00:15:39,856 --> 00:15:41,754 No dancing, then. 233 00:15:48,865 --> 00:15:52,268 You see how the men's shirtfronts and their bow ties, 234 00:15:52,368 --> 00:15:53,936 how they glow more than the women's dresses? 235 00:15:54,036 --> 00:15:55,438 Yes. 236 00:15:55,538 --> 00:15:57,640 - Do you know why? - Why? 237 00:15:59,167 --> 00:16:00,651 Tide. 238 00:16:00,751 --> 00:16:01,944 The washing powder? 239 00:16:02,044 --> 00:16:05,068 The fluorescence in the washing powder is caught by the UV light. 240 00:16:06,716 --> 00:16:09,239 - Why do you know that? 241 00:16:13,598 --> 00:16:17,794 When stars are born, and when they die, 242 00:16:18,561 --> 00:16:20,663 they emit UV radiation. 243 00:16:21,063 --> 00:16:24,300 So if we could see the night sky in the ultraviolet light, 244 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,299 then almost all the stars would disappear 245 00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:30,256 and all that we would see 246 00:16:30,406 --> 00:16:33,726 are these spectacular births and deaths. 247 00:16:36,162 --> 00:16:38,356 I reckon it would look a little... 248 00:16:38,748 --> 00:16:40,566 Like that. 249 00:16:57,767 --> 00:16:58,793 Wow! 250 00:16:58,893 --> 00:17:01,041 Oh! Did you see? 251 00:17:02,355 --> 00:17:04,253 Like those. Like those ones... 252 00:17:16,118 --> 00:17:17,515 Why? 253 00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:18,771 Why what? 254 00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:20,356 Why Spanish medieval poetry? 255 00:17:20,456 --> 00:17:23,776 I suppose I like to time-travel. 256 00:17:24,585 --> 00:17:25,982 Like you. 257 00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:29,699 Are there any particular time periods that you like to visit? 258 00:17:29,799 --> 00:17:31,617 I imagine the Twenties was fun. 259 00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:33,660 - The Roaring Twenties. - Mmm. 260 00:17:34,095 --> 00:17:35,288 "Seek, then, 261 00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:37,999 "No learning from starry men, 262 00:17:38,099 --> 00:17:39,834 "Who follow with the optic glass 263 00:17:39,934 --> 00:17:41,752 "The whirling ways of stars that pass" 264 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:48,213 Bravo. 265 00:18:14,468 --> 00:18:16,411 Well, that's astonishing, isn't it? 266 00:18:21,350 --> 00:18:27,423 "In the beginning was the Heaven and the Earth. 267 00:18:30,026 --> 00:18:32,470 "And the Earth was without form, 268 00:18:34,447 --> 00:18:36,094 "and darkness 269 00:18:36,490 --> 00:18:39,013 "was upon the face of the deep." 270 00:18:52,006 --> 00:18:54,074 Will you dance with me? 271 00:19:52,441 --> 00:19:55,636 The train now departing from platform three is 272 00:19:55,903 --> 00:19:59,598 the nine-seventeen service to London King's Cross. 273 00:20:06,914 --> 00:20:10,143 Come on, Stephen. Get a move on. 274 00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:12,732 What's wrong with you, man? Chop-chop. 275 00:20:27,351 --> 00:20:30,880 A star, more than three times the size of our sun, 276 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:33,253 ought to end its life how? 277 00:20:33,983 --> 00:20:35,460 With a collapse. 278 00:20:35,985 --> 00:20:38,304 The gravitational forces of the entire mass 279 00:20:38,404 --> 00:20:41,641 overcoming the electromagnetic forces of individual atoms, 280 00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:43,889 and so collapsing inwards. 281 00:20:44,285 --> 00:20:45,728 If the star is massive enough, 282 00:20:45,828 --> 00:20:47,396 it will continue this collapse, 283 00:20:47,496 --> 00:20:49,482 creating a black hole, 284 00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:53,694 where the warping of space-time is so great that nothing can escape. 285 00:20:53,794 --> 00:20:55,237 Not even light. 286 00:20:55,337 --> 00:20:58,441 It gets smaller. 287 00:21:00,009 --> 00:21:01,327 Smaller. 288 00:21:01,427 --> 00:21:03,746 The star, in fact, gets denser, 289 00:21:03,846 --> 00:21:06,332 as atoms, even subatomic particles, 290 00:21:06,432 --> 00:21:10,287 get literally crushed into smaller and smaller space. 291 00:21:12,188 --> 00:21:15,963 And at its end point, what are we left with? 292 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,928 A space-time singularity. 293 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,384 Space and time come to a stop. 294 00:21:52,269 --> 00:21:55,214 I wonder what would happen if you applied Penrose's theory about black holes 295 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:57,416 to the entire universe. 296 00:21:58,067 --> 00:22:01,095 If Einstein is right, or if general relativity is correct, 297 00:22:01,195 --> 00:22:03,264 then the universe is expanding, yes? 298 00:22:03,364 --> 00:22:04,765 - Yes. - Okay. 299 00:22:04,865 --> 00:22:08,269 So, if you reverse time, then the universe is getting smaller. 300 00:22:08,369 --> 00:22:10,354 All right. 301 00:22:10,454 --> 00:22:14,608 So, what if I reverse the process all the way back, 302 00:22:14,708 --> 00:22:17,778 to see what happened at the beginning of time itself? 303 00:22:17,878 --> 00:22:19,989 - At the beginning of time itself? - Yes. 304 00:22:20,089 --> 00:22:22,992 So the universe, getting smaller and smaller, 305 00:22:23,092 --> 00:22:25,411 getting denser and denser, hotter and hotter as we... 306 00:22:25,511 --> 00:22:27,033 You mean wind back the clock? 307 00:22:27,763 --> 00:22:29,248 Exactly. Wind back the clock. 308 00:22:29,348 --> 00:22:31,000 Wind back the clock. 309 00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:32,952 - Is that what you're doing? 310 00:22:33,394 --> 00:22:35,588 - Are you winding back the clock? - That is what I'm doing. 311 00:22:36,105 --> 00:22:37,423 Well, keep winding. 312 00:22:37,523 --> 00:22:40,176 And you've got quite a long way to go. Keep winding. 313 00:22:40,276 --> 00:22:41,302 I don't want to fall in. 314 00:22:41,402 --> 00:22:42,595 You've got to get back to the beginning of time. 315 00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:44,722 You've got a long way to go. Keep winding. 316 00:22:44,822 --> 00:22:47,550 Keep winding until you get... 317 00:22:49,326 --> 00:22:51,187 - A singularity? - A space-time singularity. 318 00:22:51,287 --> 00:22:54,023 So, the universe born from a black hole exploding. 319 00:22:54,123 --> 00:22:56,567 - Keep going. - What do you mean, "Keep going"? 320 00:22:57,126 --> 00:22:58,652 Before the universe began? 321 00:22:58,752 --> 00:23:01,731 No, no, no, no. Keep going, develop the mathematics. 322 00:24:45,526 --> 00:24:47,845 Okay, all right, very good. 323 00:24:48,278 --> 00:24:50,756 Push it as hard as you can. Push it. 324 00:24:50,864 --> 00:24:52,683 Push it. As hard as you can. 325 00:24:52,783 --> 00:24:54,351 I am pushing as hard as I can. 326 00:24:56,036 --> 00:24:59,686 Why... Come on. One, two... 327 00:25:02,584 --> 00:25:04,231 Why won't it... 328 00:25:04,795 --> 00:25:06,693 All right, all right. 329 00:25:07,631 --> 00:25:09,859 Fourth finger, fourth peg. 330 00:25:44,668 --> 00:25:47,567 It's called motor neuron disease. 331 00:25:51,508 --> 00:25:54,036 It's a progressive neurological disorder 332 00:25:54,136 --> 00:25:55,871 that destroys the cells in the brain 333 00:25:55,971 --> 00:25:58,369 that control essential muscle activity, 334 00:25:58,682 --> 00:26:01,160 such as speaking, 335 00:26:01,268 --> 00:26:03,003 walking... 336 00:26:03,103 --> 00:26:05,752 breathing, swallowing. 