This is one of my favorite RMT shows. One of my first recollections, too.

I think the most poignant dialogue comes in the exchange between Milo ( the drilling foreman) and the Professor:

The Professor:
\"You can\'t keep drilling! Don\'t you understand that by drilling, you might destroy an invaluable clue to our past?\"

Milo:
\"I don\'t care about the past, Professor, I only care about the future!\"

And Milo\'s future concern was only in regard to retreiving the oil. How funny was that line to have in there, only to be unveiled later in the episode exactly as such.

But, what interested me most, was what would John have done with the information contained in Volume 9 if he were able to present it to the public? Who would have believed him, first, but secondly, the whole conundrum of \"if you know something\'s going to happen so you try to change it, by changing it you could be triggering the event to happen anyway!\" It\'s a paradox. Very sci-fi.

Regarding the episode, I kept thinking how it would make a great movie. When they make films such as Sphere, which, in my opinion, was both a mediocre book and an even more mediocre movie, I wonder why these episodes never made it that far. Legality? Copyright? Lack of interest? who knows. &nbsp;An excellent selection and a great on to listen to again.<br>