Our Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell

2012 · 57 MIN · IMDB 8.4 · 436 VOTES

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Overview

This film reveals the exquisite machinery of the human cell system from within the inner world of the cell itself - from the frenetic membrane surface that acts as a security system for everything passing in and out of the cell, the dynamic highways that transport cargo across the cell and the remarkable turbines that power the whole cellular world to the amazing nucleus housing DNA and the construction of thousands of different proteins all with unique tasks. The virus intends to commandeer this system to one selfish end: to make more viruses. And they will stop at nothing to achieve their goal.

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Dialogue Timeline — 535 lines

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00:00:22 Cells are the basic building blocks of living tissue
00:01:57 Then there are the motor-proteins, haulage workers that use
00:04:15 that tell our cells what to make and when
00:06:28 Here, they are presented for inspection...
00:08:58 an alien army is being carried into our body.
00:11:29 Our DNA encodes all these other features that help us
00:13:35 This sophisticated system is designed to keep harmful molecules
00:15:26 special proteins slot together to form a spherical mould.
00:17:06 Yet they behave perhaps as if they are.
00:19:01 The virus fibres are the first to break away.
00:21:39 Inside each mitochondrion, the food we eat and the air we breathe
00:22:55 we wouldn't see ourselves. The world would be an almost sterile desert.
00:25:38 Cells are densely packed
00:29:24 Dotted along the cell's highway system
00:32:17 But it only takes a single virus to take control of an entire cell...
00:34:50 Thinking that they have hit an obstruction...
00:38:36 lie outside the nucleus.
00:41:01 And yet the cell still has a small window of opportunity.
00:43:20 as our nucleus itself was first coming to be
00:46:01 The first are released into the decaying cell
00:49:23 But they are not alone.
00:50:52 Once you've had an infection
00:52:51 our DNA connects us to a family tree that stretches back
01:00:00 per minute...

Cast & Characters

David Tennant Self - Narrator Susanna Bidgood Self - Cambridge University Steve Jones Self - University College London Nick Lane Self - University College London Bonnie Bassler Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed535
Dialogue density9.4 lines / min
First line00:00:22
Final line01:00:00

Production Record

LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes436