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on 31 december 2005 a version for mobile phones was released it received mixed reviews gamespot's jeff gerstmann gave the game 6 @@ 1 / 10 he praised graphics as somewhat impressive for a mobile game but criticised the steering saying that it doesn't take long to master the game levi buchanan of ign gave ridge racer 6 @@ 2 / 10 complaining about the problematic controls and saying that the game without the analogue control feels really lacking in 2005 a version of ridge racer was released for mobile phones under the name ridge racer 3d ( not to be confused with the later ridge racer 3d for the nintendo 3ds ) on 11 august 2009 this version was ported to zeebo |
peterborough is a borough constituency represented in the house of commons of the parliament of the united kingdom sharing the name of a smaller constituency represented in the parliament of england until 1707 and then in that of great britain until 1800 it elects one member of parliament by the first past the post system of election |
the serving member is conservative stewart jackson he defeated labour's helen clark in 2005 and was re @@ elected in 2010 with an increased majority in 2015 he held the seat with a reduced majority |
1918 @@ 1950 the administrative county of the soke of peterborough the urban district of oundle the rural districts of easton @@ on @@ the @@ hill and gretton and parts of the rural districts of oundle and thrapston |
1950 @@ 1974 the municipal borough of peterborough the urban district of oundle the rural districts of barnack and peterborough and part of the rural district of oundle and thrapston |
1974 @@ 1983 the municipal borough of peterborough and the rural districts of barnack peterborough and thorney |
1983 @@ 1997 the city of peterborough wards of bretton central dogsthorpe east fletton north orton longueville orton waterville park paston ravensthorpe stanground walton and west |
1997 @@ 2010 the city of peterborough wards of bretton central dogsthorpe east north park paston ravensthorpe walton werrington and west |
2010 @@ present the city of peterborough wards of bretton north bretton south central dogsthorpe east eye and thorney newborough north park paston ravensthorpe walton werrington north werrington south and west |
the city of peterborough formed a parliamentary borough returning two members in 1541 the rest of the soke of peterborough was part of the northamptonshire parliamentary county except the area south of the river nene in the historic county of huntingdonshire and thorney which was considered part of cambridgeshire until 1832 when the whole of the parish of saint john the baptist was encompassed the boundary as far as is known excluded the villages of dogsthorpe and newark with eastfield the great reform act did not affect the borough while the rural portion of the soke was included in the northern division of northamptonshire new fletton was transferred from huntingdonshire in 1868 and in 1918 the parliamentary borough was abolished and replaced with a new division of the parliamentary county of northampton with the soke of peterborough including the whole of the soke and neighbouring parts of the administrative county of northamptonshire extending down to and beyond thrapston and corby this became a county constituency under the 1948 revisions when the boundaries of the constituency were adjusted to correspond to those of the soke and they remained much the same until 1970 peterborough became a county constituency in 1974 |
following their review of parliamentary representation in cambridgeshire in 2005 the boundary commission for england made minor alterations to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes the electoral wards used to create the modified peterborough constituency fought at the 2010 general election are bretton north bretton south central dogsthorpe east eye and thorney newborough north park paston ravensthorpe walton werrington north werrington south and west these changes increased the electorate from 64 @@ 893 to 70 @@ 640 on the enumeration date of 17 february 2000 the electoral quota for england was 69 @@ 934 voters per constituency |
the peterborough wards of barnack fletton and wittering northborough orton longueville orton waterville orton with hampton stanground central and stanground east form part of the north west cambridgeshire constituency created in 1997 from parts of peterborough and huntingdon constituencies the serving member for north west cambridgeshire is the conservative vara mp who succeeded sir brian mawhinney former secretary of state for transport and chairman of the conservative party in 2005 mawhinney who had previously served as member of parliament for peterborough from 1979 was created baron mawhinney of peterborough in the county of cambridgeshire in 2005 eye and thorney was previously included in the north east cambridgeshire ( prior to 1983 isle of ely ) constituency |
in the unreformed house of commons to be either a candidate or an elector for a county seat a man had to own ( not rent ) freehold property valued for the land tax at two pounds a year ( women could neither vote nor stand for election ) this was known as the 40 / freehold the franchise for borough seats varied enormously originally in peterborough the dean and chapter had claimed the franchise and held that only residents of minster precincts were burgesses by the interregnum the city was one of 37 boroughs in which suffrage was restricted to those paying scot and lot a form of municipal taxation in 1800 there were 2 @@ 000 registered voters in northamptonshire and 400 in peterborough by 1835 this was 576 or about one per cent of the population bribery was general until the introduction of the secret ballot under the ballot act 1872 votes were cast by spoken declaration in public at the hustings erected on the market place ( now cathedral square ) |
in 1832 the great reform act enfranchised those who owned or leased land worth £ 10 or more and the second reform act extended this to all householders paying £ 10 or more in rent per annum effectively enfranchising the skilled working class so by 1868 the percentage of voters in peterborough had risen to about 20 of the population the third reform act extended the provisions of the previous act to the counties and the fourth reform act widened suffrage further by abolishing practically all property qualifications for men and by enfranchising women over 30 who met minimum property qualifications this system known as universal manhood suffrage was first used in the 1918 general election however full electoral equality wouldn't occur until the fifth reform act ten years later |
according to the 2001 census the population count of peterborough constituency is 95 @@ 103 persons comprising 46 @@ 131 males and 48 @@ 972 females 67 @@ 56 of those aged 16 74 are economically active including 5 @@ 92 a further 12 @@ 26 are retired and 3 @@ 08 students of a total 39 @@ 760 households 63 @@ 80 are owner occupied fewer than the regional ( 72 @@ 71 ) and national ( 68 @@ 72 ) averages turnout at the 2005 general election was 41 @@ 194 or 61 @@ 0 of those eligible to vote below the regional ( 63 @@ 6 ) and national ( 61 @@ 3 ) figures |
peterborough sent two members to parliament for the first time in 1547 before the civil war many were relatives of the clergy then for two hundred years after the restoration there was always a fitzwilliam or a fitzwilliam nominee sitting as member for peterborough making it a whig stronghold representation was reduced to one member under the redistribution of seats act 1885 from the formal merger of the breakaway liberal unionists with the conservatives in 1912 and the absorption of rural north northamptonshire in 1918 peterborough has been predominantly conservative the growth in the new town from 1967 may in part account for labour's victory here in 1974 since its formation in 1997 north west cambridgeshire has been one of the safest conservative seats in the country at the election which followed peterborough was ranked 93rd in the conservatives's one hundred most vulnerable seats ( the ones which the other parties must take if there is to be a change of government ) and 73rd on labour's target list |
