Similarly, the ITV series Children of the Stones (1977), which is often described as one of the scariest children's TV shows ever produced, treats time as a circle rather than a straight line. Filmed in Avebury, it follows the misadventures of an astrophysicist and his son who move to the village of Milbury. There they encounter an oddly happy, vacant population, and eventually uncover a complicated secret involving ancient pagan rituals, black holes, brainwashing and a time rift that brings the world to the brink of destruction again and again. The stones themselves are natural magnets, focusing and amplifying negative energy. Their power proves nearly impossible to escape.
