"The Instability"
| S - | Ep - | 1989/01/01 |
| Short Story | - min | |
Professor Firebrenner explains to Atkins how they can go forward in time to study a red dwarf and then return back to Earth The professor makes a trip with his colleague through time to observe the dark star. After making some notes, they decide to return home. When they time travel back, the colleague notices that there is black space outside. The professor explains that time and space move, so their universe has moved in an upper-dimensional level. This means they are in primeval chaos. His colleague points out that since they are here this is not primeval chaos anymore. The professor states that his partner is right and that they have introduced an instability, but he never finishes the sentence. They are all wiped out by a Big Bang as a new universe is created.
"The Intelligence Gigantic"
| S - | Ep - | 1933/06/ |
| Short Story | - min | |
The Interesting Number Paradox
The first number that can be considered "dull" rather than "interesting" becomes interesting because of that fact.
| S - | Ep - | |
| High | - min | |
The interesting number paradox is a semi-humorous paradox which arises from the attempt to classify natural numbers as "interesting" or "dull". The paradox states that all natural numbers are interesting. The "proof" is by contradiction: if there exists a non-empty set of uninteresting numbers, there would be a smallest uninteresting number -- but the smallest uninteresting number is itself interesting because it is the smallest uninteresting number, producing a contradiction.
Interglobal Trading Fund
| S - | Ep - | |
| TV Movie | - min | |
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road
| 2003/09/10 | ||
| Film | 116 min R | |
| ADV COM DRA FAN MYS SF THR | Canada, USA | |
A confused young man takes a journey on a road that doesn't exist on any map. Neal Oliver is a young artist, but his father doesn't like his choice and wants him to go to Oxford. Everything changes after Neal's meeting with O.W.Grant, who grants exactly one wish per person, as his name suggests. Neal wishes for answers, and so he must travel to the nonexistent Danver by the nonexistent Interstate 60. In this trip he hopes to find the girl of his dreams, following the trail of her photos on the advertising stands along the route. Many encounters await him ahead. Will he receive what he asked for?
Interstellar
| 2014/11/07 | ||
| Film | - min | |
| SF | USA | |
A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. In the near future, Earth has been devastated by drought and famine, causing a scarcity in food and extreme changes in climate. When humanity is facing extinction, a mysterious rip in the space-time continuum is discovered, giving mankind the opportunity to widen its lifespan. A group of explorers must travel beyond our solar system in search of a planet that can sustain life. The crew of the Endurance are required to think bigger and go further than any human in history as they embark on an interstellar voyage into the unknown. Coop, the pilot of the Endurance, must decide between seeing his children again and the future of the human race.
"Into the 28th Century"
| S - | Ep - | 1930// |
| Short Story | - min | |
Into the Labyrinth
21 Episodes, 3 Seasons
| S - | Ep - | 1981/05/13 |
| TV Series | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
Three children stumble upon the imprisoned sorcerer Rothgo and are drawn into a mysterious search through time for the magical Nidus which has been stolen by the evil witch Belor. Kids search through time.