in 1966 the closest poll in uk history sir harmar nicholls held the seat by three votes after seven recounts nicholls was the conservative member from 1950 to 1974 when he lost in the october election of that year to labour's michael ward having held on by just 22 votes after four recounts in the election eight months earlier after he lost his seat he was created baron harmar @@ nicholls of peterborough in the county of cambridgeshire and served from 1979 to 1984 as member of the european parliament for greater manchester south david cecil 6th marquess of exeter winner of 400m hurdles at the 1928 summer olympics member of the international olympic committee for 48 years and chairman of the organising committee of the 1948 summer olympics was the conservative member from 1931 to 1943 lord burghley as he then was succeeded the socialist writer and illustrator frank horrabin who was born in the city and elected under the leadership of ramsay macdonald in 1929 |
the most recent labour mp for peterborough helen clark ( née brinton ) won the seat in 1997 she was defeated at the 2005 general election following which it was widely reported that clark was planning to defect to the conservative party an announcement which was not popular locally however by early june it emerged that while she had left the labour party she had not in fact joined the conservatives and did not intend to |
one of the earliest incumbents sir walter mildmay member for peterborough from 1553 to 1554 subsequently became chancellor of the exchequer from 1559 to 1589 later in the nineteenth century william elliot whig member from 1802 until his death in 1819 was chief secretary to the lord lieutenant of ireland between 1806 and 1807 the hon william lamb ( later the 2nd viscount melbourne ) whig member from 1816 to 1819 became home secretary in 1830 then prime minister from 1834 to 1841 and sir james scarlett ( later the 1st baron abinger ) whig member from 1819 to 1830 was from 1827 attorney general for england and wales |
the tories ( or abhorrers ) and whigs ( or petitioners ) originated in the court and country parties that emerged in the aftermath of the civil war although it is more accurate to describe them as loose tendencies both of which might be regarded as conservative in modern terms modern party politics did not really begin to coalesce in great britain until at least 1784 |
in 1832 the tory party evolved into the conservative party and in 1859 the whig party evolved with radicals and peelites into the liberal party in opposition to irish home rule the liberal unionists ceded from the liberals in 1886 aligning themselves with the conservatives the labour party was later founded as the labour representation committee in 1900 |
the parliamentary borough of peterborough was abolished under the representation of the people act 1918 and the name was transferred to a division of the new parliamentary county of northampton with the soke of peterborough the peterborough division became a county constituency in 1950 |
peterborough was redefined as a borough constituency with effect from the february 1974 general election successors of the historic parliamentary boroughs the spending limits for election campaigns are slightly lower than in county constituencies |
general election 1939 / 40 another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940 the political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year the following candidates had been selected |
conservative david george brownlow cecil lord burghley |
labour samuel bennett |
† denotes a candidate endorsed by the coalition government |
bart's girlfriend is the seventh television episode of the simpsons' sixth season it originally aired on the fox network in the united states on november 6 1994 the plot of the episode follows the secret romance of bart and jessica lovejoy reverend lovejoy's daughter bart tries to end the romance when he discovers that behind her innocent façade as a preacher's kid she is an even bigger troublemaker than he is jessica then steals the money from the collection plate leaving bart to take the blame until lisa exposes the truth |
the episode was written by jonathan collier and directed by susie dietter former the simpsons' show runner david mirkin originally came up with the idea of bart having a girlfriend that was more evil than he was meryl streep guest stars in the episode as jessica lovejoy it features cultural references to films such as planet of the apes and the silence of the lambs since airing the episode has received acclaim from both critics and fans and entertainment weekly named meryl streep's role as one of the best guest appearances on the simpsons |
bart falls in love with reverend lovejoy's daughter jessica however when he approaches her she ignores him the next sunday bart decides to attend sunday school to try to convince jessica that he is a good person but she still ignores him frustrated bart goes to the park to play a prank on groundskeeper willie and is punished with detention jessica approaches him to express sympathy and invites him to her house for dinner with her family |
during a formal dinner with the lovejoys bart's crude mannerisms and foul language cause reverend lovejoy to forbid him from ever seeing jessica again however jessica realizes that bart is a bad boy and tells bart that she likes him they begin secretly dating and causing mischief through the town bart quickly realizes that jessica ( an example of the preacher's kid stereotype ) is even more badly behaved than he is so at the next sunday service he tries to make her see the error of her ways although she seems to agree jessica immediately steals from the collection plate before forcing it back upon the hapless bart the congregation mistakenly believes that bart took the money when they see him with the empty plate bart attempts to explain but they refuse to listen although homer assumes bart is guilty marge is willing to hear him out but bart claims he does not know who did it the following day bart visits jessica at her house and admits that he does not like her after jessica refuses to own up to the crime |
upon finding out the truth lisa is determined not to allow her brother to take blame for something he did not do and she tells their congregation that jessica is the guilty party the townspeople then search jessica's room where the money is found under her bed rev lovejoy refuses to believe that his daughter is guilty until jessica admits to him she did it to gain attention she is punished by being forced to scrub the church steps and bart receives an apology from the congregation at marge's insistence later bart approaches jessica at church and tells her what he has learned to which jessica responds that she has learned that she can make boys do whatever she wants bart then agrees to finish jessica's chores as she runs off with another boyfriend however as soon as she leaves he snickers about how bad a job he is going to do on the steps to get back at her |
bart's girlfriend was written by jonathan collier and directed by susie dietter david mirkin who was show runner at the time originally had the idea of bart having a girlfriend that was more evil than he was mirkin gave the idea to collier to write it with the help of the show's executive producer james l brooks collier said later that he thought it was a case of brooks coming up with good ideas and him giggling the idea for the ending of the episode was to have none of the characters learn anything from the experience |
matt groening the creator of the simpsons felt that jessica lovejoy was hard to draw in his own style but at the same time make her attractive julie kavner who provides the voice of marge simpson on the show was particularly impressed by the eyes jessica was made the reverend's daughter to give the impression that she was good at first and then to show that she was rebelling against the righteousness of her family in the scene where bart talks to jessica outside her house her baton playing was in the script but the exact choreography was not dietter liked its incorporation because it gave jessica something else other than bart to pay attention to this was also done in the final scene when jessica scrubs the church steps and plays with the scrub brush |