337 00:26:06,982 --> 00:26:11,588 The signals that muscles must receive in order to move are disrupted. 338 00:26:12,780 --> 00:26:15,850 The result is gradual muscle decay. 339 00:26:17,326 --> 00:26:19,019 Wasting away. 340 00:26:20,621 --> 00:26:25,943 Eventually, the ability to control voluntary movement is lost. 341 00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:28,813 Entirely. 342 00:26:32,716 --> 00:26:36,036 I'm afraid average life expectancy is two years. 343 00:26:40,349 --> 00:26:42,998 There's nothing I can do for you. 344 00:26:45,479 --> 00:26:47,456 What about the brain? 345 00:26:49,108 --> 00:26:51,010 The brain isn't affected. 346 00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:54,931 Your thoughts won't change, it's just that... 347 00:26:58,158 --> 00:27:01,353 Well, eventually, no one will know what they are. 348 00:27:04,873 --> 00:27:06,975 I'm ever so sorry. 349 00:27:33,110 --> 00:27:34,712 Hello, Brian. 350 00:27:57,092 --> 00:28:00,162 Welcome to this week's episode of The Natural World, 351 00:28:00,262 --> 00:28:04,162 where this week we explore the bizarre hibernation patterns 352 00:28:04,433 --> 00:28:06,831 of the rare Cambridge physicist 353 00:28:07,060 --> 00:28:09,913 seen here in his remarkable plumage. 354 00:28:12,482 --> 00:28:15,711 So how was it? What did they say? How's your wrist? 355 00:28:16,111 --> 00:28:18,088 I have a disease, Bri. 356 00:28:19,781 --> 00:28:22,434 Is it venereal, Stephen? 357 00:28:25,662 --> 00:28:27,764 I have motor neuron disease. 358 00:28:30,209 --> 00:28:31,318 Sorry, I don't... 359 00:28:31,418 --> 00:28:34,196 It's Lou Gehrig's disease. He was a baseball player. 360 00:28:34,296 --> 00:28:37,908 Sorry, I'm lagging behind in my pioneering research into 361 00:28:38,008 --> 00:28:41,237 obscure, motor, baseball-related diseases. 362 00:28:43,263 --> 00:28:45,115 I have two years to live. 363 00:28:46,642 --> 00:28:47,994 Sorry? 364 00:28:49,186 --> 00:28:51,914 It does sound odd when you say it out loud, doesn't it? 365 00:28:54,149 --> 00:28:56,297 You... What do you mean? 366 00:28:57,694 --> 00:28:59,592 No, you don't. 367 00:29:00,656 --> 00:29:02,307 What did they say? 368 00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:04,760 Sorry, I don't really, um... 369 00:29:07,829 --> 00:29:08,930 Will you go, Bri? 370 00:29:09,206 --> 00:29:10,691 Stephen, sorry, I was just being a berk. 371 00:29:10,791 --> 00:29:12,985 - No, it's not... 372 00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:16,405 Will you go? 373 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:20,279 Stephen, phone for you. 374 00:29:20,842 --> 00:29:22,410 It's a girl. 375 00:29:31,186 --> 00:29:32,212 Um... 376 00:29:32,312 --> 00:29:34,289 I'll... I'll... Um... 377 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,292 I'll see you soon. I'll... 378 00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:39,507 Yes. 379 00:29:50,914 --> 00:29:52,641 She's waiting. 380 00:30:02,384 --> 00:30:03,701 Stephen? 381 00:30:42,924 --> 00:30:45,160 Nobody's seen him for a while. 382 00:30:45,260 --> 00:30:47,033 I suppose, you know... 383 00:30:51,475 --> 00:30:53,377 Jane. Jane. 384 00:30:53,477 --> 00:30:57,047 Brian, hello. Sorry. Um... 385 00:30:57,773 --> 00:31:00,547 Why don't you... Why don't you sit down? 386 00:31:05,405 --> 00:31:06,723 I'm so sorry. 387 00:31:06,823 --> 00:31:10,553 I spoke to Stephen, uh, yesterday, 388 00:31:10,952 --> 00:31:12,729 and I know that you called him... 389 00:31:51,118 --> 00:31:53,095 Something educational? 390 00:31:55,205 --> 00:31:56,477 Very. 391 00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:01,604 John is having an affair with Martha. But... 392 00:32:02,337 --> 00:32:03,739 Martha is in love with Alan, 393 00:32:03,839 --> 00:32:06,658 and I think that Alan is probably a homosexual by the look of his jumper. 394 00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:08,326 So... 395 00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:13,290 Well, I'm just trying to work out the mathematical probability of happiness. 396 00:32:13,682 --> 00:32:15,079 Are you close? 397 00:32:15,183 --> 00:32:18,787 Some integer of zero, but no, not quite there yet. 398 00:32:22,399 --> 00:32:23,625 Stephen. 399 00:32:24,192 --> 00:32:26,966 You just missed him, he was here earlier. 400 00:32:29,823 --> 00:32:31,266 Don't do this. 401 00:32:36,455 --> 00:32:37,977 Go. 402 00:32:42,544 --> 00:32:44,237 Croquet. 403 00:32:45,755 --> 00:32:47,653 Play a game with me. 404 00:32:48,758 --> 00:32:50,155 Go. 405 00:32:54,890 --> 00:32:57,960 If you don't get up and play a game with me, 406 00:32:58,226 --> 00:33:00,670 I won't come back here again. 407 00:33:04,691 --> 00:33:06,088 Ever. 408 00:33:19,414 --> 00:33:20,857 Come on. 409 00:34:50,171 --> 00:34:51,818 Leave me now. 410 00:34:52,257 --> 00:34:53,450 Are you going to talk about this or not? 411 00:34:53,550 --> 00:34:55,277 Will you just go? 412 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:57,746 - Is that what you want? - Yes, it is what I want. 413 00:34:57,846 --> 00:35:00,790 So, please, if you car about me at all, then please just go. 414 00:35:01,057 --> 00:35:03,001 - I can't. - I have two years to live. 415 00:35:03,101 --> 00:35:05,203 - I need to work. - I love you. 416 00:35:09,691 --> 00:35:12,965 That's a false conclusion. 417 00:35:13,987 --> 00:35:15,889 I want us to be together for as long as we've got, 418 00:35:15,989 --> 00:35:18,808 and if that's not very long, well, then that's just how it is. 419 00:35:19,409 --> 00:35:22,145 - It'll have to do. - You don't know what's coming. 420 00:35:22,245 --> 00:35:24,313 It'll affect everything. 421 00:35:41,514 --> 00:35:43,912 Your glasses are always dirty. 422 00:36:01,701 --> 00:36:03,178 There. 423 00:36:04,746 --> 00:36:06,769 That's better, isn't it? 424 00:36:07,582 --> 00:36:09,025 Yes. 425 00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:13,483 Yes, it is. 426 00:36:20,053 --> 00:36:23,498 Now the solutions to the Schrodinger equation 427 00:36:23,598 --> 00:36:27,703 must vanish at the boundary of the box, and so we have... 428 00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:30,838 Time. 429 00:36:31,815 --> 00:36:34,088 Oh, time, that's your subject? 430 00:36:36,403 --> 00:36:38,551 Any aspect in particular? 431 00:36:38,822 --> 00:36:40,139 Time. 432 00:36:42,283 --> 00:36:44,556 - Come in, come in. 433 00:36:52,961 --> 00:36:55,155 I... 434 00:36:55,630 --> 00:37:00,076 I don't think you realize what lies ahead, Jane. 435 00:37:01,302 --> 00:37:04,076 His life is going to be very short. 436 00:37:05,140 --> 00:37:08,244 So, be careful. 437 00:37:10,478 --> 00:37:13,206 The weight of science is against you, 438 00:37:14,149 --> 00:37:17,970 and this will not be a fight, Jane. 439 00:37:20,488 --> 00:37:24,138 This is going to be a very heavy defeat. 440 00:37:28,496 --> 00:37:30,189 For all of us. 441 00:37:35,003 --> 00:37:37,447 I know what you all think. That... 442 00:37:39,841 --> 00:37:43,411 That I don't look like a terribly strong person. 443 00:37:46,848 --> 00:37:48,575 But I love him, 444 00:37:50,727 --> 00:37:53,580 and he loves me. 445 00:37:56,191 --> 00:37:59,295 We're going to fight this illness together. 446 00:38:03,698 --> 00:38:05,141 All of us. 447 00:39:24,445 --> 00:39:26,547 Two, three... 448 00:39:31,244 --> 00:39:32,721 - Good luck. 449 00:39:33,496 --> 00:39:35,724 - Morning, Stephen. - Morning, Professor. 450 00:39:46,134 --> 00:39:47,285 I know, I know. 451 00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,162 It could be a little bit more elegant. 