Into the Labyrinth
Rothgo
| S 1 | Ep 1 | 1981/05/13 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
Terry, Helen, and Phil enter a cavern where they meet Rothgo, a wizard who needs help against Belor who has stolen a magical object called the Nidas. The children then enter the labyrinth of time and are hurled into the past. While playing Hide-and-Seek, Terry and his sister, Helen, are caught in a sudden thunderstorm; however, on taking refuge in a nearby cave they are surprised to find that they are not wet. Inside the cave Terry and Helen encounter Phil, an older boy who has been following their recent game. After hearing a strange voice calling for help, the three children decide to explore the tunnel system; they soon reach a large cavern, where they find a black-dressed man trapped under a huge rock. The stranger gives his name as Rothgo, explaining that he is a wizard who has been imprisoned by his enemy, an evil witch named Belor. Rothgo urges the children to join hands and concentrate, and, to their astonishment, the stone levitates, allowing the wizard to get free. Rothgo implores the children for help: Belor has stolen from him a mystical object known as the Nidas, and hidden it somewhere in the past; without the Nidas, Rothgo is incomplete, and he will soon die Ð however, if the children will agree to help retrieve the object, his powers will be restored. Helen and Phil immediately agree, and, together with a hesitant Terry, they step into a magical stone labyrinth that transports them back through time and spaceÉ
Into the Labyrinth
The Circle
| S 1 | Ep 2 | 1981/05/20 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
The children arrive in neolithic Britain where they find Rothgo as a Druid Priest. Phil battles an evil dictator before Belor hurls the Nidas away in time. Traveling many centuries into the past, Helen, Terry and Phil arrive in a cave at the time of the Winter Solstice; here they encounter an old druid who appears to be Rothgo, but whose memory has been scrambled by a curse. On seeing Phil's black skin the druid instantly proclaims the boy to be Ôthe dark warrior' who it is prophesied will challenge Cynon, the spoilt tyrant who has usurped Rothgo's throne as high priest of the druids. However, Cynon's sponsor is an evil woman named Iliac Ð who is in fact Belor in disguise; when she recognises the children Belor quickly traps them inside a cave, while her future self seeks out Rothgo and engages him in a deadly battle in the night skies. But Rothgo is able to stall Belor, allowing the three children to escape, say his name, and restore his past self's memory. With Rothgo's help Phil must now challenge Cynon Ð but will he be able to best the powerful dictator and discover the location of the Nidas..?
Into the Labyrinth
Robin
| S 1 | Ep 3 | 1981/05/27 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
The trio arrive in the caves beneath Nottingham where they battle the Sheriff of Nottingham and find Rothgo as a medieval magician. After defeating the Sheriff, Belor again hurls the Nidas away through time. Helen, Terry and Phil travel back seven-hundred years, arriving in the dungeon of the Sheriff of Nottingham. While Helen is abducted by a mysterious robed figure, Terry and Phil are captured as Saracen spies and imprisoned in a cell, where they meet a magician who appears to be Rothgo; however, the boys are unaware that the man is merely an illusion created by the Lady Eleanor Ð Belor in disguise. Helen learns that her captor is an aging Robin of Loxley, who was formerly known as Robin Hood; it seems that Robin mistook Helen for the Sheriff's niece, Rowena, whom he hoped to exchange in return for his medallion; this mystical object was stolen by the Sheriff, and its loss has caused Robin to lose his faith in himself. Helen suspects that the medallion may be the Nidas, and so she agrees to help Robin recover it in return for finding her friends. Meanwhile, Terry and Phil have been completely taken in by the fake Rothgo; the trio are released by Lady Eleanor Ð but only so that ÔRothgo' can lead the boys into a trap...
Into the Labyrinth
Masrur
| S 1 | Ep 4 | 1981/06/03 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