academy award winning actress meryl streep was called in to do the voice of jessica nancy cartwright who provides the voice of bart simpson on the show was a huge fan of streep and she assumed that streep would record her lines individually but all of their recordings were done together streep showed up alone with no entourage at the village recorder in west los angeles at 2 30 pm where she recorded her parts with cartwright streep was continually doing many different versions of her lines mirkin felt she was easy to work with because she was versatile and keen to do a lot of different things and as mirkin expressed it easily evil cartwright said in an interview with the pantagraph that she really wanted streep's autograph but was afraid to ask for it after the recording session streep tapped cartwright on the shoulder and said her kids were big the simpsons fans and that she would be in big trouble if she did not get cartwright's autograph |
in a take off of john travolta in the 1983 film staying alive bart struts down a street in springfield after he is invited to dinner at the lovejoys just as travolta strutted through times square to the same tune in a joke written by jace richdale who was the co @@ executive producer of the simpsons at the time when homer is musing over bart's first date he begins to sing sunrise sunset from fiddler on the roof before moving on to cat's in the cradle and then yes we have no bananas he then begins to weep due to the people in the song having no bananas the joke was reportedly very expensive for the writers to put in because they had to pay thousands of dollars for the rights to use the songs on the show |
bart's girlfriend originally aired on the fox network in the united states on november 6 1994 the episode was selected for release in a 2001 video collection of selected episodes titled the simpsons love springfield style other episodes included in the collection set were it's a mad mad mad mad marge the two mrs nahasapeemapetilons and i'm with cupid the episode was included in the simpsons season 6 dvd set which was released on august 16 2005 as the simpsons the complete sixth season |
in the beginning of the episode the parents chase the children in a cornfield to eventually round them up for church which parodies a similar scene from the 1968 film planet of the apes where the humans are rounded up by apes after bart is accused of stealing from the church collection plate he is forced to wear a straitjacket in church which is a reference to hannibal lecter's straight @@ jacket in the silence of the lambs misirlou the theme song of the 1994 film pulp fiction plays during bart and jessica's date bart calls jessica smart beautiful and a liar and then claims she is so much better than that sarah plain and tall the scene then cuts to a shot of a plain and tall girl named sarah that overhears bart and begins to cry the lovejoy family has a replica of leonardo da vinci's painting the last supper hanging on the wall in their dining room the sign on the springfield church marquee reads evil women in history from jezebel to janet reno |
in its original american broadcast bart's girlfriend finished 53rd in the ratings for the week of october 31 to november 6 1994 with a nielsen rating of 9 @@ 6 the episode was the third highest rated show on the fox network that week beaten only by beverly hills 90210 and married with children |
since airing the episode has received many positive reviews from fans and television critics warren martyn and adrian wood the authors of the book i can't believe it's a bigger and better updated unofficial simpsons guide said poor bart gets picked on very cruelly by jessica in a cleverly drawn study of pre @@ pubescent love we're very fond of the scene in which bart leaps out of the window at the church after which homer cries he's heading for the window colin jacobson at dvd movie guide said in a review of the sixth season dvd we don t often see bart in a sympathetic light so shows like this one are fun girlfriend reminds me of season four s new kid on the block since it also featured bart in love though the programs differ since here the girl reciprocates streep does nicely as the bad kid and we get many fine moments in this memorable program tv squad's adam finley said homer and marge remained in the background for most of this episode with bart and lisa becoming the main focus earlier episodes seemed to focus more on the dynamics between the two siblings and it's always a nice change of pace when the show examines their love for one another as opposed to constant rivalries lisa really wants to help bart in this episode and it's actually quite touching |
in a 2008 article entertainment weekly named meryl streep's role as jessica lovejoy as one of the sixteen best guest appearances on the simpsons total film's nathan ditum ranked streep's performance as the fifth best guest appearance in the show's history commenting that she is the perfect mix of beguiling and devilish as reverend lovejoy s rebellious daughter david mirkin told the daily news of los angeles that bart's girlfriend and homer the great are his favorite episodes of the season mirkin liked the scene where bart is punched by nelson at the playground because bart takes a while to recover which made the scene more realistic nancy cartwright told the chicago tribune that this episode and lisa's substitute from season two are her two favorite the simpsons episodes |
the delhi metro is a metro system serving delhi and its satellite cities of faridabad gurgaon noida and ghaziabad in national capital region in india delhi metro is the world's 12th largest metro system in terms of both length and number of stations the network consists of five colour @@ coded regular lines and the faster airport express line with a total length of 213 kilometres ( 132 mi ) serving 160 stations ( including 6 on airport express line ) the system has a mix of underground at @@ grade and elevated stations using both broad @@ gauge and standard @@ gauge the metro has an average daily ridership of 2 @@ 4 million passengers and as of august 2010 had already carried over 1 @@ 25 billion passengers since its named second best metro in world |
delhi metro rail corporation limited ( dmrc ) a state @@ owned company with equal equity participation from government of india and government of delhi built and operates the delhi metro the delhi metro rail corporation has been certified by the united nations as the first metro rail and rail @@ based system in the world to get carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping in reducing pollution levels in the city by 630 @@ 000 tonnes every year dmrc operates around 2000 trips daily between 05 30 till 00 00 running with a headway varying between 1 2 minutes and 4 10 minutes the trains are usually of four six and eight @@ coach the power output is supplied by 25 @@ kilovolt 50 @@ hertz alternating current through overhead catenary |
planning for the metro started in 1984 when the delhi development authority and the urban arts commission came up with a proposal for developing a multi @@ modal transport system for the city delhi metro rail corporation ( dmrc ) was incorporated in may 1995 construction started in 1998 and the first section on the red line opened in 2002 the development of network was divided into phases phase i containing 3 lines was completed by 2006 and phase ii in 2011 phase iii is scheduled for completion by 2016 phase iv has been approved by the delhi government awaiting cabinet approval to be completed by 2020 |
rapid metrorail gurgaon which opened in 2013 whilst linked to delhi metro by the yellow line is a separate metro system ( with a different owner / operator than the delhi metro ) although tokens and cards from the delhi metro can be used in its network |
