HD1 Mission Control

Welcome to Your Time Is Now. Part of the Walk This Play series by ThickSkin.

For the next 45 minutes or so you will walk and listen to a story unfold.

If you look at your phone you will see an orange line and a marker that shows your position. To stay on track just follow the line. The orange line will pass through a number of zones. When you walk into a new zone the next part of the story or an instruction will play.

If you follow the directions you will end up back here at the Lawrence Batley Theatre.

While you walk the regular rules of the road apply. Be safe and be aware of your surroundings. The story will wait for you and you can travel at your own pace.

You are in the courtyard at the Lawrence Batley Theatre in the circle on the map.

Voice of Time:
A long time ago in a Town called Huddersfield there lived a time spirit and her chosen people. These people were known as The Settlers'. They had travelled from far and wide and brought their families and trade to this new town to begin a life of prosperity.

The settlers were the "chosen" ones and as a way of saying Thank you to the settlers for bringing their skills to the land the Time spirit gifted them with a special silver clock, upon a church in the centre of the town. This clock was to signify Time’s blessing on the town and the new age of peace and enlightenment that had begun. For many years, the settlers & Time lived in perfect harmony.

Years drifted by and as the centuries passed the people of the town forgot the spirit and her gift and became focussed on their own needs and desires.

No longer caring for the land the settlers unknowingly rejected time itself. Buildings were erected from the ground high into the sky masking the silver clock. Eventually Time herself was forgotten.
Then one day a wild storm crashed across the land, this was the wrath of the time spirit, angry at her people for their betrayal. The spirit wanted to destroy the land and all who resided in it. The people of Huddersfield begged and pleaded for forgiveness. In a desperate attempt to save themselves they offered up the one thing they had available to the spirit in exchange for sparing their lives. The Silver clock and with-it TIME itself.

Time accepted this and cracked the silver clock into a raining shower of glass & ice, which was swept away on the wind never to be seen again. The storm passed over Huddersfield and the people were spared. But with every lesson comes a price…

Breaking the silver clock created a glitch in time and the town stuck in a time loop. Only now would they appreciate the lives they had by re-living each day and never moving forward in time. But still hope remains, Time had left other clocks around Huddersfield. Combined they can re-generate time itself. Only the special few who succeed in taking on the mission of finding the remaining clocks can destroy the time loop forever.

Sound of radio signals

Commander X:
Hello there and welcome to the HD1 Time-Space headquarters at the Lawrence Batley Theatre. You have now entered the time loop activation base. You have been specially selected out of several highly skilled candidates to take part in a secret task force mission. Your skills in orientation, high intelligence level & motivation put you clearly above the rest.

Well Done!

My name is Commander X, and I will be your navigator today for the duration of your mission. I will be based here at headquarters, but you will hear me though your headphones. Turn to face the Lawrence Batley Theatre’s main entrance, now look up to the circular window at the top of the building with the star pattern. From here I will be guiding you on your journey. You may not be able to see me, but I will always see you.

From this moment on you will be tuned into my voice, can you hear me?

Great!

You will be undertaking a crucially important assignment, and we know you are up to the task.

St Paul’s church has lost its clock and without it, Huddersfield is trapped in an indefinite time loop.

Today’s assignment is to re-activate time. The mission will take you around Huddersfield town centre to collect the data required to accomplish this.

But beware you may encounter some strange sights on your journey that may try to distract you.

Try not to lose your way or fall off your path.

Are you ready!

Your time is now.

Turn around to face the main road. Exit through the single gate on the far left.

Then turn left