OPENING CREDIT SEQUENCE
SC1. EXT. CENTRAL LONDON - DAY - 5120
[ABOVE THE THAMES, THE YEAR 5120 FLASHES IN
ORNATE LETTERING.
AS THE CREDITS FLASH; A GOLD VORTEX
EXPLODES ABOVE THE THAMES.
THE YEAR FLASHES 5060.
THE YEAR FLASHES 3000.
THE GALACTIC ASSEMBLY BUILDING DISSOLVES.]
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SC2. EXT. CENTRAL LONDON - NIGHT - 1999
[WE SEE IMAGES OF LONDON’S 1999 NEW YEAR’S
EVE CELEBRATIONS.
THE YEAR FLASHES 2000.]
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SC3. EXT. SELFRIDGES DEPARTMENT STORE - OXFORD
STREET - LONDON - NIGHT - 1941
[SELFRIDGES IS GUTTED BY A V1.
THE YEAR FLASHES 1941.]
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SC4. EXT. WEST END LONDON - DAY - 1907
[A FULL PAGE NEWSPAPER ADVERT LIES ON THE
PAVEMENT, PROMOTING THE BOOM TOWN OF
VANCOUVER.
THE YEAR FLASHES 1907.]
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SC5. EXT. PACIFIC SHORELINE - DAY - BLAINE - WASHINGTON
STATE - 1907
[THE GOLD VORTEX EXPLODES INTO VIEW.
COLE IS THROWN FROM THE VORTEX.
COLE LANDS IN THE SAND BELOW.
THE YEAR FLASHES 1870. ]
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