the concept of a mass rapid transit for new delhi first emerged from a traffic and travel characteristics study which was carried out in the city in 1969 over the next several years many official committees by a variety of government departments were commissioned to examine issues related to technology route alignment and governmental jurisdiction in 1984 the delhi development authority and the urban arts commission came up with a proposal for developing a multi @@ modal transport system which would consist of constructing three underground mass rapid transit corridors as well augmenting the city's existing suburban railway and road transport networks |
while extensive technical studies and the raising of finance for the project were in progress the city expanded significantly resulting in a twofold rise in population and a fivefold rise in the number of vehicles between 1981 and 1998 consequently traffic congestion and pollution soared as an increasing number of commuters took to private vehicles with the existing bus system unable to bear the load an attempt at privatising the bus transport system in 1992 merely compounded the problem with inexperienced operators plying poorly maintained noisy and polluting buses on lengthy routes resulting in long waiting times unreliable service extreme overcrowding unqualified drivers speeding and reckless driving to rectify the situation the government of india and the government of delhi jointly set up a company called the delhi metro rail corporation ( dmrc ) on 3 may 1995 with e sreedharan as the managing director |
physical construction work on the delhi metro started on 1 october 1998 after the previous problems experienced by the kolkata metro which was badly delayed and 12 times over budget due to political meddling technical problems and bureaucratic delays dmrc is a special purpose organisation vested with great autonomy and powers to execute this gigantic project involving many technical complexities under a difficult urban environment and within a very limited time frame dmrc was given full powers to hire people decide on tenders and control funds the dmrc then consulted the hong kong mtrc on rapid transit operation and construction techniques as a result construction proceeded smoothly except for one major disagreement in 2000 where the ministry of railways forced the system to use broad gauge despite the dmrc's preference for standard gauge |
the first elevated line of the delhi metro was inaugurated by atal bihari vajpayee the prime minister of india on 24 december 2002 & the first underground line was inaugurated by dr manmohan singh on 20 december 2004 and thus it became the second underground rapid transit system in india after the kolkata metro the first underground section of delhi metro was vishwa vidyalaya kashmere gate section which included 4 @@ 5 km tunnel & 4 stations namely vishwa vidyalaya vidhan sabha civil lines & kashmere gate station this project was constructed by kumagai @@ skanska @@ hcc @@ itochu jv or @@ jv a joint venture between kumagai gumi skanska hindustan construction company & itochu |
the first phase of the project was completed in 2006 on budget and almost three years ahead of schedule an achievement described by business week as nothing short of a miracle |
on 19 october 2008 a girder launcher and a part of the overhead blue line extension under construction in laxmi nagar east delhi collapsed and fell on passing vehicles underneath workers were using a crane to lift a 400 @@ tonne concrete span of the bridge when the launcher collapsed along with a 34 @@ metre ( 112 ft ) long span of the bridge on top of a bus killing the driver and a labourer |
on 12 july 2009 a section of bridge collapsed while it was being erected at near east of kailash on the central secretariat badarpur corridor six people died and 15 were injured the following day on 13 july 2009 a crane that was removing the debris collapsed and with a bowling pin effect collapsed two other nearby cranes injuring six on 22 july 2009 worker at ashok park metro station was killed when a steel beam fell on him over a hundred people including 93 workers have died since work on the metro began in 1998 |
the delhi metro is being built in phases phase i completed 58 stations and 65 @@ 0 km ( 40 @@ 4 mi ) of route length of which 13 @@ 0 km ( 8 @@ 1 mi ) is underground and 52 @@ 1 km ( 32 @@ 4 mi ) surface or elevated the inauguration of the dwarka barakhamba road corridor of the blue line marked the completion of phase i on october 2006 phase ii of the network comprises 124 @@ 6 km ( 77 @@ 4 mi ) of route length and 85 stations and is fully completed with the first section opened in june 2008 and the last line opened in august 2011 phase iii ( 140 km 69 stations ) and phase iv ( 106 km 51 stations ) are planned to be completed by 2016 and 2020 respectively with the network spanning 436 km ( 271 mi ) by then |
as of november 2015 with the completion of phase i phase ii and the beginning of operations on phase iii the delhi metro network comprises five coloured lines ( plus the airport express line ) serving 154 metro stations ( with 6 more stations on the airport express line for a total of 160 ) and operating on a total route length of 213 kilometres ( 132 mi ) |
the red line was first line of the metro to be opened and connects rithala in the west to garden in the east covering a distance of 25 @@ 09 kilometres ( 15 @@ 59 mi ) it is partly elevated and partly at grade and crosses the yamuna river between kashmere gate and shastri park stations the inauguration of the first stretch between shahdara and tis hazari on 24 december 2002 caused the ticketing system to collapse due to the line being crowded to four times its capacity by citizens eager to have a ride subsequent sections were inaugurated from tis hazari ( later renamed inderlok ) on 4 october 2003 inderlok rithala on 31 march 2004 and shahdara garden on 4 june 2008 the red line has two interchange stations the first kashmere gate with the yellow line and the second inderlok with the green from 24 november 2013 six coach trains will be inducted in a phased manner in red line |
the yellow line was the second line of the metro and was the first underground line to be opened it runs for 49 kilometres ( 30 mi ) from north to south and connects with city centre in gurgaon the northern and southern parts of the line are elevated while the central section passes through some of the most congested parts of delhi is underground the first section between vishwa vidyalaya and kashmere gate ( built by kumagai @@ skanska @@ hcc @@ itochu joint venture ) opened on 20 december 2004 and the subsequent sections of kashmere gate central secretariat opened on 3 july 2005 and vishwa vidyalaya on 4 february 2009 this line also possesses the country's deepest metro station ( the second deepest metro station in the world ) at bazaar situated 30 metres ( 98 ft ) below ground level on 21 june 2010 an additional stretch from qutub minar to city centre was opened initially operating separately from the main line however chhatarpur station on this line opened on 26 august 2010 due to delay in acquiring the land for constructing the station it was constructed using pre @@ fabricated structures in a record time of nine months and is the only station in the delhi metro network to be made completely of steel the connecting link between central secretariat and qutub minar opened on 3 september 2010 @@ re on 10 november 2015 the line was further extended between and in outer delhi interchanges are available with the red line and kashmere gate isbt at kashmere gate station blue line at rajiv chowk station violet line at central secretariat airport express ( orange ) line at new delhi rapid metrorail gurgaon at and with the indian railways network at chandni chowk delhi junction railway station and new delhi new delhi railway stations yellow line is the first line of delhi metro which has phased out all four coach trains with six and eight coach configuration the metro museum at patel chowk metro station is a collection of display panels historical photographs and exhibits tracing the genesis of the delhi metro the museum was opened on 1 january 2009 |
