Ben lies still, Time moves around him by fivestades

Ben lies still, Time moves around him.
I absolutely loved episode 409, especially when when we see Ben first inhale in the Sahara landscape.

I noticed that in the opening shot, he is lying on **very** distinctive cracked earth, a patch that appears to be where water once was. In the blink of an eye the ground he is lying on is thick sand. See below.


So assuming this is not a hideous continuity error.

Does this show that Ben is lying still while time passes around him, i.e he lies in the same place geographically while time rushes past him, the piece of land he is lying on goes through an ice age (hence the vapour and the jacket), a dried water region to it's modern form the Sahara dessert in a matter of seconds.....A La H.G. Wells, The Time Machine.

or

That he lies still while his geographic location and date changes around him, i.e he goes from the Arctic to a dried water region to the Sahara.

Any thoughts??


While I am on the crazy time possibilities, noticed this too.................

The shot in 'The Shape of Things to Come' (409) really reminded me of the shot from Hydra Island in 'Everyman for himself' (304).


The distance, the height, the way Ben looks at it. Just imagine the desert scene filled with water. Maybe the island is always in the same place but millennia apart, could this explain the polar bear remains in the desert? I wondered if the snow covered mountains outside the listening station resembled the above but I couldn't find a screen cap.

Thanks ; )

Theory by fivestades