:12:01
- I insist on taking my technician.
- You'll take along who I assign.
:12:05
Don't tell me who I'm going to work with -
not on this operation.
:12:09
I'll do what I think is best
without interference!
:12:11
Dr Duval has relied
on Miss Peterson for years.
:12:14
And since she wants to come along,
I think it's for the best, Dr Reid.
:12:18
Well, I disagree with you.
:12:20
Since you're in charge, do as you please.
But I want it on record I'm against it.
:12:24
Grant, Colonel Reid, operational commander.
You met our medical chief.
:12:28
- Dr Duval, head surgeon.
- I've heard of you.
:12:30
Miss Peterson, his assistant.
:12:32
And Captain Bill Owens,
designer of an experimental submarine
:12:36
for the Navy's research programme.
:12:38
- Out of your element, Captain?
- Sort of.
:12:40
- That makes two of us.
- Grant is uniquely suited to this mission.
:12:44
He's a communications expert
and he was a frogman during the war.
:12:47
Besides, he brought Benes into this country.
:12:50
The fewer people who knowthat, the better.
:12:52
You'll find Grant invaluable should anything
go wrong once you're underway.
:12:57
OK, Don.
:13:04
Here's the overall target area.
:13:07
Doctor?
:13:09
Benes's brain.
As near as we can map it stereotaxically.
:13:14
The clot is right here.
:13:17
It's impossible to get at
without damage to the intervening tissue,
:13:21
which would prove fatal to Benes.
:13:24
The only way to reach it
is via the arterial system.
:13:28
Phase one calls for
miniaturising a submarine,
:13:31
with crew and surgical team,
and injecting it into the carotid artery.
:13:35
How small will it be?
:13:37
About the size of a microbe.
We're putting Benes in deep hypothermia.
:13:41
What?
:13:41
That's freezing him
as low as is compatible with human life.
:13:45
It'll slow down his heartbeat, circulation
and all other physical processes.
:13:50
Even so, Colonel, because of our size -
:13:52
I mean, the lack of it -
we'll still be cruising pretty fast.
:13:56
We'll be smashed to bits
if there's turbulence.
:13:59
The only danger of turbulence
is in the heart,