the blue line was the third line of the metro to be opened and the first to connect areas outside delhi mainly elevated and partly underground it connects dwarka sub city in the west with the satellite city of noida in the east covering a distance of 47 @@ 4 kilometres ( 29 @@ 5 mi ) the first section of this line between dwarka and barakhamba road was inaugurated on 1 january 2006 and subsequent sections opened between dwarka dwarka sector 9 on 1 april 2006 barakhamba road indraprastha on 11 november 2006 indraprastha yamuna bank on 10 may 2009 yamuna bank noida city centre on 12 november 2009 and dwarka sector 9 dwarka sector 21 on 30 october 2010 this line crosses the yamuna river between indraprastha and yamuna bank stations and has india's second bridge across the northern railways mainlines near pragati maidan a branch of the blue line inaugurated on 8 january 2010 takes off from yamuna bank station and runs for 6 @@ 25 kilometres ( 3 @@ 88 mi ) up to anand vihar in east delhi it was further extended up to vaishali which was opened to public on 14 july 2011 a small stretch of 2 @@ 76 kilometres ( 1 @@ 71 mi ) from dwarka sector 9 to dwarka sector 21 was inaugurated on 30 october 2010 interchanges are available with the yellow line at rajiv chowk station green line at kirti nagar violet line at mandi house airport express ( orange ) line at dwarka sector 21 and with the indian railways network and interstate bus station ( isbt ) at anand vihar station which connects with anand vihar railway terminal and anand vihar isbt |
opened in 2010 green line ( line 4 ) is the fifth line of the delhi metro network and the first line on standard gauge as opposed to previous broad gauge lines it runs between inderlok ( station on the red line ) and mundka with a branch line connecting the line's ashok park main station with kirti nagar station on the blue line the completely elevated line built as part of the phase @@ ii of delhi metro runs mostly along the busy nh 10 route in west delhi the line consists of 17 stations including an interchange station covering a total length of 18 @@ 46 line also has the country's first standard @@ gauge maintenance depot at mundka the line was opened in two stages with the 15 @@ 1 km inderlok mundka section opening on 3 april 2010 [ 1 ] and the 3 @@ 5 km kirti nagar ashok park main branch line on 27 august 2011 on 6 august 2012 in a step that will improve commuting in national capital region the union government has approved extension of delhi metro from mundka to bahadurgarh in haryana the 11 @@ 18 km metro stretch will have seven stations at mundka industrial area tikri kalan tikri border modern industrial estate bahadurgarh bus stand and city park between mundka and bahadurgarh |
the violet line is the most recent line of the metro to be opened and the second standard @@ gauge corridor after the green line the 37 km ( 23 mi ) long line connects escorts mujesar in faridabad to ito with 22 @@ 8 km ( 14 @@ 2 mi ) being overhead and the rest underground the first section between central secretariat and sarita vihar was inaugurated on 3 october 2010 just hours before the inaugural ceremony of the 2010 commonwealth games and connects the jawaharlal nehru stadium which was the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the event completed in just 41 months it includes a 100 m ( 330 ft ) long bridge over the indian railways mainlines and a 167 @@ 5 m ( 550 ft ) long cable @@ stayed bridge across an operational road flyover and connects several hospitals tourist attractions and a major industrial estate along its route services are provided at intervals of 5 min an interchange with the yellow line is available at central secretariat through an integrated concourse on 14 january 2011 the remaining portion from sarita vihar to badarpur was opened for commercial service adding three new stations to the network and marking the completion of the line the section between mandi house and central secretariat was opened on 26 june 2014 after that a 971 @@ metre section between ito and mandi house was opened on 8 june 2015 the latest addition to the line an 14 km ( 8 @@ 7 mi ) extension southwards till escorts mujesar in faridabad was inaugurated by prime minister narendra modi on 6 september 2015 all the nine metro stations of the badarpur escorts mujesar ( faridabad ) section of delhi metro's phase 3 have been awarded the highest possible rating ( platinum ) for adherence to green building norms by the indian green building council ( ) which has devised a rating mechanism for metro stations and buildings on a scale of platinum gold silver etc for following the green building specifications the awards for these stations were given to dmrc's managing director dr singh by dr p c jain chairperson in the presence of dmrc's directors and senior officials on 10 september 2015 currently the faridabad corridor of delhi metro violet line is the longest metro corridor outside of delhi consisting of 9 stations and the total length of corridor being 14 km |
the airport express line runs for 22 @@ 7 km ( 14 @@ 1 mi ) from new delhi railway station to dwarka sector 21 linking the indira gandhi international airport the line was operated by delhi airport metro express pvt limited ( ) a subsidiary of reliance infrastructure the concessionaire of the line till 30 june 2013 and is now being operated by dmrc the line was constructed at a cost of ₹ 57 billion ( us $ 850 million ) of which reliance infrastructure invested ₹ 28 @@ 85 billion ( us $ 430 million ) and will pay fees on a revenue @@ share model the line has six stations ( kuan and delhi became operational on 15 august 2011 ) with some featuring check @@ in facilities parking and eateries rolling stock consists of six @@ coach trains operating at intervals of ten minutes and having a maximum speed of 135 km / h ( 84 mph ) originally scheduled to open before the 2010 commonwealth games the line failed to obtain the mandatory safety clearance and was opened on 24 february 2011 after a delay of around 5 months after 16 months of commencement of operations the line was shut down for repairs of the viaducts on 8 july 2012 the line reopened on 22 january 2013 on 27 june 2013 reliance infrastructure ltd intimated dmrc that they are unable to operate the line beyond 30 june 2013 following this dmrc took over operations of airport express line from 1 july 2013 with an operations and maintenance team of 100 officials to handle the line in jan 2015 dmrc reported that airport metro has recorded about 30 per cent rise in its ridership following the fare reduction of up to 40 per cent in july last year on 14 september 2015 dmrc announced to reduce fares even further to improve the ridership of the line the new fare structure will have maximum fare of rs 60 and minimum of rs 10 instead of rs 100 and rs 20 charged earlier a reduction of about 40 dmrc has stated that this was done to reduce the crowding on blue line diverting some of the dwarka @@ bound passengers to airport express line which is underutilised and faster compared to the blue line |
delhi metro was planned to be built in phases spread over around 20 years as with each phase having a target of five years and end of one phase marking the beginning of another phase i ( 65 km ) and phase ii ( 125 km ) were completed in 2006 and 2011 respectively and phase iii and phase iv are scheduled for completion in 2016 and 2021 respectively work on phase iii started in 2011 while planning for phase iv has begun ex @@ chief of dmrc hinted that by the time phase iv is completed the city will need phase v to cope with rising population and transport needs |
the deadline for completion of phase 3 is 2016 out of 2 new lines and 11 route extensions proposed for phase iii cabinet approvals have been obtained for 2 new lines and 10 route extensions totalling 167 @@ 27 km with an estimated cost of ₹ 350 billion ( us $ 5 @@ 2 billion ) construction has already begun on many of these in april 2014 the delhi lt governor gave approval for two further extensions all the approved lines are |
