Genius by Stephen Hawking

HAWKING

I WANT THEM TO IMAGINE TRAVELING BACKWARDS IN TIME.

PAUL

YEAH. LOOK. LINES.

HAWKING

AND THERE'S ANOTHER SURPRISE IN STORE.

MARISOL

SO I'M WALKING IN. AND THERE'S A DIRT AREA. AND THERE'S 3 TRACKS.

NORMAN

LOOK AT THIS. ARROWS. WE GOT 2 "FORWARDS." WHAT'S THAT ONE SAY DOWN THERE?

MARISOL

YEAH. LET'S CHECK IT OUT. NORMAN,

VOICE-OVER

THERE'S A LANE WITH AN ARROW POINTING AWAY FROM US THAT SAYS "FORWARD."

PAUL

THE SECOND LANE SAYS "BACK" AND WAS LABELED BACK.

MARISOL

AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS A THIRD TRACK WITH "FORWARD" AGAIN.

PAUL

TWO "FORWARD," ONE "BACK."

HAWKING

IMAGINE THIS IS A MAGICAL PARKING LOT THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE DIMENSION OF TIME. BUT TO DO THAT, THEY'LL NEED A TIME MACHINE.

PAUL LAUGHING

NORMAN

OH, LOOK AT THAT! HEY! HA HA! WELL... ALL RIGHT! A DeLOREAN. PAUL,

VOICE-OVER

TO OUR ABSOLUTE AMAZEMENT, A DeLOREAN CAME SPINNING ROUND THE CORNER.

EXCITED CHATTER, LAUGHTER

VOICE-OVER

PAUL, AND THEN THE DRIVER JUMPS OUT, WANGLED KEYS IN FRONT OF US. AND NO RIGHT-MINDED PERSON CONFRONTED WITH DeLOREAN KEYS WOULD NOT GRAB THEM. HEY! HA HA!

MARISOL

AWESOME. INSTRUCTIONS. "IMAGINE THIS IS A MAGICAL PARKING LOT."

HAWKING

IMAGINE EACH LANE REPRESENTS THE SAME PASSAGE THROUGH SPACE-TIME. IN THE FIRST LANE, THEY WILL BE TRAVELING FORWARDS WITH TIME IN THE USUAL WAY, JUST LIKE THE REST OF US. IN THE SECOND, THEY BECOME TIME TRAVELERS AS THEY RETRACE THEIR ROUTE BACKWARDS THROUGH SPACE-TIME TO THE MOMENT THEY BEGAN.

CLOCK TICKING

HAWKING

IN THE THIRD LANE, THEY WILL BE TRAVELING FORWARDS WITH TIME IN THE USUAL WAY ONCE AGAIN.

CLOCK TICKING

MARISOL

"YOU MUST COMPLETE ALL 3 LANES OF THE COURSE. "BUT BEFORE YOU SET OFF DOWN EACH LANE, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL SEE."

HAWKING

THEIR CHALLENGE IS TO PREDICT... ALL 3 LANES. WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO TRAVEL BACKWARDS IN TIME. THE FIRST TIME WE GO DOWN, WE'LL SEE NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, EXCEPT US IN A DeLOREAN. WE GET TO THE END. WE COME BACK IN TIME. AND AT SOME STAGE, WE WILL PASS OURSELVES GOING FORWARD IN TIME, WON'T WE?

MARISOL

YEAH.

NORMAN

ARE YOU SURE?

HAWKING

NORMAN IS RIGHT TO QUESTION THIS PLAN. IT HAS A FLAW.

PAUL

HERE'S A RADIO! WE'LL CALL YOU FROM THE FUTURE. ALL RIGHT.

HAWKING

BUT PERHAPS ONCE THEY'RE UNDERWAY, THEY'LL SPOT THEIR MISTAKE.

PAUL

TIME TO FIRE UP THE DeLOREAN.