452 00:39:49,262 --> 00:39:50,659 Yes, but I... 453 00:39:56,102 --> 00:39:57,829 Come in, Stephen. 454 00:40:05,987 --> 00:40:08,681 I know it's something we were all worried about initially, 455 00:40:08,781 --> 00:40:10,517 but I... I knew, Roger... 456 00:40:10,617 --> 00:40:12,845 You had some reservations about it in the early days. 457 00:40:12,952 --> 00:40:14,229 Yes, but it's not uncommon in any theory. 458 00:40:14,329 --> 00:40:15,438 Yes. 459 00:40:15,538 --> 00:40:17,891 Absolutely. Very well, very well. We'll see. 460 00:40:18,666 --> 00:40:20,484 Welcome, Stephen. - Morning. 461 00:40:20,793 --> 00:40:22,770 Would you like to take a seat? 462 00:40:23,046 --> 00:40:24,197 No, I'm fine. Thank you. 463 00:40:24,297 --> 00:40:25,774 You're sure? - Yeah. 464 00:40:26,841 --> 00:40:29,369 So, Stephen, in summary, um, 465 00:40:29,469 --> 00:40:32,243 as we know, chapter one, full of holes, uh, 466 00:40:33,473 --> 00:40:35,746 lacks mathematical support. 467 00:40:35,892 --> 00:40:39,622 - Professor Thorne? - Chapter two, not really original. 468 00:40:39,812 --> 00:40:41,585 Uses a lot of Roger's ideas. 469 00:40:41,814 --> 00:40:44,087 Well, at least you run with them. 470 00:40:44,692 --> 00:40:48,137 Uh, chapter three, too many unanswered questions. 471 00:40:48,237 --> 00:40:49,264 I agree. 472 00:40:49,364 --> 00:40:51,891 And then, of course, we have chapter four. 473 00:40:51,991 --> 00:40:54,935 This black hole at the beginning of time. 474 00:40:55,244 --> 00:40:57,563 - Space-time singularity. - Indeed. 475 00:40:58,706 --> 00:41:02,026 It's brilliant. Brilliant, Stephen. 476 00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:04,187 Superb. 477 00:41:04,379 --> 00:41:07,232 Therefore, all there is to say is well done. 478 00:41:07,674 --> 00:41:09,409 Or perhaps I should say, to be more precise, 479 00:41:09,509 --> 00:41:11,286 well done, Doctor. 480 00:41:11,386 --> 00:41:12,745 Bravo, Stephen. 481 00:41:12,845 --> 00:41:15,744 An extraordinary theory. 482 00:41:16,182 --> 00:41:18,000 - Thank you. 483 00:41:21,396 --> 00:41:22,839 So, what next? 484 00:41:23,231 --> 00:41:24,674 Prove it. 485 00:41:25,650 --> 00:41:29,095 To prove with a single equation 486 00:41:29,195 --> 00:41:31,514 that time has a beginning. 487 00:41:35,034 --> 00:41:37,512 Wouldn't that be nice, Professor? 488 00:41:39,247 --> 00:41:44,148 The one simple, elegant equation 489 00:41:46,838 --> 00:41:48,861 to explain everything. 490 00:41:49,716 --> 00:41:51,363 Yes, it would. 491 00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:54,161 It would indeed. 492 00:41:55,096 --> 00:41:56,664 Thank you. 493 00:42:14,115 --> 00:42:17,719 To the esteemed and formidable 494 00:42:18,202 --> 00:42:19,520 - Doctor... - Who? 495 00:42:22,457 --> 00:42:24,730 Doctor Stephen Hawking. 496 00:42:24,917 --> 00:42:27,065 Doctor Stephen Hawking. 497 00:42:28,921 --> 00:42:30,614 Thank you. 498 00:42:31,632 --> 00:42:33,701 It is astonishing he's the first person to receive his doctorate 499 00:42:33,801 --> 00:42:35,203 bearing in mind how little work he's been doing. 500 00:42:37,138 --> 00:42:39,165 Work was the worst four-letter word for Stephen. 501 00:42:39,265 --> 00:42:42,251 At Oxford especially, he averaged an hour. 502 00:42:42,351 --> 00:42:44,579 An hour a day, he averaged. 503 00:42:44,729 --> 00:42:46,589 And now, here he is, the esteemed man. 504 00:42:46,689 --> 00:42:48,216 Astonishing levels of sloth. 505 00:42:48,316 --> 00:42:49,884 I've got... On the theme of sloth, Brian, 506 00:42:49,984 --> 00:42:52,553 how many of your lectures have I covered in the last six months? 507 00:42:52,653 --> 00:42:55,306 When you've been doing research trips up to the Lake District. 508 00:42:55,406 --> 00:42:57,141 Absolutely, completely... So have I! 509 00:42:57,241 --> 00:42:58,351 How many? Four. 510 00:43:24,936 --> 00:43:27,289 - Everything all right? - All good. 511 00:43:27,688 --> 00:43:28,960 I'm fine. 512 00:43:45,081 --> 00:43:46,649 - What can you do? 513 00:43:46,749 --> 00:43:47,775 Would you like kartoffel? 514 00:43:47,875 --> 00:43:49,977 - Oh, please. 515 00:43:55,550 --> 00:43:57,410 Business or pleasure? Ah, for pleasure. 516 00:44:20,199 --> 00:44:21,684 Hey, Robbie. 517 00:44:25,580 --> 00:44:27,398 It's okay, Robbie. 518 00:46:16,691 --> 00:46:18,259 This 519 00:46:19,568 --> 00:46:23,013 is temporary. 520 00:46:26,450 --> 00:46:28,052 Of course. 521 00:46:34,792 --> 00:46:37,486 Well, it's convenient for breakfast. 522 00:46:50,433 --> 00:46:52,080 Thank you. 523 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,499 Sorry, did you say something? 524 00:47:00,609 --> 00:47:02,552 I said... 525 00:47:06,073 --> 00:47:07,641 Yes? 526 00:47:10,036 --> 00:47:11,638 thank you. 527 00:47:41,942 --> 00:47:43,636 There we go, Lucy. 528 00:47:52,411 --> 00:47:54,138 There we go. 529 00:47:56,457 --> 00:47:58,059 There we go. 530 00:47:59,043 --> 00:48:00,895 Have you got her? 531 00:48:02,088 --> 00:48:03,906 She looks like you. 532 00:48:07,968 --> 00:48:10,036 Oh, no. 533 00:48:11,055 --> 00:48:13,578 - Oh, wait. Go, Jane. 534 00:48:15,142 --> 00:48:17,085 I'll be one second. 535 00:48:18,062 --> 00:48:20,915 Luce! Lucy. 536 00:48:33,202 --> 00:48:34,724 Jane? 537 00:49:03,357 --> 00:49:06,131 Oh, Stephen. Oh. Hello... 538 00:49:09,738 --> 00:49:11,590 I've got an idea. 539 00:49:14,201 --> 00:49:16,144 - Jane... 540 00:49:16,954 --> 00:49:18,772 Jane, I've had an idea. 541 00:49:29,967 --> 00:49:31,452 - Hello. - Hello, Dennis. 542 00:49:31,552 --> 00:49:33,325 - Hello, Dennis. - How are you? 543 00:49:35,264 --> 00:49:37,291 Okay. Good luck. 544 00:49:37,391 --> 00:49:39,914 He'll be fine. He'll be fine. 545 00:49:41,562 --> 00:49:42,505 Oops. Sorry. 546 00:49:42,605 --> 00:49:44,002 No problem. 547 00:49:52,072 --> 00:49:54,391 Allowing us to predict 548 00:49:56,076 --> 00:50:01,933 that some particles can, in fact, escape a black hole. 549 00:50:02,875 --> 00:50:08,357 So, black holes are not, in fact, black at all, 550 00:50:09,507 --> 00:50:13,987 but glow with heat radiation. 551 00:50:16,430 --> 00:50:19,534 The steady emission of heat energy 552 00:50:20,267 --> 00:50:24,292 causes the black holes to lose mass 553 00:50:25,814 --> 00:50:32,672 and eventually they disappear in a spectacular explosion. 554 00:50:33,113 --> 00:50:35,850 It's very, very simple, in the way that a body loses heat. 555 00:50:35,950 --> 00:50:38,686 - Second law of thermodynamics. Right, it's thermodynamics. 556 00:50:40,663 --> 00:50:42,356 If we can imagine that a black hole 557 00:50:42,456 --> 00:50:44,191 is, indeed, losing particles 558 00:50:44,291 --> 00:50:47,440 and over time, will diminish in size, it will evaporate, it will... 559 00:50:47,670 --> 00:50:49,113 Disappear. 560 00:50:51,423 --> 00:50:52,524 So 561 00:50:57,137 --> 00:50:58,489 first 562 00:50:58,806 --> 00:51:03,958 a star vanishes into a black hole. 563 00:51:05,312 --> 00:51:07,085 And then 564 00:51:07,773 --> 00:51:10,251 the black hole itself 565 00:51:12,111 --> 00:51:13,428 vanishes. 566 00:51:13,862 --> 00:51:15,139 Gone, nothing. 567 00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:17,516 From nothing to nothing! 568 00:51:17,616 --> 00:51:19,093 You owe me another beer. 569 00:51:19,577 --> 00:51:21,729 I have just shown you that our friend has proven 570 00:51:21,829 --> 00:51:24,057 that time, indeed, has a beginning. 571 00:51:24,456 --> 00:51:26,604 Not only that, how the universe was born, 572 00:51:26,750 --> 00:51:28,235 - and... - How it will end. 573 00:51:28,335 --> 00:51:29,561 Bang! 574 00:51:31,297 --> 00:51:32,398 Crunch! 