1. "He whisked off her shoes and panties
in one movement, wild like an enraged shark,
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a seductive rhythm."
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3. "Mary's body felt
like it was burning,
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properly air-conditioned."
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5. "They tried all the positions -
on top, doggy, and normal.
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6. "Exhausted, they collapsed
onto the recently extended sofa bed.
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7. "Then a hell beast ate them."
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8. Welcome, friend.
I'm Garth Marenghi, horror writer,
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9. although I also pen
westerns and erotica
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10. to keep my oar in with
other fields of literature.
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11. I've always loved the great tragedies -
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12. King Lear, the Poseidon
Adventure, Superman ll -
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starred in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace,
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14. I set out to continue that grand tradition.
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15. This eve's yarn is a
simple tale of heartbreak,
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of an abortive alien invasion -
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abortive until the end of the show.
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19. It's my Romeo and Juliet, but less whiny.
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20. So, dear pilgrim, I give you
my hymn to the heart, with horror,
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21. along with interviews from myself,
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22. my publisher Dean Learner
and the actor Todd Rivers.
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23. That way you won't have to think for yourselves
which is probably safer.
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24. Hold it gently,
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25. as you wouldst a lover,
lying in a field,
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of a mighty oak tree.
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28. having just enjoyed a hamper
of chilled white wine
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30. Bon appetit.
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31. I'm Garth Marenghi - author,
dream weaver, visionary, plus actor.
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32. You are about to enter
the world of my imagination.
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33. You are entering my Darkplace.
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34. Darkplace, Darkplace
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35. Darkplace, Darkplace, Darkplace
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36. Darkplace!
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37. Ooh.
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38. One moment.
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39. Nature calls, if you
know what I mean.
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40. I'll just leave you briefly by this air vent.
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41. OHH
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42. G-GUH
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45. Get me Dr Rick Dagless MD - now!
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46. Yes, I'll hold.
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47. The script to Shuggoth was based on an
old sonnet sequence I wrote when I was 16.
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53. "I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
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a host, of gleaming daffodils".
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artist I've worked with,
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60. Erm, so.
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61. We're talking creme de la creme.
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62. My name is Dr Rick Dagless MD.
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63. A woman turned green last night.
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her breathe in a green gas.
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the green cloud of gas
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hospital's ventilation shaft?
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67. I was cruising down to Ward B to find out.
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68. I'd stopped out of my way
to give Sanchez and Asher a lift,
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they'd yet to thank me.
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70. You're welcome.
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72. Nothing.
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is get a tin of soup,
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I'm free this evening.
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87. Sure whatever.
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There's a bad atmosphere in here.
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and it isn't very nice when you're left
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102. Alone, your lady treats you bad,
leaves you hangin' on the phone
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shove your lovin' in the wheels
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cos you're heading for the hills
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105. Got to get away, can't take it no more
We should be makin' love
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leave her at the door.
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107. The door, the door, the door -
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109. Open the door, Sanch! Sanch!
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110. Sorry, Thornton. Bad dream.
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you can fall in love in an instant.
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I think you're watching him as much as me.
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operation to have he toe shortened
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119. You shut your mouth, Liz!
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121. If we lose our sense of humour in this place,
we might as well kill ourselves.
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122. He's right Sanch, one of the main reasons
I went into medicine was for the laughs.
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124. And that dried up ten year ago
if you'll pardon the expression.
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to mock this woman's condition.
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128. It's called a bedside manner -
heard of it?
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129. Heard of yours, pal.
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130. I've had it with you clowns.
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136. I'll look after Liz. Get this skin sample
analysed, and keep this shtoom.
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137. If Won Ton gets wind of this, my arse
is grass, and he's got a lawnmower!
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139. Ten-four.
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141. Funny...
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143. ...Can you put Gavin on?
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144. Hi, Gavin.
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147. Yep.
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148. Could the green gas have contained
cosmic fungi and/or sent down spores?
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149. It could?
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150. And those fungal spores
could infect a person?
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directly next to an air vent?
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of that night dress.
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with a...
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this, he licked her, she sucked that,
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he held it, it was at this frequency..."
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what else is up there.
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He handed me this.
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during the act of physical lovemaking.
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half of Romford could have it within the week.
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it was their last wish.
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and I'd still be completely behind him.
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worried about your downstairs area.
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meat and two. I saw you in the gents.
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been in surgery in ten years!
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I lost a ball in Korea.
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This is the whole nine yards.
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personal and professional reasons.
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your enjoyment of the drama.
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but is held down by Dagless.
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administered by a hospital ordinator.
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against time to stop the infection spreading.
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and leave Sanchez to recuperate,
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wake up again right as rain.
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and you'll have a great future together.
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some crippled children right now.
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though otherwise this'll keep happening.
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get some stability in your life, okay?
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but the hurt remained -
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of getting to us from within,
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fear most was ourselves.
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sex, that is, not AIDS. No-one wants AIDS.
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y'know, talked about, these days.
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