god's talking to manchester

[reverancepavane]

Paradox is a quite interesting BBC series in the same vein as Flash Forward. In this case however, a solar research satellite is receiving eight cryptic pictures from the future of a crime/accident. DI Flint and her team then has about 18 hours to solve the clues and stop (or not*) the event. Unfortunately the Ministry of Defence is very interested in this happenstance, which means that not only have they hit the police originally contacted about the event over the head with the Official Secrets Act, but they are also more interested in verifying the event than actually stopping it. Even if it inconveniences the investigation and endangers the team. Meanwhile the research physicist who discovered the images and sought police help is torn between helping the team and the demands of the Ministry and his boss, and studying the science of the event. As he says, "I'm a physicist. Proof means something different to me." The fact that he is not keen on even attempting to explain high-level quantum physics to plods just exacerbates the matter, especially since this discovery has the potential to upset the physic's apple-cart and he is rather unwilling to hypothesise in advance of the science. The fact that the police can't really understand why the boffin doesn't really know what's happening just makes the tension between them greater. Like Flash Forward the subplot deals heavily with the effects of foreknowledge on belief and philosophy of free will and predestination. It will be interesting to see what comes of it. * The idea whether it is actually possible to change time is an important aspect of the story, so I'm not going to reveal whether they succeed or fail. You'll have to watch and see what happens.