575 00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:37,574 It's, uh, beautiful, it's racy, it's... 576 00:51:37,678 --> 00:51:38,950 Complete nonsense! 577 00:51:40,264 --> 00:51:41,957 It's preposterous! 578 00:51:44,018 --> 00:51:46,997 Was it something I said, Professor? 579 00:51:48,897 --> 00:51:50,465 Uh, excuse me. 580 00:51:53,027 --> 00:51:56,597 - My name is Professor Khalatnikov 581 00:51:57,156 --> 00:51:59,099 from the Soviet Academy of Science. 582 00:51:59,199 --> 00:52:00,392 As you know, 583 00:52:00,492 --> 00:52:04,188 my field is evolution of the hot universe, 584 00:52:04,288 --> 00:52:07,983 the properties of the microwave background radiation 585 00:52:08,083 --> 00:52:10,481 and the theory of black holes. 586 00:52:11,337 --> 00:52:12,984 To be honest, 587 00:52:13,631 --> 00:52:15,483 I came here today 588 00:52:16,216 --> 00:52:19,160 expecting to hear a lot of nonsense. 589 00:52:20,721 --> 00:52:22,494 I go home disappointed. 590 00:52:23,182 --> 00:52:25,250 The little one here 591 00:52:26,310 --> 00:52:27,503 has done it! 592 00:52:28,896 --> 00:52:30,339 He has done it! 593 00:52:38,739 --> 00:52:41,475 It is a pleasure to meet you, Professor. 594 00:52:41,575 --> 00:52:42,977 Entirely my pleasure. 595 00:52:43,077 --> 00:52:44,349 My pleasure. 596 00:52:45,913 --> 00:52:47,189 Thank you. 597 00:52:47,289 --> 00:52:48,686 Well done, Stephen. 598 00:52:49,291 --> 00:52:52,361 Well, that went pretty well, all things considered. 599 00:52:52,586 --> 00:52:54,108 I was worried for a while. 600 00:52:58,050 --> 00:52:59,702 Hawking radiation! 601 00:52:59,802 --> 00:53:01,537 The little one has done it! 602 00:53:01,637 --> 00:53:03,247 The little one has done it! 603 00:53:04,765 --> 00:53:07,209 - Hey, come on, genius! Oh, very funny! 604 00:53:10,437 --> 00:53:12,039 You've had enough of that, old man. 605 00:53:12,439 --> 00:53:13,916 - Oh, uh... - Come on, codger. 606 00:53:14,483 --> 00:53:16,176 One, two, 607 00:53:16,276 --> 00:53:17,386 three! 608 00:53:19,405 --> 00:53:22,304 My God! How does Jane manage? 609 00:53:25,494 --> 00:53:27,146 Stephen, 610 00:53:27,246 --> 00:53:30,065 your motor-mouth disease, does it affect, um... 611 00:53:31,041 --> 00:53:32,267 What? 612 00:53:33,085 --> 00:53:34,732 Uh, everything? 613 00:53:35,796 --> 00:53:37,281 What? No. 614 00:53:37,381 --> 00:53:39,074 Different system. 615 00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:42,494 - Automatic. - Are you serious? 616 00:53:43,679 --> 00:53:45,827 Well, that's pretty wonderful, isn't it? 617 00:53:46,306 --> 00:53:48,250 Well, it certainly explains a lot about men. 618 00:53:50,477 --> 00:53:51,578 Hurry up! 619 00:53:52,563 --> 00:53:54,586 Come on! 620 00:54:02,948 --> 00:54:04,721 - Please. 621 00:54:27,556 --> 00:54:29,291 What is it? 622 00:54:29,391 --> 00:54:31,164 It's a surprise. 623 00:54:33,020 --> 00:54:34,121 Right. 624 00:54:35,022 --> 00:54:36,374 - Keep them closed. 625 00:54:37,691 --> 00:54:38,963 Ta-da! 626 00:54:39,526 --> 00:54:41,220 Look, Daddy, look! 627 00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:43,923 That is an electric wheelchair. 628 00:54:44,615 --> 00:54:46,388 If you don't like it, we can take it back. 629 00:55:10,098 --> 00:55:13,122 I don't understand. You've spent years 630 00:55:13,393 --> 00:55:16,672 assuming black holes exist and you believe 631 00:55:16,772 --> 00:55:18,966 Cygnus X-1 could well turn out to be 632 00:55:19,066 --> 00:55:21,969 the first black hole that we can actually observe. 633 00:55:22,069 --> 00:55:24,430 And yet, you've bet Kip Thorne it's not a black hole. 634 00:55:24,530 --> 00:55:25,806 Yes. 635 00:55:25,906 --> 00:55:27,141 What did you bet him? 636 00:55:27,241 --> 00:55:31,016 A one-year subscription to a magazine. 637 00:55:31,745 --> 00:55:34,519 - Which magazine? Nature? - No. 638 00:55:35,082 --> 00:55:36,399 Penthouse. 639 00:55:36,917 --> 00:55:40,070 - Penthouse? - Yes. 640 00:55:40,170 --> 00:55:41,572 Gonna get you! 641 00:55:44,925 --> 00:55:47,153 Daddy, look out! Let's get Mummy! 642 00:55:47,678 --> 00:55:50,164 Come on... 643 00:55:50,264 --> 00:55:51,832 Gonna get you. 644 00:55:52,391 --> 00:55:53,538 Mummy, Mummy! 645 00:55:53,809 --> 00:55:55,419 Come and look! 646 00:55:58,438 --> 00:56:00,540 We're gonna get you. 647 00:56:00,941 --> 00:56:02,384 Come on. 648 00:56:07,489 --> 00:56:11,059 Holiday! Holiday! Holiday... 649 00:56:11,159 --> 00:56:13,102 Holiday! Holiday... 650 00:56:22,337 --> 00:56:23,363 Hello! 651 00:56:23,463 --> 00:56:24,823 - Hello! - Hello. 652 00:56:24,923 --> 00:56:26,784 - There you are. - Hello, Pa! 653 00:56:26,884 --> 00:56:28,236 - Isn't it marvelous? 654 00:56:28,594 --> 00:56:29,953 - What about these steps, Frank? Lucy! 655 00:56:30,053 --> 00:56:31,455 Steps are nothing, Jane. 656 00:56:31,555 --> 00:56:34,329 - Stephen! Here we are! Hello! 657 00:56:34,433 --> 00:56:36,210 Yes, here we go. 658 00:56:36,310 --> 00:56:39,213 Once we're up at the top, it's very snug. Hello, Stephen. 659 00:56:39,313 --> 00:56:41,086 - Hello. - There we go. 660 00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:43,592 - Turn you around, Stephen. - Want me to pull? 661 00:56:43,692 --> 00:56:46,053 No, no, I'll be fine. You get the luggage. 662 00:56:46,153 --> 00:56:47,926 - Here we go. Off we go. Let's go. - I'll lift it up. 663 00:56:51,074 --> 00:56:54,178 There we are, you see? Quite easy. 664 00:56:54,745 --> 00:56:56,939 And up one, there we go. 665 00:56:57,456 --> 00:56:58,682 Shimmering? 666 00:56:58,832 --> 00:57:00,651 Um, uh, the... 667 00:57:00,751 --> 00:57:04,571 - Oh, rain coming down, shivering cold? - Cold? 668 00:57:04,671 --> 00:57:08,283 Uh, no. Um, the, uh, falling. 669 00:57:08,383 --> 00:57:12,663 Falling... Um... Ooh! 670 00:57:12,763 --> 00:57:14,164 - Very cold. - What is it? 671 00:57:15,766 --> 00:57:18,119 I'm having a jolly... 672 00:57:18,226 --> 00:57:20,212 Okay, take Lucy. One minute. 673 00:57:20,312 --> 00:57:21,296 Oh. 674 00:57:21,396 --> 00:57:22,793 What is it? 675 00:57:24,524 --> 00:57:26,422 - Ah... 676 00:57:28,695 --> 00:57:30,342 - Is it out? 677 00:57:31,698 --> 00:57:33,641 - Some water. - No, don't worry. 678 00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:37,187 Okay, that's it. 679 00:57:37,287 --> 00:57:38,388 - There we go. 680 00:57:39,039 --> 00:57:40,641 It's okay. It's okay. 681 00:57:40,791 --> 00:57:42,609 He needs to see a specialist. 682 00:57:43,418 --> 00:57:45,362 Keeps happening over and over again. 683 00:57:45,462 --> 00:57:48,236 - Ridiculous. No doctors. 684 00:57:48,882 --> 00:57:51,326 No doctors. 685 00:57:52,803 --> 00:57:54,530 All right, no doctors. 686 00:57:59,309 --> 00:58:00,626 A little water. 687 00:58:39,141 --> 00:58:40,493 Stephen. 688 00:58:43,854 --> 00:58:45,206 I need help. 689 00:58:47,858 --> 00:58:49,551 If only for Robert. 690 00:58:50,110 --> 00:58:51,632 He's missing out on his childhood. 691 00:58:52,779 --> 00:58:55,758 I keep looking for a way to make this work, 692 00:58:56,742 --> 00:58:58,518 but I can't find it on my own. 693 00:58:58,618 --> 00:59:00,354 Everything is fine. 694 00:59:00,454 --> 00:59:03,357 We're just a normal family. 695 00:59:03,457 --> 00:59:05,776 We're not a normal family. 696 00:59:10,130 --> 00:59:12,232 We're not a normal family! 697 00:59:15,302 --> 00:59:16,745 Robert. 698 00:59:17,637 --> 00:59:21,492 Your mother is very angry with me. 699 00:59:28,857 --> 00:59:30,174 Thanks. 