phase iii will have 28 underground stations covering 41 km more than 20 tunnel boring machines are expected to be simultaneously used during construction of phase iii delhi metro is expecting a ridership of 4 million after completion of phase iii dmrc has decided to use communication based train control ( cbtc ) for signalling which will allow trains to run at a short headway of 90 seconds keeping this in mind and other constraints dmrc changed its decision to build 9 car long stations for new lines and instead opting for shorter stations which can accommodate 6 car trains |
for the first time delhi metro will construct ring lines in phase iii till phase ii delhi metro focused on expanding the reach of metro and thus built long radial lines however in phase iii delhi metro is aiming to interconnect existing lines by ring lines to improve connectivity this will not only help in reducing distances but will also relieve radial lines of some congestion |
phase iv has a 2021 deadline and tentatively includes further extensions to sonia vihar palam ghazipur noida sector 62 extensions of violet line green line line 8 having a total length of over 100 km there might be some changes in plan before actual construction starts on these lines delhi metro phase 4 got delhi government approval awaiting union cabinet approval the proposed corridors rithala ( 21 @@ 73 km ) inderlok indraprastha ( 12 @@ 57 km ) terminal 1 ( 22 @@ 20 km ) lajpat nagar saket g @@ block ( 7 @@ 96 km ) ( west ) rk ashram ( 28 @@ 92 km ) ( 12 @@ 54 km ) along with that the government planning a metro corridor between gurgaon and as well as gurgaon will soon see a multiple extension of rapid metro and delhi metro some of are a metro corridor between to chowk line a new lines covering old and new gurgaon region like gurgaon railway station and bus stand and various sectors like sector 10 chowk connecting expressway metro line etc yellow line extension from city centre to via chowk ( gurgaon ) interchanging with old gurgaon metro line connecting with delhi regional rapid rail system ( delhi gurgaon corridor ) pod taxi system dwarka expressway metro line as well as plans have been mooted to construct a new line from noida sector 62 to greater noida which will intersect indraprastha noida sector 32 line the ghaziabad development authority is planning to extend delhi metro lines deeper into ghaziabad through extension of the blue line from vaishali to mehrauli via the independently operated gurgaon metro opened in november 2013 will also interchange with the delhi metro at station on yellow line for the year 2012 13 noida development authority has allocated rs 5 billion for metro extension with city centre metro line being extended till the crossing of sector 71 and 72 after phase 4 delhi metro will focus on phase 5 covering outer region of delhi and phase 6 7 and many more plan according it |
the table below is based on the 2014 15 annual report |
ebitda stands for earnings before interest taxes & |
ebt stands for earnings before tax |
of note delhi metro has been operating with a loss on an ebt basis for the past few years ebitda margin declined from 73 in fiscal 2007 to 35 in fiscal 2015 that said debt to equity improved from 1 @@ 43 in fy07 to 1 @@ 15 in |
dmrc is owned equally by the delhi government and the government of india as of march 2015 total debt stood at ₹ 246 billion ( us $ 3 @@ 7 billion ) while equity capital was ₹ 214 billion ( us $ 3 @@ 2 billion ) cost of the debt is 0 for of india and delhi government loans and between 0 @@ 01 and 2 @@ 3 for japan international cooperation agency loans of the equity capital ₹ 163 billion ( us $ 2 @@ 4 billion ) is paid @@ up capital and rest is reserves and surplus |
trains operate at a frequency of one to two minutes to five to ten minutes between 05 00 and 00 00 depending upon the peak and off @@ peak hours trains operating within the network typically travel at speed up to 50 km / h ( 31 mph ) and stop for about 20 seconds at each station automated station announcements are recorded in hindi and english many stations have services such as atms food outlets cafés convenience stores and mobile recharge eating drinking smoking and chewing of gum are prohibited in the entire system the metro also has a sophisticated fire alarm system for advance warning in emergencies and fire retardant material is used in trains as well as on the premises of stations navigation information is available on google transit since october 2010 the first coach of every train is reserved for women however last coaches are also reserved when the train changes tracks at the terminal stations in the red green and violet lines to make travelling by metro a smoother experience delhi metro has launched its own official app for smartphone users ( iphone and android ) that will provide information on various facilities like nearest metro station fare parking availability tourist spots near metro stations security and emergency helpline numbers |
security on the delhi metro is handled by the central industrial security force ( cisf ) who have been guarding the system ever since they took over from the delhi police in 2007 closed @@ circuit cameras are used to monitor trains and stations and feed from these is monitored by both the cisf and delhi metro authorities at their respective control rooms over 3500 cisf personnel have been deployed to deal with law and order issues in the system in addition to metal detectors x @@ ray baggage inspection systems and dog squads which are used to secure the system about 5 @@ 200 cctv cameras have been installed which cover every nook and corner of each metro station each of the underground stations has about 45 to 50 cameras installed while the elevated stations have about 16 to 20 cameras each the monitoring of these cameras is done by the cisf which is in charge of security of the metro as well as the delhi metro rail corporation are provided in each train car for emergency communication between the passengers and the train operator periodic security drills are carried out at stations and on trains to ensure preparedness of security agencies in emergency situations dmrc is also looking at raising the station walls and railings for the safety of passengers |
for the convenience of customers delhi metro commuters have three choices for ticket purchase the rfid tokens are valid only for a single journey on the day of purchase and the value depends on the distance travelled with fares for a single journey ranging from ₹ 8 ( 12 ¢ us ) to ₹ 30 ( 45 ¢ us ) fares are calculated based on the origin and destination stations using a fare chart a common ticketing facility for commuters travelling on delhi transport corporation ( dtc ) buses and the metro was introduced in 2011 travel cards are available for longer durations and are most convenient for frequent commuters they are valid for one year from the date of purchase or the date of last recharge and are available in denominations of ₹ 200 ( us $ 3 @@ 00 ) to ₹ 1 @@ 000 ( us $ 14 @@ 90 ) a 10 discount is given on all travel made on it a deposit of ₹ 50 ( 74 ¢ us ) needs to be made to buy a new card which is refundable on the return of the card any time before its expiry if the card is not physically damaged tourist cards can be used for unlimited travel on the delhi metro network over short periods of time there are two kinds of tourist cards valid for one and three days respectively the cost of a one @@ day card is ₹ 150 ( us $ 2 @@ 20 ) and that of a three @@ day card is ₹ 300 ( us $ 4 @@ 50 ) besides a refundable deposit of ₹ 50 ( 74 ¢ us ) that must be paid at the time of purchasing the card according to new regime the maximum permissible time limit for stay within the metro system 170 minutes at present will now be 180 minutes for those buying tickets of rs 23 or above 100 minutes for tickets costing rs 19 23 and 65 minutes for tickets up to rs 18 |
as the network has expanded high ridership in new trains have led to increasing instances of overcrowding and delays on the delhi metro to alleviate the problem 8 coach trains have been introduced in yellow line and blue line and an increase in the frequency of trains has been proposed infrequent overcrowded and erratic feeder bus services connecting stations to nearby localities have also been reported as an area of concern |
