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The Cold Equations

The Cold Equations

Series Episode Number: 18

First Broadcast: Thu 30 Jun 2011 - ~8:00pm UTC (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 60 minutes


Recorded on Mon 13 Sep 2010 in The Moat Studios



In the remnant of a shattered satellite, far above the ruined planet Earth, Steven Taylor and Oliver Harper are dying. As time runs out, they face their pasts… and a secret long kept is revealed.

The borrowed time is elapsing, and they realize they are facing an enemy that cannot be defeated. The cold, hard facts of science.