Timeslip

S01E11: The Time of the Ice Box - Pt 5

Dr. Joynton is struggling to reach a switch set into the wall. Beth sees the children trying to escape the office when an alarm klaxon blares out. All of them head for the Fantasy room where Dr. Bukov has discovered the prone form of Dr. Joynton. He turns her body face up and then gently closes the late Dr. Joynton's eyes, pronouncing her dead.

Overview

Simon Randall and Liz Skinner discover the existence of a strange anomaly, known as the “Time Barrier”, that enables them to travel in time to different historical periods in alternate pasts and futures.

Episodes

S01E01 The Wrong End of Time - Pt 1

September 28, 1970 25 min
The year is 1970. A young girl called Sarah is walking along the boundary of a disused naval base in St. Oswald beyond a sign which clearly says "Ministry of Defence. Keep Out" She stops...

S01E02 The Wrong End of Time - Pt 2

October 5, 1970 25 min
Jean is having a nightmare about Simon and Liz. Her nightmare appears to be connected to events in 1940. Liz cannot accept that the young naval rating could be her father and that the place...

S01E03 The Wrong End of Time - Pt 3

October 12, 1970 25 min
An angry Gottfried takes Simon and Liz back to the Operations room. On the floor is the unconscious Frank. Traynor and Skinner are still arguing outside the naval station. Gottfried asks Liz what is wrong...
The Wrong End of Time - Pt 4

S01E04 The Wrong End of Time - Pt 4

October 19, 1970 25 min
With Gottfried occupied with trying to find whatever it was that Sarah said she saw being buried and Simon helping him, Liz forces Sarah through the time barrier. When she tries to follow, she gets...

S01E05 The Wrong End of Time - Pt 5

October 26, 1970 25 min
Liz is struggling to find the time barrier. Gottfried has opened up the skirting board and is struggling to find out what is behind it. Liz becomes panicky has she realises that the time barrier...

S01E06 The Wrong End of Time - Pt 6

November 2, 1970 25 min
Jean is watching horrified as the events in 1940 unfold in her mind's eye. Simon is tormented by Graz and a struggle ensues. Frank grapples with Graz as Liz and Simon head for the window...

S01E07 The Time of the Ice Box - Pt 1

November 9, 1970 25 min
Liz and Simon emerge from the time barrier not in 1970, as they expect, but in an icy landscape. In the biting cold, they both collapse. Back in 1970 Jean is sharing the experience and...

S01E08 The Time of the Ice Box - Pt 2

November 16, 1970 25 min

S01E09 The Time of the Ice Box - Pt 3

November 23, 1970 25 min
Liz is still looking at the family photograph when Jean enters the office. Jean is initially cold towards Liz but soon comes to realise that the girl she saw earlier really is her young daughter....

S01E10 The Time of the Ice Box - Pt 4

November 30, 1970 25 min
The Director, furious to find Simon in his office, makes a grab for him and attempts to throttle him. He suddenly begins repeating his speech and then halts as if frozen, allowing Simon to escape...

S01E11 The Time of the Ice Box - Pt 5

December 7, 1970 25 min
Dr. Joynton is struggling to reach a switch set into the wall. Beth sees the children trying to escape the office when an alarm klaxon blares out. All of them head for the Fantasy room...

S01E12 The Time of the Ice Box - Pt 6

November 14, 1970 25 min
Simon and Liz enter the lobby of the Ice Box. Simon hands Liz a survival suit and tells her to put it on. In the Computer Room Beth indicates that the temperature is now normal...

S01E13 The Year of the Burn Up - Pt 1

December 21, 1970 25 min
Simon and Liz exit the time barrier and find themselves back in the Ministry Field in 1970. As the two make their way back home, Simon reluctantly finds himself thanking Liz for returning to find...

S01E14 The Year of the Burn Up - Pt 2

December 28, 1970 25 min
Vera is gently watering her small plot of vegetables when a group of raggedly dressed children enter the village. Vera asks one of the boys how they have done. One of them, Paul, replies that...

S01E15 The Year of the Burn Up - Pt 3

January 4, 1971 25 min
The old man ........ proceeds to unravel one of the spools of tape on a nearby computer bank. He snips a section of the unravelled tape and pockets it before attempting to re-attach the two...

S01E16 The Year of the Burn Up - Pt 4

January 11, 1971 25 min
As Simon and Beth try to comfort a distressed Vera, a heavy branch falls from a tree. Beth comments that 2957 and the technocrats have finally done it. "They're burning us up!" In London at...

S01E17 The Year of the Burn Up - Pt 5

January 18, 1971 25 min
n the computer room, Alpha 4 is still watching the record tape. Commander Traynor apparently betrayed the Master Plan by holding up the progress of the diversion of the northern British rivers. Before the tape...

S01E18 The Year of the Burn Up - Pt 6

January 25, 1971 25 min
Beth and Liz have found their way into the Ministry and into 2957's office. Liz tries to uses the video screen to find Simon. Flipping between locations she eventually brings up an image of Simon...

S01E19 The Year of the Burn Up - Pt 7

February 1, 1971 25 min
Alpha 4 refuses to acknowledge Traynor's authority calling him a traitor to the Master Plan. He seems to believe more, 2957 however Traynor is quick to describe 2957's duplicity. Liz tries to defend him but...

S01E20 The Year of the Burn Up - Pt 8

February 8, 1971 25 min
Simon and Liz struggle through the dying jungle on their way back to the time barrier. Liz stops to catch her breath. Simon tries to coax her to move on. She reflects on whether Beth...

S01E21 The Day of the Clone - Pt 1

February 15, 1971 25 min
Simon is at the Ministry of Forward Development in Whitehall looking for Commander Traynor. The doorman is adamant he can't enter the building without a pass. Spotting Miss Stebbins in the corridor, Simon brushes past...

S01E22 The Day of the Clone - Pt 2

February 22, 1971 25 min
Liz and Simon make their way back to the window, through which Simon climbed in, when he first arrived at R1, but it is now locked. Simon pushes Liz into the room he had originally...

S01E23 The Day of the Clone - Pt 3

March 1, 1971 25 min
Commander Traynor turns to face Devereaux and Frazer only to discover he is now alone in the monitoring room. He walks across to the door, which he finds is locked. A hissing sound fills the...

S01E24 The Day of the Clone - Pt 4

March 8, 1971 25 min
As Liz and Simon pass the time chamber room, Simon realises that Liz's bracelet is still in there. They must retrieve it otherwise Devereaux and his people will know they have been in there. Luckily...

S01E25 The Day of the Clone - Pt 5

March 15, 1971 25 min
Simon reaches out for the time barrier. He finds it. Liz tells him she is scared of what lies beyond the barrier and where they might end up. Even if they do get back, how...

S01E26 The Day of the Clone - Pt 6

March 22, 1971 25 min
Jean is staring into the time barrier. She can see something. Frank asks her what. She isn't sure but it isn't Liz. Suddenly, she realises that it is Traynor himself. As Traynor become more and...

Cast

Derek Benfield
Derek Benfield
Denis Quilley
Denis Quilley
Spencer Banks
Spencer Banks
Martin Clifford
Iris Russell
Cheryl Burfield

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