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Let me explain what
we've discovered so far.
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In order to understand
the nature of cancer,
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Dr. Philips was trying
to create living cells.
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Cells that he hoped
would attack the cancer.
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He based this on the carbon atom
which is the basis of all life.
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He didn't succeed.
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But he probably created a form
of life based on the silicon atom.
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Now these Silicates,
as we call them, eat animal bone,
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human bone.
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Dr. Philips' gave life
to some kind of organism,
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something we know nothing about.
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Their external skeletal structure
is tough and resilient.
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We couldn't hurt it with an axe and
when run over, it was unharmed.
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We haven't found
a way to destroy them yet,
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but shall attack them
with everything we can.
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From Dr. Philips' notes
and our own experience,
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we calculate that these creatures
divide every six hours.
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There are about 64 silicates
on the island at this moment.
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There'll be 128
by six o'clock this evening.
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- 256 by midnight.
- What?
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And if this continues, at the end
of the week, there'll be a million.
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Please, I must have your attention!
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The only way to stop them if all
else fails, is to deny them food.
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We want you to move
into this building with supplies,
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round up the cattle
and bring it here.
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We must keep calm.
:50:32
Fear and panic will defeat us
just as surely as the Silicates.
:50:36
We need your help and co-operation.
We must work together.
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Thank you.
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Right. The following men meet me
in the room out the back there.
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Er... Morton...
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Er... Dunley...
:50:53
- Are there any guns on the island?
- Plenty.
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- And dynamite?
- I've got three cases.
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We ought to make petrol bombs,
we don't know what'll work.