delhi metro has been registering a continuous increase in ridership since its inception when metro services were introduced in 2002 the average ridership was 80 @@ 000 passengers per day as of 2015 daily ridership has risen to 2 @@ 6 million with the latest ridership record set on 28 august 2015 on 4 august 2014 daily ridership crossed the 2 @@ 7 million figure since then the highest ridership has kept on surpassing the previous best compelling metro authorities to keep increasing the services on busy routes most recent delhi metro daily ridership record of 3 @@ 175 million passengers was reached on the eve of the ( 28 august 2015 ) when commuters poured in large numbers throughout the day on 25 december 2014 it was reported that the ridership of the airport express had almost doubled in the past year to almost 600 @@ 000 passengers per month now as compared to just above 300 @@ 000 at the beginning of the calendar year currently delhi metro has about 220 trains of four six and eight coaches totalling 1 @@ 290 coaches it is further planning to add 421 more coaches on the existing route before the completion of phase 3 during the financial year 2015 dmrc on an average pressed 1 @@ 083 coaches in an hour ( during peak hour ) in 2012 13 the number was 819 on an average trains make 2 @@ 880 trips per day |
the metro uses rolling stock of two different gauges phase i lines use 1 @@ 676 mm ( 5 @@ 499 ft ) broad gauge rolling stock while three phase ii lines use 1 @@ 435 mm ( 4 @@ 708 ft ) standard gauge rolling stock trains are maintained at seven depots at khyber pass and for the yellow line mundka for the green line and yamuna bank for the blue line shastri park for the red line and sarita vihar for the violet line maglev trains were initially considered for some lines of phase 3 but dmrc decided to continue with conventional rail in august 2012 |
the rolling stock is manufactured by two major suppliers for the phase i the rolling stock was supplied by a consortium of companies comprising hyundai rotem mitsubishi corporation and coaches have a very similar look to mtr rotem emu except with only 4 doors and use sliding doors the coaches were initially built in south korea by rotem then in bangalore by through a technology transfer arrangement these trains consist of four 3 @@ 2 @@ metre ( 10 ft ) wide stainless steel lightweight coaches with vestibules permitting movement throughout their length and can carry up to 1500 passengers with 50 seated and 330 standing passengers per coach the coaches are fully air conditioned equipped with automatic doors microprocessor @@ controlled brakes and secondary air suspension and are capable of maintaining an average speed of 32 km / h ( 20 mph ) over a distance of 1 @@ 1 km ( 0 @@ 68 mi ) the system is extensible up to eight coaches and platforms have been designed accordingly |
the rolling stock for phase ii is being supplied by bombardier transportation which has received an order for 614 cars worth approximately us $ 1 @@ 1 billion while initial trains were made in görlitz germany and sweden the remainder will be built at bombardier's factory in near vadodara these trains are a mix of four @@ car and six @@ car consists capable of accommodating 1178 and 1792 commuters per train respectively the coaches possess several improved features like closed circuit television ( cctv ) cameras with eight @@ hour backup for added security charging points in all coaches for cell phones and laptops improved air conditioning to provide a temperature of 25 degrees celsius even in packed conditions and heaters for winter |
the standard gauge rolling stock is manufactured by at its factory in bangalore the trains are four @@ car consists with a capacity of 1506 commuters per train accommodating 50 seated and 292 standing passengers in each coach these trains will have cctv cameras in and outside the coaches power supply connections inside coaches to charge mobiles and laptops better humidity control microprocessor @@ controlled disc brakes and will be capable of maintaining an average speed of 34 km / h ( 21 mph ) over a distance of 1 @@ 1 km ( 0 @@ 68 mi ) |
eight 6 @@ car trains supplied by caf were imported from spain caf held 5 equity in the project and reliance infrastructure held the remaining 95 before dmrc took over the operations the trains on this line are of a premium standard compared to the existing metro trains and have in @@ built noise reduction and padded fabric seats the coaches are equipped with lcd screens for entertainment of the passengers and also provide flight information for convenience of air travellers the trains are fitted with an event recorder which can withstand high levels of temperature and impact and the wheels have flange lubrication system for less noise and better riding comfort |
the delhi metro uses cab signalling along with a centralised automatic train control system consisting of automatic train operation automatic train protection and automatic train signalling modules a 380 mhz digital trunked tetra radio communication system from motorola is used on all lines to carry both voice and data information for blue line siemens transportation systems has supplied the electronic interlocking the operation control system oc 500 and the automation control system 700 m an integrated system comprising optical fibre cable on @@ train radio cctv and a centralised clock and public address system is used for telecommunication during train operations as well as emergencies for red and yellow lines has supplied signalling system and for line green and bombardier transportation has supplied 350 signalling system |
the airport express line has introduced wifi services at all stations along the route on 13 january 2012 connectivity inside metro trains travelling on the route is expected in the future the wifi service is provided by you broadband a fully automated train system has been offered to delhi metro by the french defence and civilian technologies major thales |
the delhi metro has won awards from environmentally friendly practices from organisations including the united nations and the international organization for standardization becoming the second metro in the world after the new york city subway to be iso 14001 certified for environmentally friendly construction most of the metro stations on the blue line conduct rainwater harvesting as an environmental protection measure it is also the first railway project in the world to earn carbon credits after being registered with the united nations under the clean development mechanism and has so far earned 400 @@ 000 carbon credits by saving energy through the use of regenerative braking systems on its trains to reduce its dependence on non @@ renewable sources of energy dmrc is looking forward to harness solar energy and install solar panels at the noida sector @@ 21 anand vihar and pragati maidan metro stations and dmrc's residential complex at vihar |
the metro has been promoted as an integral part of community infrastructure and community artwork depicting the local way of life has been put on display at stations students of local art colleges have also designed decorative murals at metro stations while pillars of the viaduct on some elevated sections have been decorated with mosaic murals created by local schoolchildren the metro station at ina colony has a gallery showcasing artwork and handicrafts from across india while all stations on the central secretariat qutub minar section of the yellow line have panels installed on the monumental architectural heritage of delhi the nobel memorial wall at rajiv chowk has portraits of the seven nobel laureates from india rabindranath tagore cv raman khorana mother teresa subrahmanyan chandrasekhar amartya sen and venkatraman ramakrishnan and provide details about their contribution to society and a panel each on alfred nobel and the nobel prizes |
