Ambition (III) (2014)

Aidan Gillen: Master

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• Master : For a long time the origins of water and indeed life on Earth where an absolute mystery. So we searched for answers beyond Earth. Where could all this water have come from? In time we turned to comets. One trillion celestial balls of ice, dust, complex molecules, left over from the birth of our solar system. Once thought as messengers of doom and destruction, and yet so enchanting; and we were to catch one, a staggeringly ambitious plan.

• Master : Ambition. Stubborness. Nothing has changed: we fall, we pick ourselves up again, and we adapt.

• Master : What is the key to life on Earth?

  Apprentice : [Shrugging]  Water.

  Master : Water.

• Master : We harnessed whole planets and their gravity to chase down the comet.

• Master : And tell me, what was it all for?

  Apprentice : Knowledge.

  Master : Yes. But we also wanted to show what was possible.

• Master : Let's begin.

  Apprentice : [Whispering]  Water...