700 00:59:40,660 --> 00:59:42,137 Jane. 701 00:59:47,918 --> 00:59:49,395 Jane, stop. 702 00:59:57,135 --> 00:59:58,487 Sit. 703 01:00:12,275 --> 01:00:13,547 Now, 704 01:00:16,113 --> 01:00:18,056 I'd like to make a suggestion. 705 01:00:21,576 --> 01:00:24,475 Might sound a bit unusual, but I have seen it work wonders. 706 01:00:25,705 --> 01:00:27,482 I think 707 01:00:27,582 --> 01:00:30,731 that you should consider joining the church choir. 708 01:00:36,967 --> 01:00:38,319 Mum, 709 01:00:38,718 --> 01:00:42,914 I think that's possibly the most English thing anyone has ever said. 710 01:00:45,225 --> 01:00:46,793 Maybe so. 711 01:00:48,895 --> 01:00:50,167 I used to love singing. 712 01:00:50,313 --> 01:00:52,086 You're very good at it. 713 01:00:52,274 --> 01:00:54,172 I don't know about that. 714 01:00:54,276 --> 01:00:55,673 Just go. 715 01:00:58,405 --> 01:01:00,052 It's one hour a week. 716 01:01:00,365 --> 01:01:02,183 - Mmm-hmm. - Mmm. 717 01:01:43,617 --> 01:01:44,969 Really lovely, everyone. 718 01:01:45,452 --> 01:01:47,145 Okay. See you next week. 719 01:01:51,374 --> 01:01:52,817 - Bye-bye. - Bye. 720 01:01:55,086 --> 01:01:56,438 Goodbye. 721 01:01:59,424 --> 01:02:00,742 - Hello. - Hello. 722 01:02:00,842 --> 01:02:02,577 Have you come to sing? 723 01:02:02,677 --> 01:02:04,120 Um... 724 01:02:04,638 --> 01:02:06,536 I just came to, um... 725 01:02:09,100 --> 01:02:10,577 Soprano? 726 01:02:10,769 --> 01:02:12,379 - Mezzo. - Ah! 727 01:02:12,479 --> 01:02:14,131 Lovely, just what we need. 728 01:02:14,231 --> 01:02:15,583 Where have you been hiding? 729 01:02:16,066 --> 01:02:17,384 Good question. 730 01:02:17,484 --> 01:02:20,258 Well, you're here now, and, uh, just in time, 731 01:02:20,654 --> 01:02:22,506 as they say. 732 01:02:27,577 --> 01:02:30,147 - Oh, uh, you know, I have to come back anyway, so... - Good. 733 01:02:30,247 --> 01:02:32,475 - You have everything? - Yes, thank you. Yes. 734 01:02:32,916 --> 01:02:34,151 Thank you for coming. 735 01:02:34,251 --> 01:02:36,945 You will be a valuable asset. 736 01:02:37,170 --> 01:02:38,613 - Thank you. 737 01:02:40,006 --> 01:02:41,449 Um... 738 01:02:42,092 --> 01:02:43,952 Well, I should be going. 739 01:02:44,052 --> 01:02:46,746 Um, and if your son wants those piano lessons, just... 740 01:02:46,846 --> 01:02:49,708 - Yes, yes, absolutely. I, um... - Call me. 741 01:02:49,808 --> 01:02:50,917 - I will do. - Great. 742 01:02:51,017 --> 01:02:53,753 My husband adores music, too. 743 01:02:53,853 --> 01:02:56,923 Oh, well, I could... Does he play? 744 01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:58,341 Um... 745 01:02:58,441 --> 01:03:00,589 I could teach him, as well. Um... 746 01:03:01,403 --> 01:03:03,346 That's a long story. 747 01:03:04,030 --> 01:03:05,803 - But, um... - Ah, okay. 748 01:03:06,199 --> 01:03:08,476 - Well, thank you, Jonathan. - My pleasure, Jane. See you again. 749 01:03:08,576 --> 01:03:10,053 - Bye-bye. - Bye-bye. 750 01:03:33,852 --> 01:03:35,670 Third finger. No, that... That one, there. 751 01:03:37,314 --> 01:03:39,416 Try lifting your wrists a little bit. Keep your elbows back. 752 01:03:40,066 --> 01:03:41,338 Okay, try again. 753 01:03:43,528 --> 01:03:44,845 No. 754 01:03:54,456 --> 01:03:56,684 - Good. - Yeah. 755 01:04:03,173 --> 01:04:04,650 More wine? 756 01:04:05,675 --> 01:04:07,410 Um, why not? Thank you. 757 01:04:07,510 --> 01:04:09,783 - Stephen? - No. 758 01:04:28,114 --> 01:04:31,718 Stephen, Jane was telling me that you have a beautiful, uh, theorem. 759 01:04:34,037 --> 01:04:35,389 Um... 760 01:04:36,039 --> 01:04:38,483 That proves that the universe, um, 761 01:04:38,583 --> 01:04:40,560 had a beginning. Is that it? 762 01:04:43,296 --> 01:04:46,946 That was my PhD thesis. 763 01:04:49,135 --> 01:04:53,536 My new project disproves it. 764 01:04:54,307 --> 01:04:56,876 - Uh, disproves it? Oh. - Yes. 765 01:04:57,977 --> 01:05:01,832 Um, so then you no longer believe in the creation? 766 01:05:02,107 --> 01:05:08,385 What one believes is irrelevant in physics. 767 01:05:08,822 --> 01:05:10,344 "Irrelevant in physics." 768 01:05:10,532 --> 01:05:12,430 Oh. 769 01:05:13,076 --> 01:05:14,268 I see. 770 01:05:14,828 --> 01:05:16,604 Stephen's done a U-turn. 771 01:05:16,704 --> 01:05:20,308 The big new idea is that the universe has no boundaries at all. 772 01:05:20,875 --> 01:05:23,028 No boundaries, no beginning. 773 01:05:23,128 --> 01:05:25,230 And no God. Oh. 774 01:05:26,214 --> 01:05:29,284 Oh, I see. I... I thought that, um, 775 01:05:29,384 --> 01:05:33,489 you'd proved the universe had a beginning and thus a need for a creator. 776 01:05:34,514 --> 01:05:36,116 My mistake. 777 01:05:36,433 --> 01:05:39,252 No, mine. 778 01:05:42,397 --> 01:05:43,882 Stephen is looking for a single theory 779 01:05:43,982 --> 01:05:46,631 that explains all the forces in the universe. 780 01:05:47,527 --> 01:05:49,675 Therefore, God must die. 781 01:05:49,779 --> 01:05:52,257 Oh, uh, why must God die? I don't see. 782 01:05:53,158 --> 01:05:55,886 The two great pillars of physics 783 01:05:56,244 --> 01:05:58,563 are quantum theory, 784 01:05:58,746 --> 01:06:02,976 the laws that govern the very small particles, electrons and so on, 785 01:06:03,460 --> 01:06:05,983 and general relativity. 786 01:06:06,212 --> 01:06:07,780 Ah, yes, Einstein. 787 01:06:08,173 --> 01:06:09,240 Einstein's theory, the laws that govern 788 01:06:09,340 --> 01:06:11,117 the very large planets and such. 789 01:06:11,217 --> 01:06:14,287 But quantum and relativity... 790 01:06:14,387 --> 01:06:16,489 Don't tell me. They're different? 791 01:06:16,931 --> 01:06:19,659 They don't remotely play by the same rules. 792 01:06:20,393 --> 01:06:24,089 If the world were all potatoes, then, easy. 793 01:06:24,189 --> 01:06:26,883 You could trace a precise beginning 794 01:06:26,983 --> 01:06:28,835 as Stephen once did. 795 01:06:29,235 --> 01:06:31,178 A moment of creation. 796 01:06:31,946 --> 01:06:34,640 Hallelujah. God lives. 797 01:06:35,283 --> 01:06:36,768 If you incorporate peas into the menu, 798 01:06:36,868 --> 01:06:38,515 well, then it all goes a little... 799 01:06:38,786 --> 01:06:40,939 - Tits up. - Oh. 800 01:06:41,039 --> 01:06:43,108 Yes. Haywire. 801 01:06:43,208 --> 01:06:45,527 - It just all becomes a godless mess. - Oh, dear. 802 01:06:46,211 --> 01:06:48,188 - Einstein hated peas. 803 01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:53,611 Quantum theory. He said, "God doesn't play dice with the universe." 804 01:06:54,135 --> 01:06:57,535 Seems he not only plays dice, 805 01:06:58,264 --> 01:07:03,040 but he throws them where we can't find them. 806 01:07:03,436 --> 01:07:06,756 - God is back on the endangered species list. 807 01:07:07,232 --> 01:07:10,009 Well, I expect he'll cope. 808 01:07:10,109 --> 01:07:13,805 And physics is back in business. 809 01:07:13,905 --> 01:07:15,177 Yes. 810 01:07:16,783 --> 01:07:19,102 Physics is back in business. 811 01:07:30,255 --> 01:07:32,653 I was, uh, married, actually. 812 01:07:33,841 --> 01:07:36,660 Um... But, sadly, she passed. 813 01:07:38,888 --> 01:07:40,498 Almost a year ago now. 814 01:07:43,142 --> 01:07:44,915 It was, uh, leukemia. 815 01:07:47,313 --> 01:07:50,166 Um, she fought it and I nursed her. 816 01:07:51,484 --> 01:07:53,428 But, uh, in the end... 817 01:07:53,528 --> 01:07:55,255 Um... 818 01:07:58,783 --> 01:08:00,727 I do get quite lonely. 819 01:08:00,827 --> 01:08:04,181 The, uh, tyranny of the empty room 820 01:08:05,164 --> 01:08:06,607 and all that. 821 01:08:07,959 --> 01:08:11,529 But music is my salvation. Teaching and playing. 822 01:08:11,629 --> 01:08:14,616 Not really as a career, but I'm not very ambitious. 