:13:01
What was the nature
of that nameless substance...
:13:03
found caught in
the damaged diving planes?
:13:06
A substance so strange,
so inexplicable and alarming...
:13:09
that the best minds in the nation had
to be called upon to solve the problem.
:13:13
Behind the guarded door
where the secret lay hidden...
:13:16
and for the first time
in their lives...
:13:18
three people met.
:13:24
Couldn't be a mistake.
:13:26
You think so, Professor?
It's tissue, all right.
:13:29
- Where'd it come from?
- Some living creature.
:13:33
All that hunk
came from one living creature?
:13:36
That's right.
:13:38
You mean, that's not all one animal?
There's more to it?
:13:42
A great deal more.
:13:46
It'd be dead now, wouldn't it?
:13:49
I doubt it.
:13:50
Must be pretty big.
:13:52
Enormous.
:13:55
Doctor, what kind of a sea beast
would be that large?
:13:59
What do you call it
so I can stop calling it "it"?
:14:01
I have no idea.
:14:03
Nor have I.
:14:05
Well, how do we find out?
:14:07
That will take time and research.
:14:10
I'll wire the university right away
to get a leave of absence.
:14:13
The Navy will take care of that.
How about you, Professor?
:14:17
Working with Dr. Carter
is every marine biologist's dream...
:14:19
but my school needs me.
:14:21
You can get along without me,
I'm sure.
:14:28
Can we, Doctor?
:14:30
No.
:14:33
Forgive my ignorance, Doctor,
but what makes her so unipue?
:14:36
ProfessorJoyce
is head of Marine Biology...
:14:39
at the Southeastern Institute
of Oceanography.
:14:42
I'd say she's probably the outstanding
authority on marine biology...
:14:46
with the possible exception
of Vanderhume himself.
:14:49
Then we'll get him.
:14:50
Before you start looking,
I may as well tell you...
:14:53
Vanderhume is dead.
:14:56
Oh.