The children find themselves in the caves beneath the palace of the Grand Vizar in the far east. Rothgo helps the children rescue the Vizar before Belor discovers their plans and takes the Nidas away through time. Arriving in the mystical Far East, the children contact Rothgo for advice; the magician has rested, and is now able to grant Helen the power to free anyone imprisoned by ÒMasrurÓ. Exploring the caverns the trio soon find a man imprisoned inside a large water jar; after Helen releases him, the self-proclaimed Ali the Defender explains that he had been imprisoned by Masrur, an evil sorceress who has taken over the land after capturing the Caliph and forcing the Grand Vizier to flee. Terry, Helen and Phil immediately suspect that Masrur is Belor and the Grand Vizier to be Rothgo, but before they can act, they are confronted by guards sent by Masrur; Ali escapes, but the three children are trapped in the Chamber of Fire, where they are choked by deadly sulphurous fumes. Luckily the room also contains the imprisoned Vizier, and once Helen speaks his name, Rothgo awakens and disperses the toxic gas Ð much to Masrur's fury. Elsewhere, Ali learns that his army of men have all deserted him, except for one loyal follower, Ahmed; Ali vows to stop Masrur, but it seems that his motives centre around himself rather than his people. Meanwhile, Rothgo tells the children that Masrur holds the Nidas in her treasure trove Ð but the only way to gain access to the store is by using a genie trapped in a bottle worn around Masrur's neckÉ
Into the Labyrinth
Conflict
| S 1 | Ep 5 | 1981/06/10 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
During the English Civil War, the children find Rothgo as a playwright while Belor is disguised as a housekeeper. After escaping a company of Roundheads, the children nearly find the Nidas before Belor hurls it through time again. Arriving in England during the Civil War, Helen, Terry and Phil find themselves in the cellar of the house belonging to Lord and Lady Courtney, where they meet an old woman called Nan, who mistakes them for the Courtneys' children. Nan gives the trio candles and then leads them into the safety of the tunnels below the house, away from the approaching conflict between the Roundheads and the Cavaliers; however, after Helen's candlestick somehow gives her and Terry a mild electrostatic shock, the group inadvertently splits into to parties; while Nan and Phil meet Rothgo's past self, a travelling player dressed as a Cavalier, Terry and Helen manage to contact Rothgo's future self, something only possible with close proximity to the NidasÉ Meanwhile, Belor, in the guise of the Courtneys' housekeeper, is furious to find that the Nidas Ð which was disguised as a candlestick Ð has now fallen into the hands of her enemies; however, before she can pursue the children Belor is stopped by the arrival of a squad of Roundheads led by Colonel Chadwick. Using her cunning, Belor convinces the Colonel that not only have Helen, Terry and Phil stolen a valuable heirloom, but that they also know the whereabouts of the fleeing king; the Colonel immediately dispatches his men into the caves Ð and soon Phil and Rothgo are captured by the Roundheads and brought in for questioningÉ
Into the Labyrinth
Revolution
| S 1 | Ep 6 | 1981/06/17 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
Arriving beneath Paris during the French revolution, Rothgo is under the spell of Belor who seeks to prevent him from helping the children. Finally reaching Rothgo, he is arrested to be executed just as Belor hurls the Nidas through time. As Terry, Phil and Helen journey through the labyrinth, Belor intervenes and delays them in a time vortex; she then travels ahead of them, arriving during France's infamously bloody Revolution. Materialising in a church carved out of a cave, Belor casts a spell on Rothgo's past self, a French aristocrat, to ensure that he will not recognise the three children when he meets them; then, having disguised herself as a woman named Juliette, Belor uses her feminine wiles to trick Rothgo into believing her to be a friend. Belor introduces Rothgo to her fellow revolutionaries, a motley gang led by the zealous Citizen Pierre; however, Pierre feels jealous over Rothgo's attentions to Juliette, and promptly accuses Rothgo of being a spy; luckily a demonstration of Rothgo's magic quickly puts an end to Pierre's threats. Elsewhere, the children finally arrive, only to find themselves trapped in a tunnel, and their confusion increases when they see witness Rothgo's past self apparently enjoying a dance with Belor. Back in the church, a group of French soldiers arrive, led by the newly-elected Proconsul Julien. When Belor manages to trick Rothgo into thinking that Julien is her in disguise, Rothgo's ranting results in his arrest as a traitor Ð and is immediately sentencing to deathÉ
Into the Labyrinth
Minotaur
| S 1 | Ep 7 | 1981/06/24 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