823 01:08:14,716 --> 01:08:16,534 Though that's not... 824 01:08:22,515 --> 01:08:24,913 Is that a sin? I don't know. 825 01:08:26,728 --> 01:08:29,331 Wrong man to ask. 826 01:08:35,194 --> 01:08:36,971 Thank you so much for having me. 827 01:08:37,071 --> 01:08:39,924 - Thank you for coming. - It was really, really wonderful. 828 01:08:40,700 --> 01:08:43,269 If there's anything I can do to be of service, 829 01:08:43,369 --> 01:08:44,395 um, to you, 830 01:08:44,495 --> 01:08:46,814 to the family, I mean, I would 831 01:08:46,914 --> 01:08:48,732 consider it a privilege. 832 01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:52,400 I have no children or commitments, so... 833 01:08:53,296 --> 01:08:56,650 I only mean that if I could be of help, 834 01:08:57,091 --> 01:08:59,035 I believe I might find a purpose that would 835 01:08:59,135 --> 01:09:01,909 help alleviate my own, um, situation. 836 01:09:04,057 --> 01:09:05,158 Good night. 837 01:09:06,142 --> 01:09:07,414 Night. 838 01:09:43,304 --> 01:09:45,748 I understand 839 01:09:48,101 --> 01:09:50,454 if you need help. 840 01:09:53,898 --> 01:09:59,220 If someone is prepared to offer it, 841 01:10:03,241 --> 01:10:05,639 I won't object. 842 01:10:48,786 --> 01:10:49,937 Chilly? 843 01:10:50,037 --> 01:10:51,810 Yeah, it's very bracing. 844 01:11:23,863 --> 01:11:25,348 Come on. Ready? 845 01:11:25,448 --> 01:11:27,175 - Yeah. - All right. 846 01:11:29,660 --> 01:11:32,104 17, 18... 847 01:11:39,837 --> 01:11:42,565 There we go. Right. I'm going to put the kettle on. 848 01:12:31,097 --> 01:12:34,041 Calls you one and calls you all 849 01:12:34,141 --> 01:12:37,920 To gain his everlasting hall 850 01:12:38,020 --> 01:12:44,177 Christ was born to save 851 01:12:44,277 --> 01:12:46,425 Great, lovely, okay. We can go. 852 01:12:47,655 --> 01:12:49,348 Just gone 7:45. 853 01:12:49,657 --> 01:12:53,102 - Could you all leave your copies? - Goodbye. 854 01:12:59,584 --> 01:13:01,106 There's something I need to tell you. 855 01:13:02,336 --> 01:13:03,562 What? 856 01:13:04,338 --> 01:13:05,815 I'm pregnant. 857 01:13:08,676 --> 01:13:11,529 Gosh, I, um, assumed that you and Stephen, um... 858 01:13:13,139 --> 01:13:15,412 Well, that's really wonderful. 859 01:13:16,183 --> 01:13:18,581 - It is. - Yes, wonderful. 860 01:13:19,478 --> 01:13:21,580 Congratulations, Jane. 861 01:13:22,565 --> 01:13:23,882 Thank you. 862 01:13:39,290 --> 01:13:40,566 Everyone say, "Cheese." Ready? 863 01:13:40,666 --> 01:13:42,735 On the count of three. One, two, three. 864 01:13:42,835 --> 01:13:44,608 Cheese! 865 01:13:46,255 --> 01:13:47,447 Cheese. 866 01:13:51,636 --> 01:13:53,955 Is that your brother? On his bike? 867 01:13:57,808 --> 01:13:59,669 Mummy! - Just coming. 868 01:13:59,769 --> 01:14:02,622 Oh, come on, sweetie. Come on... 869 01:14:09,403 --> 01:14:11,347 Now, you know 870 01:14:11,447 --> 01:14:15,768 I've always been supportive of your choice not to have home help, 871 01:14:15,868 --> 01:14:19,017 but we need to find a permanent solution. 872 01:14:19,497 --> 01:14:21,774 This, uh, situation cannot continue. 873 01:14:21,874 --> 01:14:27,026 You need to have a proper live-in nurse immediately. 874 01:14:27,463 --> 01:14:29,190 We have help. 875 01:14:29,882 --> 01:14:33,327 Look, you know what I'm talking about. 876 01:14:33,469 --> 01:14:36,823 We can't afford a live-in nurse. 877 01:14:37,139 --> 01:14:38,661 Stephen, you need to find a way 878 01:14:39,225 --> 01:14:40,827 for your family's sake. 879 01:14:41,143 --> 01:14:42,836 You're world-famous. 880 01:14:43,187 --> 01:14:47,008 For black holes, not for rock concerts. 881 01:14:47,733 --> 01:14:49,835 Stephen, this isn't funny. 882 01:14:50,569 --> 01:14:52,467 I believe it's urgent. 883 01:15:13,759 --> 01:15:15,953 We do have a right to know. 884 01:15:16,053 --> 01:15:18,247 We have a right to know, Jane. 885 01:15:21,392 --> 01:15:22,835 Know what? 886 01:15:24,103 --> 01:15:26,213 Whose child Timothy is. 887 01:15:26,313 --> 01:15:28,791 Stephen's or Jonathan's. 888 01:15:31,444 --> 01:15:33,512 That's what you think of me. 889 01:15:35,281 --> 01:15:38,809 There's no way that Timothy could have any other father than Stephen. 890 01:15:38,909 --> 01:15:40,135 None. 891 01:15:50,921 --> 01:15:52,198 Jonathan. 892 01:15:52,298 --> 01:15:54,033 - Please don't go. - I have to go. 893 01:15:54,133 --> 01:15:55,743 Come on. Everyone is talking... 894 01:15:55,843 --> 01:15:57,370 So, what does it matter? 895 01:15:57,470 --> 01:15:59,205 It's difficult for me because I'm just trying to help. 896 01:15:59,305 --> 01:16:01,749 I know you're trying to help, and your help is valued. 897 01:16:01,849 --> 01:16:04,585 The best thing for me right now is... I think maybe if... 898 01:16:04,685 --> 01:16:06,420 I just step back for now. 899 01:16:06,520 --> 01:16:08,464 Please, Jonathan. We need you. 900 01:16:08,564 --> 01:16:11,008 The children need you, and I need you, and Stephen needs you. 901 01:16:11,108 --> 01:16:13,256 - Jonathan. - There's other things as well. 902 01:16:13,569 --> 01:16:15,012 Jane, I... 903 01:16:17,490 --> 01:16:19,092 I have feelings for you. 904 01:16:23,579 --> 01:16:26,273 And I have feelings for you, too. 905 01:16:31,378 --> 01:16:32,821 Thank you, Jane. 906 01:17:21,679 --> 01:17:26,034 I've been invited to the Bordeaux Opera. 907 01:17:26,809 --> 01:17:28,161 Invited where? 908 01:17:29,061 --> 01:17:30,458 Bordeaux. 909 01:17:32,356 --> 01:17:33,924 - To Bordeaux? - Mmm. 910 01:17:34,984 --> 01:17:36,757 Wagner. 911 01:17:37,027 --> 01:17:39,471 The students can take me. 912 01:17:39,989 --> 01:17:42,638 I know you hate flying. 913 01:17:44,076 --> 01:17:45,894 I do hate to fly. 914 01:17:46,453 --> 01:17:48,681 Bring the car. 915 01:17:49,123 --> 01:17:52,193 Meet me in Bordeaux. 916 01:17:54,461 --> 01:17:57,565 Take the children camping. 917 01:18:00,342 --> 01:18:02,740 It'll be too difficult to manage, Stephen. 918 01:18:09,226 --> 01:18:12,375 Bring Jonathan. 919 01:18:17,776 --> 01:18:20,174 I doubt he would be willing. 920 01:18:37,421 --> 01:18:38,989 Hello, Stephen. 921 01:18:55,314 --> 01:18:56,882 Is this okay? 922 01:18:57,149 --> 01:18:58,592 Well... 923 01:18:59,485 --> 01:19:00,962 I won't tell if you won't. 924 01:19:14,500 --> 01:19:16,193 Just bearing in mind you have to drive. 925 01:19:32,685 --> 01:19:35,254 Jane needs help. 926 01:19:49,702 --> 01:19:51,729 Sarah, you won't forget a vitamin B injection... 927 01:19:51,829 --> 01:19:53,063 - ... as soon as you land. - No. Of course. 928 01:19:53,163 --> 01:19:54,607 - You'll call me when you get to the hotel? - I will. 929 01:19:54,707 --> 01:19:56,354 - Yes? Promise? Good. - Yes. 930 01:19:57,876 --> 01:19:59,353 Stephen. 931 01:20:01,672 --> 01:20:03,365 Mum will take the baby. 932 01:20:04,049 --> 01:20:07,119 - She'll be here any minute. - See you in Bordeaux. 933 01:20:08,262 --> 01:20:09,579 And be good. 934 01:20:33,871 --> 01:20:35,231 Are they asleep? 935 01:20:35,331 --> 01:20:36,648 Yeah. 936 01:20:52,097 --> 01:20:54,950 - Okay. It's okay. I'm all right. - Where are the children? 937 01:21:08,155 --> 01:21:10,383 - I think we've done rather well. - Mmm. 938 01:21:10,991 --> 01:21:12,601 Right. Children? 939 01:21:12,701 --> 01:21:14,394 Get your sleeping bags. 940 01:21:16,622 --> 01:21:17,974 Thank you. 941 01:21:30,344 --> 01:21:31,912 Thank you. Thanks. 942 01:22:37,786 --> 01:22:39,103 Jonathan? 943 01:23:08,066 --> 01:23:09,463 Shh! 944 01:23:13,906 --> 01:23:15,053 Oh, God! 945 01:23:17,451 --> 01:23:18,928 Excuse me, sorry. 946 01:23:52,319 --> 01:23:54,138 Jonathan? 