time enough at last is episode 8 of the american television anthology series the twilight zone the episode was adapted from a short story written by lynn venable ( pen name of marilyn venable ) the short story appeared in the january 1953 edition of the science fiction magazine if worlds of science fiction about seven years before the television episode first aired time enough at last became one of the most famous episodes of the original twilight zone and has been frequently parodied since it is the story of a man who seeks salvation in the rubble of a ruined world and tells of henry bemis / / played by burgess meredith who loves books yet is surrounded by those who would prevent him from reading them the episode follows bemis through the post apocalyptic world touching on such social issues as anti @@ intellectualism the dangers of reliance upon technology and the difference between aloneness ( solitude ) and loneliness |
far sighted bank teller and avid bookworm henry bemis ( meredith ) works at his window in a bank while reading david copperfield which causes him to an annoyed customer bemis's angry boss ( taylor ) and later his nagging wife ( ) both complain to him that he wastes far too much time reading doggerel as a cruel joke his wife asks him to read poetry from one of his books to her he eagerly obliges only to find that she has inked over the text on every page obscuring the words seconds later she destroys the book by ripping the pages from it much to henry's dismay |
the next day as usual henry takes his lunch break in the bank's vault where his reading will not be disturbed moments after he sees a newspaper headline which reads h @@ bomb capable of total destruction an enormous explosion outside the bank violently shakes the vault knocking bemis unconscious after regaining consciousness and recovering the thick glasses required for him to see bemis emerges from the vault to find the bank demolished and everyone in it dead leaving the bank he sees that the entire city has been destroyed and realizes that a nuclear war has devastated the earth but that his being in the vault has saved him |
finding himself totally alone in a shattered world with food to last him a lifetime but no one to share it with bemis succumbs to despair as he prepares to commit suicide using a revolver he has found bemis sees the ruins of the public library in the distance investigating he finds that the books are still intact and readable all the books he could ever hope for are his for the reading and ( as he gazes upon a huge fallen face of a clock ) learns that he has all the time in the world to read them without interruption |
his despair gone bemis contentedly sorts the books he looks forward to reading for years to come just as he bends down to pick up the first book he stumbles and his glasses fall off and shatter in shock he picks up the broken remains of the glasses he is virtually blind without and says that's not fair that's not fair at all there was time now there was was all the time i needed it's not fair it's not fair and bursts into tears surrounded by books he now can never read |
time enough at last was one of the first episodes written for the twilight zone it introduced burgess meredith to the series he went on to star in three more episodes being introduced as no stranger to the twilight zone in promotional spots for season two's the obsolete man he also narrated for the 1983 film twilight zone the movie which made reference to time enough at last during its opening sequence with the characters discussing the episode in detail |
footage of the exterior steps of the library was filmed several months after production had been completed these steps can also be seen on the exterior of an eloi public building in mgm's 1960 version of the time machine john brahm was nominated for a directors guild award for his work on the episode the book that bemis was reading in the vault and that flips open when the bomb explodes is a history of the life and voyages of christopher columbus by washington irving |
although the overriding message may seem to be careful what you wish for there are other themes throughout the episode as well paramount among these is the question of solitude versus loneliness as embodied by bemis' moment of near @@ suicide additionally the portrayal of societal attitudes towards books speaks to the contemporary decline of traditional literature and how given enough time reading may become a relic of the past at the same time the ending punishes bemis for his antisocial behavior and his greatest desire is thwarted |
rod serling's concluding statement in the episode that bemis has become just a fragment of what man has deeded to himself alludes to robert burns' scots language poem to a mouse ( 1785 for which john steinbeck's book of mice and men ( 1938 ) was also named ) the poem concludes the best @@ laid schemes o' mice an men / gang aft ( translation often go awry ) |
although time enough at last implies that nuclear warfare has destroyed humanity film critic andrew sarris notes that the episode's necessarily unrealistic format may have been what allowed its production to commence |
in the era of the internet and ebooks the irony depicted in time enough at last has an information age counterpart according to weston ochse of storytellers unplugged as ochse points out when bemis becomes the last person on earth he finally has time to read with all his books at his fingertips and the only impediment is technology when his medium for accessing them his glasses breaks in a hypothetical world where all books are published electronically ochse observes readers would be only a lightning strike a faulty switch a sleepy workman or a natural disaster away from becoming henry bemis at the end of the world that is a power outage has the potential to give them time to read yet like bemis they too would lose their medium for accessing their books namely the computer this analogy has been taken further by those who suggest that today's technology @@ dependent world where books have become passé ( cf bradbury's the pedestrian ) could render an outage both a liberator and an executioner as the gateway to both work and entertainment ( be it a computer video games or television ) removing electricity from the equation presents henry bemis' heaven but modern society's hell |
the twilight zone often explored similar themes throughout its run time enough at last has strong thematic ties to a number of other episodes in the series starting with that of isolation first explored in the series pilot where is everybody it is also a prominent theme in the previous episode the lonely additionally in a plot very similar to that of time the mind and the matter tells of a man who uses his mind to erase humanity only to find that existence without other people is unbearable the notion of being an outsider lost in a sea of conformity was one of the most common themes of the series |
other thematic elements in this episode can be found throughout the series as well the obsolete man takes the episode's literary subtext the notion that reading may eventually be considered obsolete to an extreme the state has declared books obsolete and a librarian ( also played by meredith ) finds himself on trial for his own obsolescence this notion akin to ray bradbury's short story the pedestrian ( 1951 ) is also alluded to in the episode number 12 looks just like you in which a perfect and equal world considers works like those of shakespeare smut |
time enough at last was a ratings success in its initial airing and became an instant classic it remains one of the best @@ remembered and best @@ loved episodes of the twilight zone according to marc author of the twilight zone companion when a poll asked readers of twilight zone magazine which episode of the series they remembered the most time enough at last was the most frequent response with to serve man coming in a distant second in tv land's presentation of tv guide's 100 most memorable moments in television time enough at last was ranked at # 25 |
in an interview years after this episode aired serling cited time enough at last as one of his two favorites from the entire series ( the other episode was the invaders with agnes moorehead ) |
many elements of american popular culture frequently pay homage to time enough at last |