- James Lester: [Stuck in traffic] A route Jess, any route, just find a way to get me out of here.
- Jess Parker: You might want to invest in a sat-nav.
- James Lester: Why bother when I've got you?
- Jess Parker: [sighs to herself] You've had two calls from the cabinet office.
- James Lester: Oh, Yes? what do they want?
- Jess Parker: Something about a knighthood. They want to set up a meeting with you, something about a vetting process.
- James Lester: Well? What are you waiting for? Get my PA to set it up as soon as possible and find me that route out here fast. Sorry, you did say a knighthood?
- Jess Parker: Yes. Anything else you need that's not in my job description?
- James Lester: [Hangs up] Sir James Lester... Hmm
- Jess Parker: The creature took Conner!
- James Lester: Yes, I heard that the first time. What are you doing about it? Look, at the risk of sounding a tad self involved this better not screw up my knighthood. Matt will find him, don't worry. If you were an insect, would you want to eat Conner?
- Captain Becker: Lester, its Becker. I'm afraid the EMD's won't cut it; we're going to need conventional fire power, and that means guns.
- James Lester: How many guns?
- Captain Becker: Well, as many as you can spare.
- James Lester: Oh, yeah, fine. Perhaps you'd like a tank as well.
- Captain Becker: What, a tank...
- James Lester: No, no. I was obviously joking.
- Captain Becker: No, really, a tank?
- James Lester: You can't have a tank!
- [pause]
- James Lester: Just so I know, who is it exactly that Matt intends to shoot?
- Philip Burton: I've just read your report on the Danny Quinn situation. Very thorough.
- Matt Anderson: Thanks.
- Philip Burton: Lost in time for over a year, finally gets back home, and then gone again within a day. Not entirely rational behaviour, is it?
- Matt Anderson: He went after his brother. I like to think I would do the same thing.
- Philip Burton: Welcome to New Dawn. When this is finished, it'll make sense of the anomalies. It'll make use of them.
- Connor Temple: To do what?
- Philip Burton: Solve the greatest problem facing mankind today.
- Connor Temple: What, it's going to work out why there's always a sock missing after you've done the washing?
- James Lester: Jess, there's a man missing. Talk of him being snatched by some kind of creature. Do we have an anomaly?
- Jess Parker: No. That does sound like an incursion. Just intercepted emergency calls. I've sounded the alert. I'm going to send a team out now.
- James Lester: Good. And yeah, you'd better send a helicopter for me, I I really can't afford to be late for this meeting.
- Connor Temple: Um, Matt, you know when you asked if there was any other creatures in here?
- Matt Anderson: Connor, how many?
- Connor Temple: More than I'm entirely happy about.
- James Lester: Yes, I've got an anomaly for you Jess, One of the greatest anomalies know to the western world. Why they call them road works
- [Yells at the road crew]
- James Lester: WHEN THERE'S NEVER ANY WORK GOING!
- James Lester: What's this?
- Jess Parker: Satellite image, ground-penetrating radar. This creature's been here a long time.
- James Lester: Ay-yi-yi.
- Jess Parker: It stretches for miles and intercepts with every man-made tunnel and natural cave system under the city.
- James Lester: Ugh. Lucky I've just sanctioned its extermination, then. This would have to happen on the day I'm being vetted for a knighthood.
- Jess Parker: Yeah, some creatures just have no sense of occasion, do they?
- James Lester: They did tell you what we do here?
- Miss Reece: Not in detail. They just said it was covered by the Official Secrets Act. What do you do, exactly?
- James Lester: Well, I don't like to talk about my own contribution, but it's not every job where one gets to save lives. I suppose I'll have to meet the Queen?
- James Lester: I hope you got everything you need; Ms Reece.
- Miss Reece: Very much so. Frankly you've been most impressive.
- James Lester: With something like this, one does as much as one can to help.
- Miss Reece: He must be a dear colleague.
- James Lester: Sorry? Who must be? Sorry, you said a dear colleague. Who'd you mean?
- Miss Reece: Well Phillip Burton of course.I'm sure he'll be flattered to know the lengths you've gone for him today.
- James Lester: The knighthood's for him?
- Miss Reece: Of course who else?
- James Lester: He's going to be Sir Phillip Burton?
- Miss Reece: It has a ring to it doesn't it. If there were any doubts about his suitability, you have certainly put my mind at rest.
- [Leaves]
- James Lester: Good, good. It's all good, it's all good. Good, good old Phillip, or should I say Sir Phillip! Sir Phillip! Good, good, good. Yep.
- [Walks into his office, shuts the door and yells in frustration]
- James Lester: AHHHHHHHHH!
- Matt Anderson: You're a genius Conner.
- Connor Temple: So everyone keeps saying yet here I am surrounded by fifty, giant carnivorous insects. I'm not that smart.
- Captain Becker: Right, we've cleared the area. I'll go prep the detonators.
- Connor Temple: Blowing stuff up, aye Becker, you're gonna love that.
- Captain Becker: [Mimes Explosion] Poom!
- James Lester: So, it was your idea to blow up a perfectly good shopping centre?
- Connor Temple: Guilty.
- James Lester: Not to worry. I'll square it with the relevant authorities. Not that I need any recognition or thanks, let alone any awards. Unlike some people.
- Abby Maitland: I kept asking myself how you could have known so much about those creatures. And then I realised, you knew them because you'd seen them before. In the future. Which means one of two things, either you've been to their time or you came from there in the first place. So which one is it?
- Matt Anderson: ...In the future, this planet's dying. This is my only chance to save it. And if I fail, all life on Earth will come to an end.
- Abby Maitland: What has that got to do with the ARC?
- Matt Anderson: Something goes wrong with the anomalies in this era. I'm here to find out what it is and if I can, stop it.
- April Leonard: I've heard so much about you.
- Connor Temple: Have you?
- April Leonard: Philip's always talking about you. He says you're a genius.
- Connor Temple: Well, I'm sure he's I'm sure he's exaggerating. To a point.