947 01:23:54,238 --> 01:23:55,973 Jonathan. 948 01:23:56,073 --> 01:23:58,016 Stephen's been taken ill. 949 01:23:58,116 --> 01:23:59,435 He's in hospital and 950 01:23:59,535 --> 01:24:02,058 - he, uh... He's in a coma. - Stephen's been taken ill? 951 01:24:56,842 --> 01:24:58,569 What are you talking about? 952 01:25:02,014 --> 01:25:03,787 This way would be a painless end. 953 01:25:04,141 --> 01:25:06,460 If we try to bring him round from the anesthetic, 954 01:25:07,019 --> 01:25:09,167 it's not sure he will survive resuscitation. 955 01:25:10,897 --> 01:25:13,216 You have to bring him round from the anesthetic. 956 01:25:14,818 --> 01:25:16,966 Are you sure it's what you want? 957 01:25:18,280 --> 01:25:21,016 The only way of weaning him off the ventilator 958 01:25:21,116 --> 01:25:23,059 will be to give him a tracheotomy. 959 01:25:23,744 --> 01:25:27,064 A hole in the neck, bypassing the throat. 960 01:25:28,957 --> 01:25:30,775 He will never speak again. 961 01:25:35,505 --> 01:25:37,152 There's no question. 962 01:25:38,717 --> 01:25:40,452 Stephen must live. 963 01:25:40,552 --> 01:25:42,996 I will see he gets everything he needs. 964 01:25:43,847 --> 01:25:46,325 I will have him transferred back to Cambridge. 965 01:25:49,561 --> 01:25:51,504 He may not survive the journey. 966 01:25:52,564 --> 01:25:54,132 Yes, he will. 967 01:26:02,157 --> 01:26:03,258 I know. 968 01:26:05,661 --> 01:26:06,762 I'll... 969 01:26:08,080 --> 01:26:09,227 step back. 970 01:26:13,043 --> 01:26:14,486 Did you get everything in the car? 971 01:26:14,586 --> 01:26:17,360 His chair and his equipment and everything? 972 01:26:38,610 --> 01:26:39,711 Goodbye. 973 01:28:15,874 --> 01:28:16,975 Stephen? 974 01:28:36,478 --> 01:28:38,330 This is a spelling board. 975 01:28:41,066 --> 01:28:43,760 Firstly, you tell me what letter you want 976 01:28:43,860 --> 01:28:46,680 by blinking when I say the color of the group 977 01:28:46,780 --> 01:28:48,427 that contains the letter. 978 01:28:50,992 --> 01:28:52,602 Once I know the group, you can choose 979 01:28:52,702 --> 01:28:54,554 the character inside that group 980 01:28:55,080 --> 01:28:56,231 by blinking again when I say 981 01:28:56,331 --> 01:28:58,604 the color of each letter within that group. 982 01:29:01,545 --> 01:29:02,646 Apparently. 983 01:29:04,339 --> 01:29:05,531 Let's just try. 984 01:29:10,512 --> 01:29:11,613 Green. 985 01:29:15,058 --> 01:29:16,159 Blue. 986 01:29:18,770 --> 01:29:19,871 Pink. 987 01:29:22,983 --> 01:29:24,084 Black. 988 01:29:26,111 --> 01:29:27,212 Red. 989 01:29:31,116 --> 01:29:32,434 Blink to choose the color of the group 990 01:29:32,534 --> 01:29:34,307 of the letter you want, Stephen. 991 01:29:46,172 --> 01:29:47,273 Green. 992 01:29:50,135 --> 01:29:51,236 Blue. 993 01:29:55,473 --> 01:29:56,574 Pink. 994 01:30:02,814 --> 01:30:03,915 Black. 995 01:30:08,987 --> 01:30:10,088 Red. 996 01:30:40,727 --> 01:30:42,625 Hello. Hello, Elaine. 997 01:30:42,771 --> 01:30:44,923 Shall I take your coat? - Okay. 998 01:30:45,023 --> 01:30:46,249 Thank you, Jane. 999 01:30:53,323 --> 01:30:55,016 - Just wait here. - Great. 1000 01:31:02,749 --> 01:31:03,850 She's here. 1001 01:31:04,376 --> 01:31:06,069 She comes highly recommended. 1002 01:31:09,047 --> 01:31:10,649 Promise not to eat her alive. 1003 01:31:13,343 --> 01:31:14,444 Okay? 1004 01:31:26,356 --> 01:31:27,457 Here we are. 1005 01:31:29,985 --> 01:31:32,087 Elaine, Stephen. 1006 01:31:33,488 --> 01:31:34,680 Stephen, Elaine. 1007 01:31:34,906 --> 01:31:36,633 Lovely to meet you, Professor. 1008 01:31:38,576 --> 01:31:40,724 Now, you should have everything you need. 1009 01:31:40,954 --> 01:31:43,557 But if there's anything else, I'll be just next door. 1010 01:31:44,207 --> 01:31:45,308 Great. 1011 01:31:45,750 --> 01:31:47,693 I think we'll get straight to work. 1012 01:31:48,003 --> 01:31:49,195 Thank you, Jane. 1013 01:31:49,462 --> 01:31:51,985 - Oh, if you could close the doors. - Of course. 1014 01:31:58,638 --> 01:32:00,365 We'll get started, then. 1015 01:32:02,434 --> 01:32:03,535 Okay. 1016 01:32:12,652 --> 01:32:13,753 Red. 1017 01:32:16,573 --> 01:32:17,674 Yellow. 1018 01:32:18,742 --> 01:32:19,843 T. 1019 01:32:23,246 --> 01:32:24,347 Green. 1020 01:32:25,123 --> 01:32:26,224 Black. 1021 01:32:27,208 --> 01:32:28,309 E. 1022 01:32:29,044 --> 01:32:30,737 Green, green. 1023 01:32:31,004 --> 01:32:32,105 A. 1024 01:32:32,380 --> 01:32:33,481 Tea. 1025 01:32:34,758 --> 01:32:36,075 You want a cup of tea. 1026 01:32:39,387 --> 01:32:40,488 Okay. 1027 01:32:44,642 --> 01:32:45,789 Any preference? 1028 01:32:49,481 --> 01:32:51,925 You've memorized the board, I know you have. 1029 01:32:54,152 --> 01:32:55,549 I haven't got all day. 1030 01:32:58,364 --> 01:33:00,307 Green, green. 1031 01:33:01,117 --> 01:33:02,343 Green, yellow. 1032 01:33:02,952 --> 01:33:04,053 Yellow. 1033 01:33:04,204 --> 01:33:05,305 B. 1034 01:33:06,414 --> 01:33:08,516 Green, blue, pink, black, red. 1035 01:33:09,459 --> 01:33:10,560 Red. 1036 01:33:11,044 --> 01:33:13,021 Green, yellow, blue, blue. 1037 01:33:13,546 --> 01:33:14,531 U. 1038 01:33:14,631 --> 01:33:16,608 So, B, U. Oh. 1039 01:33:17,509 --> 01:33:18,986 Builder's tea, right? 1040 01:33:27,852 --> 01:33:29,374 So, how did you get on? 1041 01:33:29,854 --> 01:33:30,922 You know... 1042 01:33:31,022 --> 01:33:33,796 I think he's the most brilliant man I've ever met. 1043 01:33:34,192 --> 01:33:35,301 You're very lucky. 1044 01:33:35,401 --> 01:33:36,502 Thank you. 1045 01:33:36,861 --> 01:33:38,722 You must worship the ground beneath... 1046 01:33:38,822 --> 01:33:39,923 His wheels? 1047 01:33:41,366 --> 01:33:42,968 And he's the perfect patient. 1048 01:33:43,118 --> 01:33:44,390 He's so funny! 1049 01:33:44,619 --> 01:33:45,770 When you read about him... 1050 01:33:45,870 --> 01:33:48,143 Let's see how you get on, shall we, Elaine? 1051 01:33:50,125 --> 01:33:51,898 That's tightened up. 1052 01:33:52,794 --> 01:33:55,697 As you can see, it's height-adjustable 1053 01:33:55,797 --> 01:33:58,946 and we can change the angle to whatever Steve wants it at. 1054 01:33:59,175 --> 01:34:00,201 You know, it's cutting-edge. 1055 01:34:00,301 --> 01:34:01,369 So, how does it work? 1056 01:34:01,469 --> 01:34:03,580 It uses a very simple interface 1057 01:34:03,680 --> 01:34:05,206 that scans through the alphabet, 1058 01:34:05,306 --> 01:34:07,375 selects each letter one at a time. 1059 01:34:07,475 --> 01:34:10,003 I mean, using this technique, the Professor can expect 1060 01:34:10,103 --> 01:34:12,205 to write about four words per minute. 1061 01:34:12,605 --> 01:34:14,174 Good. Better than one a minute. 1062 01:34:14,274 --> 01:34:16,134 Yes, and what I've done 1063 01:34:16,234 --> 01:34:19,429 is taken the components from a telephone answering system, actually, 1064 01:34:19,529 --> 01:34:20,805 to convert the written text 1065 01:34:20,905 --> 01:34:22,098 into synthesized speech. 1066 01:34:22,198 --> 01:34:24,434 I mean, the voice sounds a little bit robotic, 1067 01:34:24,534 --> 01:34:27,012 but, um, shall we give it a try? 1068 01:34:27,328 --> 01:34:28,850 - Great. - Here's the clicker. 1069 01:34:33,168 --> 01:34:34,360 Right hand? 1070 01:34:41,092 --> 01:34:42,660 There you go. 1071 01:34:44,053 --> 01:34:46,906 Welcome to the future. 1072 01:34:57,025 --> 01:34:58,126 It's American. 1073 01:34:59,068 --> 01:35:00,260 Is that a problem? 1074 01:35:00,737 --> 01:35:04,091 Oh, my goodness. Well, is there another voice? 1075 01:35:05,742 --> 01:35:07,769 That's the only one they have at the moment. 1076 01:35:07,869 --> 01:35:09,095 I think it's great. 