Editing Edge of Darkness (section)

===Six: Fusion===
Craven and Jedburgh escape Northmoor but both are dying from [[acute radiation syndrome]]. Jedburgh makes for the [[Gleneagles Hotel]] in [[Scotland]], which is hosting a [[NATO]] conference on [[Directed-energy weapon|directed energy weapons]]. 

In London, Harcourt advises his Minister that Northmoor has been illegally producing plutonium. The Minister counters that Northmoor were doing so for the Ministry of Defence via an experimental method, were therefore exempt from normal regulation, and that he had been aware since the secret program's start. Harcourt's involvement was only intended as a deception to allay American suspicions.

Arriving late at the conference is Grogan, who announces that the British government has approved his company's purchase of IIF and speaks with cold passion of harnessing the power of the atom. The audience of military and civilian officials applauds but Jedburgh, in a U.S. Army uniform, takes the dais to denounce nuclear proliferation. He finishes by bringing together two bars of plutonium he has removed from Northmoor, causing a [[criticality accident]] and irradiating himself and the nearby Grogan.

Emma's ghost appears to Craven and tells him of a time when black flowers grew, warming the Earth and preventing life from becoming extinct. She tells him that the black flowers have returned and will melt the polar icecaps, destroying mankind so that life can continue. Craven goes to dissuade Jedburgh from the next step in his plan, which is to cause a nuclear explosion in Scotland with the rest of the plutonium. He succeeds, though the secret service follow him and kill Jedburgh. Craven, who like Jedburgh and Grogan has been fatally exposed to radiation, wanders into the mountains to die, calling Emma's name. On the mountains, as Emma predicted, the black flowers are growing, foreshadowing the planet's defensive war against humanity. (Aired 9 December 1985).