There is an unseen force that governs our lives. Time. But what is time? A period in which something happens? But suppose nothing happens? Aha, but something is always happening you say! The earth turns, the tides flow. But look away from this tiny universe of ours. Science tells us that there are black holes out in space, where nothing exists. In those great gaps, what and where is time? It was musing of this sort, coupled with the most shocking event of his life, which brought Fred Mackie to this quiet room, and the attention of two very concerned gentlemen...