1077 01:35:53,831 --> 01:35:57,276 Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. 1078 01:36:01,172 --> 01:36:03,616 - Exterminate. 1079 01:36:04,550 --> 01:36:06,277 Exterminate. 1080 01:36:08,388 --> 01:36:09,660 Exterminate. 1081 01:36:18,523 --> 01:36:20,045 I will write a book. 1082 01:36:22,610 --> 01:36:23,711 About what? 1083 01:36:31,661 --> 01:36:32,762 Time. 1084 01:36:43,089 --> 01:36:45,112 What is the nature of time? 1085 01:36:46,217 --> 01:36:48,240 Will it ever come to an end? 1086 01:36:53,224 --> 01:36:56,753 Someday, these answers may seem as obvious to us 1087 01:36:56,853 --> 01:36:59,172 as the Earth orbiting the sun, 1088 01:37:00,440 --> 01:37:04,170 or perhaps as ridiculous as a tower of tortoises. 1089 01:37:07,572 --> 01:37:10,391 Only time, whatever that may be, 1090 01:37:10,783 --> 01:37:11,884 will tell. 1091 01:37:34,932 --> 01:37:36,033 Professor? 1092 01:37:47,695 --> 01:37:49,092 It is for a friend. 1093 01:37:49,614 --> 01:37:50,886 Of course it is. 1094 01:37:51,449 --> 01:37:53,051 That's what they all say. 1095 01:37:54,744 --> 01:37:57,688 You don't have to be embarrassed in front of me, Professor. 1096 01:37:58,122 --> 01:37:59,815 I know what men are like. 1097 01:38:01,626 --> 01:38:02,978 Shall we take a look? 1098 01:38:04,754 --> 01:38:05,855 There you go. 1099 01:38:18,684 --> 01:38:20,286 Oh! I'm sorry. 1100 01:38:31,030 --> 01:38:32,131 Next one? 1101 01:38:38,413 --> 01:38:39,514 What? 1102 01:39:21,622 --> 01:39:26,319 So I said, "I have long been looking for a model of the universe. 1103 01:39:28,212 --> 01:39:30,986 - "I finally found her." 1104 01:39:32,925 --> 01:39:34,151 I bet you did. 1105 01:39:41,601 --> 01:39:44,580 Stephen, I need to steal you. The contract's arrived. 1106 01:39:45,021 --> 01:39:47,340 Could you just give us a minute, please, Jane? 1107 01:39:59,327 --> 01:40:00,428 There we go. 1108 01:40:09,128 --> 01:40:10,229 Like new. 1109 01:40:39,951 --> 01:40:41,052 "Who are we? 1110 01:40:42,578 --> 01:40:43,804 "Why are we here? 1111 01:40:44,288 --> 01:40:45,523 "If we ever learn this, 1112 01:40:45,623 --> 01:40:48,317 "it will be the ultimate triumph of human reason, 1113 01:40:48,626 --> 01:40:50,820 "for then we would know the mind of God." 1114 01:40:52,922 --> 01:40:54,069 Do you mean this? 1115 01:40:55,132 --> 01:40:56,233 Yes. 1116 01:40:58,803 --> 01:40:59,745 Of course. 1117 01:40:59,845 --> 01:41:01,447 So, you're acknowledging him? 1118 01:41:07,395 --> 01:41:08,496 However... 1119 01:41:12,108 --> 01:41:13,300 "However" what? 1120 01:41:20,616 --> 01:41:23,310 Are you actually going to let me have this moment? 1121 01:41:28,916 --> 01:41:30,233 You are welcome. 1122 01:42:10,041 --> 01:42:13,611 I have asked Elaine to travel with me to America. 1123 01:42:16,881 --> 01:42:18,904 She will look after me. 1124 01:42:33,022 --> 01:42:34,123 Will she? 1125 01:42:38,319 --> 01:42:39,420 Yes. 1126 01:42:46,160 --> 01:42:48,888 You always used to tell me when an invitation came in. 1127 01:42:51,832 --> 01:42:54,685 Another award. What can you do? 1128 01:43:06,013 --> 01:43:07,365 I am sorry. 1129 01:43:17,483 --> 01:43:19,005 How many years? 1130 01:43:25,991 --> 01:43:27,308 They said two. 1131 01:43:30,579 --> 01:43:32,056 You've had so many. 1132 01:44:00,234 --> 01:44:02,257 Everything will be okay. 1133 01:44:21,088 --> 01:44:22,610 I have loved you. 1134 01:44:32,850 --> 01:44:34,452 I did my best. 1135 01:45:13,182 --> 01:45:14,283 Careful. 1136 01:45:15,559 --> 01:45:17,002 That... That's staying. 1137 01:45:17,144 --> 01:45:18,245 All right. 1138 01:46:04,275 --> 01:46:05,376 Bye, Jonathan. 1139 01:47:34,615 --> 01:47:36,513 Professor, I love your book! 1140 01:47:43,832 --> 01:47:44,933 Thank you. 1141 01:47:47,378 --> 01:47:50,152 I first met the Professor 1142 01:47:51,715 --> 01:47:53,317 in 1963. 1143 01:47:54,051 --> 01:47:55,573 Now there you are. Time! 1144 01:47:55,761 --> 01:47:56,953 Where does it go? 1145 01:47:58,055 --> 01:48:00,291 It has been one of the great joys 1146 01:48:00,391 --> 01:48:05,129 of my life to watch this man defy every expectation, 1147 01:48:05,229 --> 01:48:08,299 both scientific and personal. 1148 01:48:09,066 --> 01:48:13,216 Please welcome onto the stage my esteemed colleague, 1149 01:48:14,154 --> 01:48:16,974 my dear friend, Professor Hawking. 1150 01:48:34,341 --> 01:48:35,576 Thank you. Could we please have 1151 01:48:35,676 --> 01:48:38,746 the first pre-selected question? Thank you. 1152 01:48:45,102 --> 01:48:46,420 Can you hear me? 1153 01:48:50,399 --> 01:48:52,376 Now you are recognized everywhere. 1154 01:48:53,277 --> 01:48:55,345 How do you deal with all the attention? 1155 01:48:55,779 --> 01:48:59,383 I was stopped recently by a tourist in Cambridge, 1156 01:48:59,658 --> 01:49:02,386 who asked if I was the real Stephen Hawking. 1157 01:49:03,454 --> 01:49:07,900 I replied I was not and said the real one was much better looking. 1158 01:49:11,211 --> 01:49:14,281 In 1979, you talked about the possibility 1159 01:49:14,381 --> 01:49:17,985 of a theory of everything being discovered before the end of the century. 1160 01:49:19,636 --> 01:49:22,114 I now predict that I was wrong. 1161 01:49:26,977 --> 01:49:28,045 Professor Hawking, 1162 01:49:28,145 --> 01:49:30,839 you have said you do not believe in God. 1163 01:49:32,733 --> 01:49:35,677 Do you have a philosophy of life that helps you? 1164 01:50:38,757 --> 01:50:41,235 You have said you do not believe in God. 1165 01:50:43,262 --> 01:50:45,740 Do you have a philosophy of life that helps you? 1166 01:51:09,121 --> 01:51:12,976 It is clear that we are just an advanced breed of primates 1167 01:51:13,125 --> 01:51:17,355 on a minor planet orbiting around a very average star 1168 01:51:17,546 --> 01:51:22,368 in the outer suburb of one among 100 billion galaxies. 1169 01:51:24,094 --> 01:51:25,195 But, 1170 01:51:25,762 --> 01:51:28,285 ever since the dawn of civilization, 1171 01:51:28,599 --> 01:51:31,043 people have craved for an understanding 1172 01:51:31,143 --> 01:51:33,496 of the underlying order of the world. 1173 01:51:35,189 --> 01:51:37,841 There ought to be something very special 1174 01:51:37,941 --> 01:51:41,170 about the boundary conditions of the universe. 1175 01:51:42,237 --> 01:51:46,058 And what can be more special than that there is no boundary... 1176 01:51:48,785 --> 01:51:52,264 And there should be no boundary to human endeavor. 1177 01:51:54,333 --> 01:51:56,026 We are all different. 1178 01:51:56,793 --> 01:51:58,861 However bad life may seem, 1179 01:51:59,046 --> 01:52:02,571 there is always something you can do and succeed at. 1180 01:52:04,092 --> 01:52:07,162 While there is life, there is hope. 1181 01:52:28,367 --> 01:52:29,468 That came. 1182 01:52:39,920 --> 01:52:41,146 It's from Stephen. 1183 01:52:48,303 --> 01:52:49,404 Gosh. 1184 01:53:09,199 --> 01:53:11,643 Your glasses are always dirty. 1185 01:53:29,469 --> 01:53:32,698 Professor and Mrs. Hawking, Her Majesty the Queen. 1186 01:54:03,337 --> 01:54:04,859 Congratulations... 1187 01:54:06,590 --> 01:54:09,159 My Companion of Honour. 1188 01:54:11,219 --> 01:54:13,538 Not bad for an old liberal socialist. 1189 01:54:15,640 --> 01:54:18,459 Don't worry, you can decline the knighthood. 1190 01:54:29,237 --> 01:54:31,260 Thank you, for today. 1191 01:54:32,616 --> 01:54:33,933 It was extraordinary. 1192 01:54:35,535 --> 01:54:38,229 It's all been rather extraordinary though, hasn't it? 1193 01:54:47,172 --> 01:54:48,524 What are you writing? 1194 01:55:00,811 --> 01:55:04,085 Look what we made.