After briefly returning home, the children are sent by Rothgo to the original Labyrinth on the island of Crete. There the children must fight both a Minotaur and Belor to at last seize the Nidas. Pierre's attempt to blow up the powder kegs using the ÔNidus clock' as a timer results in a huge explosion, the force of which blasts the children forward in time to the present. Here they find the labyrinth and Rothgo Ð who is now close to death. Rothgo frees the children of their obligation to help him, but Helen, Phil and Terry ask for one more attempt to find the Nidas, even though they know that their failure will mean they will be trapped in the past forever. Summoning up his final reserves of energy, Rothgo sends the trio to the original labyrinth, back in ancient Crete. Here the children find the Nidus disguised as a bust of a Minotaur, a fearsome, bull-headed creature, but when Terry attempts to touch the object he discovers that it is protected by a powerful force. They are interrupted by the arrival of Theseus and his companion, Ariadne Ð none other than Belor in disguise; Theseus wants to slay the Minotaur, but Belor manages to persuade him to take the Nidus instead. Using his sword, Theseus removes the powerful object, causing a cave-in that traps the children. Terry, Phil and Helen are about to give up hope when they meet Rothgo's past self, Daedelus, the creator of the maze; however, when they try to show Rothgo a vision of his future self as proof of his real identity, they are shocked to see Belor defeat their friend. Unless Phil, Terry and Helen can retrieve the Nidas, it seems that Belor has finally wonÉ
Into the Labyrinth
The Calling
| S 2 | Ep 1 | 1981/08/03 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
Some time after her defeat by Rothgo and the children, Belor manages to resurrect herself. She begins the creation of Ôthe Albido', an opposing force to Rothgo's Nidas, which, when completed, will tip the balance of power in her favor. Once again, Rothgo calls on the children for help, using the crystals he gave them to summon them to a stone circle. While Tony and Helen are unsure whether to help the magician on such a dangerous mission, Phil agrees without question, and immediately finds himself transported to Rothgo's underground lair. Rothgo needs Phil to determine if the Albido is complete, and he sends him to Asgard, kingdom of the gods. Arriving in a blacksmiths, Phil sees Rothgo disguised as the smith Wayland; however, before he can reach the sorcerer, Phil is chased off by a hound acting under Belor's command, and in the confusion, a thief called Loce steals Wayland's hammer. When Phil then encounters Belor, he tries to attack her, but the witch renders him unconscious and takes him captive. Loce meets Alberick, now transformed from the hound into a man, and tells him of Wayland's hammer. Alberick leaves to inform his mistress, but is stopped by Wayland; a fight ensues, but Wayland is able to overpower Belor's lackey and take his cloak of invisibility. Meanwhile, Terry and Helen decide to help their old friend, and arrive in Rothgo's lair. Elsewhere, Loce offers Belor access to the hammer in exchange for riches and the restoration of his youth; Belor readily agrees, and together they set off to the fabled Golden Hall. Using the power of Wayland's hammer to break through the walls, the villainous duo begin searching for the Midgard Jewell Ð the final part of the Albido, which will enable Belor to obliterate her enemy at lastÉ
Into the Labyrinth
Treason
| S 2 | Ep 2 | 1981/08/10 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
When Rothgo and the children tried to stop Belor from completing the Albido, the Nidas was inadvertently split into five pieces and scattered across time and space. Phil, Terry and Helen arrive in the vaults beneath Westminster Abbey in London, on 4th November 1605. Disguised as a bat, Belor watches as the trio split up to search for this era's version of Rothgo. Elsewhere in the tunnels, King James meets with Guy Fawkes Ð actually Rothgo Ð and learns of a plot against him by Robert Catesby. When Fawkes reveals that he is one of Catesby's fellow conspirators, the king is furious, but agrees to pardon him on the condition that he discloses the full details of the plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament the following night. After Fawkes leaves, the king is joined by his wife, Queen Anne of Denmark Ð none other than the evil witch, Belor. Phil meets Rothgo / Fawkes, and is immediately concerned that his friend's fate is to be hung, drawn and quartered at the king's behest; Fawkes reassures him that his future is safe, and together they set about looking for the Nidas. The Queen meets with Catesby, and warns him of Fawke's betrayal; she then tricks him into walking straight into the king's guards, who promptly arrest him as a traitor. When Terry and Helen are menaced by Belor, they summon Rothgo's future self to help; the sorcerer is impressed by their use of magic, and comments that the Nidas must be very closeÉ While the Queen persuades her husband to sentence the traitor Fawkes to death, Phil and Fawkes are reunited with Terry and Helen; they quickly realise that Catesby holds the Nidas Ð but Belor overhears them, and immediately flies off to retrieve the precious object before themÉ
Into the Labyrinth
Alamo
| S 2 | Ep 3 | 1981/08/17 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
The children arrive in the Misin San Antonio de Valero Ð otherwise known as the Alamo, on 24th February 1836. Here they find Rothgo disguised as Standing Bison, a Red Indian shaman held hostage in a cell; while Phil attempts to convince Standing Bison of his real identity, Terry and Helen encounter Senator Davy Crockett, famed frontiersman and former congressman, and the renowned knife-fighter Colonel Jim Bowie. Texas is struggling for independence from Mexico, and its people are engaged in a revolution to become a Ôlone star state'. The officers and soldiers at the Alamo are currently under siege from the Mexican troops of General Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna, and it is feared that an attack will come in the next three hours. After a woman named Beulah seeks shelter at the Alamo, she and Helen prepare a meal for the troops; however, Belor takes over the woman's body, casts a trance-inducing spell over Helen, and then banishes the fragment of Nidas that the girl wore around her neck. When Standing Bison casts a set of bones that lands in the shape of a knife, Phil speculates that the Nidas is Bowie's knife, which was forged from metal found in a meteorite. Beulah arrives with drugged food, which knocks out Bowie and Terry as soon as they taste it; realising what Belor has done, Phil pretends to slip into unconsciousness Ð powerless to stop Belor, Phil can only look on helplessly as the witch steals the knife from Bowie's beltÉ
Into the Labyrinth
Cave of Diamonds
| S 2 | Ep 4 | 1981/08/24 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
Helen, Terry and Phil arrive once again in the mystical Far East, where they meet a holy man named Kadru. The man quickly reveals his true colours as a servant of Belor, and tries to steal the fragment of Nidas from Helen's necklace; however, he is stopped by the arrival of Prince Sagara Ð Rothgo in disguise Ð who transforms the evil holy man into a monkey. The Prince tells the children that he actually appears before them in his astral body; his physical form is deep in mediation elsewhere, attempting to discover a way to release a second fragment of Nidas from the Great Mandala. Furthermore, the Prince is soon to be married to the Princess Angora, a union of convenience that enabled Rothgo to obtain from her a magic talisman that controls the Naga, the giant, three-headed guardian of the Cave of Diamonds, where a third segment of the Nidas is secreted. After giving the talisman to the children, the Prince returns to his body. He is unaware that Belor is watching him; the witch wants the power of the Great Mandala for herself, and so she transforms herself into a huge, terrible demon and then engages the Prince in combat. Meanwhile Helen, Terry and Phil set off to the Cave of Diamonds, to confront the terrible Naga and retrieve the Nidas. The Prince defeats the demon by shrinking it down to size, but before he can take the Nidas from the Mandala, a sorcerer appears and captures him in a Noose of Power; as the magical bonds tighten, the Prince begins to be throttled to deathÉ
Into the Labyrinth
Shadrach
| S 2 | Ep 5 | 1981/09/07 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
Having successfully obtained three parts of the Nidas, Phil, Helen and Terry arrive in Victorian London, in the sewers beneath the Tower of London. Also here is Belor, who plans to break into the Wakefield Tower before the State Opening of Parliament, and steal the fourth segment of the Nidas from its resting place amongst the Crown Jewels. Belor is aided by two Thuggees, Suleiman and Rhanji, from the notorious gang known as the Bombay Bandicoots, and has elicited their help by promising them the Koh-i-Noor Diamond, which they want to take back to India. After using a fake message from Rothgo to send the three children in the wrong direction, Belor disguises herself as an old crone and meets T.J. Shadrach, a rather useless detective who is on the trail of the Thuggees. Mistaking him for Rothgo in disguise, Belor Ôrestores' Shadrach's Ôproper' face, causing the Victorian gentleman much confusion; she then poses as Shadrach's wife, Acacia, to get him out of the way. Realising they have been duped, Phil, Helen and Terry double back and meet Shadrach, immediately taking him for Rothgo. Together they discover the secret tunnel that Belor and the Thuggees have used to enter the Tower and make their way to the Crown Jewels. Meanwhile, in the Tower, two Beefeaters stand guard outside the Jewel House Ð and one of the guards looks uncannily like RothgoÉ