PAGE 5, ARISTOCRATIC PARK, PART TWO

Senator McGregor, also known as The Right Reverend McGregor in a previous life,didn't hold with professor Brontostein's science, as he thought it an unnatural interference with nature..

The Scottish name, MacGregor, chimed well with the senator's red hair, ruddy complexion and old school notion of propriety, not to mention his keen attention to finance, which,under normal circumstances, was an asset to the image of the committee on occasions when funding was the issue.

The Senator knew he would be out voted by the other two senators, and the funding would be assured, but that wasn't going to take any fire out of his argument against a project, which he thought to be an affront to God.

Without looking up from his notes, Senator MacGregor directed his first question to Professor Brontostein;
"Professor Brontostein, do you agree the success of your last project,namely the bringing back to life of a particular Conservative Dinosaur was, in large part, due to the funding of the high security enclosure?"

Although Professor Brontostein wasn't particularly bothered about the Senator's question, he thought it only polite to respond, and, at the same time, remind the Senator of the most important reason for the enclosure;
"Of course the Senator is absolutely correct" retorted Professor Brontostein "the security of the enclosure was necessary to stop the Conservative Dinosaur contaminating our Utopian society,but the most important reason for the enclosure, above all others,was to study the habits of the Conservative Dinosaur, just like I did with previous Human Dinosaurs,in order to understand why they became extinct".

Senator MacGregor was delighted the Doctor chose to avoid mentioning the detail he was best placed to exploit, and as he caught the attention of the other two Senators, he said,"You will notice the Professor didn't think it necessary to mention the actual cost of building the enclosure for said human Dinosaur , which was greater than the funding of other major structures in the history of our civilization, and now he wants to bring back to life, not just one Human Dinosaur, but a whole community of Human Dinosaurs, amounting to..."

The professor interrupted before the Senator could talk numbers,"Studying just one individual Human Dinosaur at a time will never tell whole story, which must be told for the sake of our own survival, and we therefore must go much further without worrying about the cost of funding".

The other two Senators were not over interested in the details of the project, and were clearly on the Professor's side, however,they suggested Senator MacGregor might also get on board if the professor was to explain the project in more detail.

There was no possibility of the Professor explaining the science of the most complex project in the history of Utopia , and,besides, he considered the Senator would not expect or want him to, but there was a likelihood the senator would appreciate hearing more convincing details of the purpose behind the science,even if he didn't agree with it.

The Professor began by reminding the senator of the original reason for getting involved in the first place:
"My research proved the extinction of the human dinosaurs could only be discovered by bringing them back to life so that their habits and aspirations may be studied, which is why your parliament requested my University to develop a science that would bring about such a seemingly impossible event, And, in case you've forgotten, I accepted on the condition funding would never become an issue..."

"Yes,yes" interjected Senator MacGregor" I"m already aware of that,now tell me something I don't know"

The Professor noted the Senator"s hostile attitude, but wasn't phased as he continued," The Senator will also know he has always been the dissenting voice that threatened my projects. Well, I judged this project too important to wait for this committee's unanimous blessing, so I took the unprecedented step of proceeding without your approval"

"Just one moment!"spluttered Senator MacGregor," are you telling us the enclosure is already built without the appropriate funding, is that what you're saying...AND WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL?"

"The approval of this committee is desirable but not essential"announced the Professor with an air of confidence,"it has always been my self imposed discipline to have your unanimous approval, and, although the project is in an advanced stage, your approval is something I still wish to have"

"But we're talking about an enclosure to house one hundred thousand,OR MORE, human dinosaurs!"protested Senator MacGregor,"and I venture to suggest the building of such a structure is beyond even your powers, which,I confess, never ceases to amaze me".

"Not only is the enclosure complete"announce Professor Brontostein to a stunned Senator," it is fully populated by a large eclectic community divided at every level by class, and headed by a MARK II Elizabethadon ,the Queen Dinosaur"

Senator MacGregor had reached the point where he thought it less frustrating just to go along with the other two Senators and agree with the Professor, but he still had more question to ask, out of curiosity, if nothing else.

"oK Doctor" sighed Senator MacGregor," let's assume you have completed the enclosure and it's fully populated,can you tell the committee...or maybe just me...why it is necessary to have such a huge number of human dinosaurs and how you intend preventing even one of the population from leaving the enclosure"

The Professor,knowing there was a thousand question to be answered, was delighted the Senator had requested only two, and launched into a reply with enthusiasm:
"To answer your first question, allow me to remind you that science,for the moment, is unable to take us back to the past where we could study the interactions between classes of the early 21st century. and, in doing so, reveal to us the reason for the extinction of the human dinosaurs. We can't visit the vast number of Dinosaurs I have in mind in their time,but,because of the most recent scientific advancements, I have been able to bring a whole section of Human Dinosaur civilization back to our time where they will continue their lives on a remote island identical in every respect to a place they call home,namely Britain ,and without them being aware of any change in time or place. And to answer your second question,just let me assure you, they wont want to leave their island, and if there was the remote possibility of any one of the human dinosaurs trying to leave, they would disappear into a BERMUDA TRIANGLE style force field".

"Ah, but how about the outside world" exclaimed the Senator excitedly,thinking he had found the Achilles heal in the Professor's project," if there is no outside world to communicate with, they will know their in a wrong place and time...THEY'LL SMELL A RAT!".

"You're right to be concerned" suggested the Doctor," but there will be an outside world stumbling along from crisis to crisis just as it was in their time, but it will be a virtual world that will exist only on their audio and visual communications".

Before the Senator could ask anymore questions,the Doctor invited the committee to visit ARISTOCRATIC PARK on a big brother visual link where they would find Prince Charles and his second wife in bed lamenting the undesirable effect on their travel arrangements by the Princes' green crusade".