1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Original Data Provided By: Omid Kashan, DM, David McCandless Karl Webster, Dr Stephanie Starling Subtitles Compiled By: BreadCodes 2 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:48,000 - 3 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:21,000 TRUE Turing was interviewed over the burglary & his admission of gross indencency (homosexual acts) 4 00:01:50,000 --> 00:02:00,000 TRUE Turing was burgled. The police came to take finger prints. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 10760 5 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:42,000 We don't know if MI6 monitored Turing. We don't know if the British secret service MI6 monitored Turing after the war. Seems unlikely. 6 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:28,000 TRUE-ISH Nock didn't exist & Turing lived in Cheshire, not Manchester. So the crimes would've been investigated by the Cheshire constabulary. He did work at Max Newman's Computing Laboratory at the University of Manchester. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 9350 7 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:45,000 FALSE-ISH The police did interview Turing about the burglary. Turing certainly didn't suffer fools & was a little eccentric, but was considered sociable, friendly, witty & gentle. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 8 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:11,000 TRUE-ISH It's likely the investigating officers talked about Turing. 9 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:39,000 TRUE Turing did travel on a day when the trains were swollen with evacuating kids. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 4070 10 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:53,000 FALSE How Turing came to be recommended to Denniston is not clear. It's suspected that a don at Cambridge, Professor Adcock, recommended him. He began his posting there with a course, not an interview with Denniston. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 3785 11 00:07:55,000 --> 00:08:05,000 FALSE Turing was known for his wit & tomfoolery. Oxford University Press 12 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:28,000 FALSE Denniston had decades of experience in cryptography - his grandkids state that the film takes an "unwarranted sideswipe" at his memory. In reality, Denniston supported Turing's work. There's no record of the depicted interactions between Turing & Denniston. Daily Telegraph 13 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:54,000 TRUE Turing was exceptionally bright. His maths teacher described him as a "genius" Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 988 14 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:30,000 FALSE-ISH Turing didn't have much time for Denniston, but there's no evidence of a hateful dislike between the two men. 15 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:31,000 FALSE Turing never had an interview with Denniston & was not turned down. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 3785 16 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,000 FALSE-ISH Turing did learn German at school, although his teacher said he had no "aptitude for languages". Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 1616 17 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:24,000 FALSE-ISH Turing was already working for the government's Code and Cypher School before he started at Bletchley - so, it's not entirely impossible that he heard something. But Bletchley Park work was top secret, so it seems unlikely. 18 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:40,000 FALSE-ISH British intelligence did initially believe Enigma was uncrackable. As did the Germans. But outstanding work by Polish & French intelligence had already led to some deciphering of Enimga messages & a well developed methodology for doing so. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 3780, 4279 19 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:45,000 TRUE-ISH We'd expect that the team working on the machine would look over it regularly. 20 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,000 FALSE Cairncross never worked on Enigma (he worked on 'Tunny', a completely different code). He wasn't even a high level codebreaker. It's doubtful Turing even knew him. New York Review of Books 21 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:18,000 TRUE Denniston had over two decades of experience in cryptography & led the cryptography unit so it's likely he knew & could explain how an Enigma machine worked. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 22 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:34,000 FALSE-ISH It's highly likely Bletchley Park was in possession of an Enigma machine at some point. But Polish intelligence did not steal one. They were in fact the first to break early Enigma code & built the first "bombe" cryptological machine in 1939. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 23 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:58,000 More complicated than that. It was more complicated than that. There were several different Enigma machines of varying complexity. Some used a combination of electromagnetic cyphering (which the team could technically reverse engineer) & codebooks (which they needed to capture somehow). Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 24 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:33,000 TRUE-ISH The Enigma machine had many billions of possible combinations. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 25 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:48,000 TRUE-ISH There was just initially a small group of four who struggled with Enigma - though none of the people in the film, bar Alan, were in it. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 4101 26 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:44,000 FALSE There are no records showing that they interacted at all during their time at Bletchley Park. The Government Code & Cypher School was under the control of the head of the secret service. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 3739 27 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:51,000 TRUE-ISH People have questioned the calculations. Plus it's unclear whether Turing means 10 men each checking one setting per min, or 10 men together checking one setting per min. Either way, it would have taken a very long time. StackExchange 28 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:55,000 FALSE-ISH Turing was shy, eccentric, impatient & judgemental of those of lesser intelligence, but not socially inept & narcissistic, as the film implies. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 29 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:16,000 FALSE The earlier attempts to crack the code didn't use frequency analysis, everyone knew that was worthless. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 30 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:09,000 TRUE-ISH Turing did work on the design of a machine with Donald MacPhail. But it was not a new invention. Rather an adaptation of an existing design made by Polish secret service. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 3970, 4499 31 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:31,000 TRUE Turing was indeed a runner (& a very good one - he finished fifth in the 1948 British Olympic marathon Trials). Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 1730 32 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:21,000 TRUE Polish intelligence built the first "Bombe" decryption machines in 1938. The Germans quickly increased the complexity of the Enigma machine & put the decryption beyond the reach of these early machines. Only the resource-rich English could develop the research. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 4381 33 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:57,000 FALSE There was no Nock. The investigating officers did not dig into Turing's war records. Tippex was not invented until 1956. The Guardian 34 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:12,000 FALSE A lowly police inspector could not have - would not have - illegally accessed Turing war records with a fake letter. 35 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:54,000 FALSE Turing did make a request for additional resources. But not to Denniston. No one made formal complaints about Turing. He did not have an altercation with Denniston or any other authority figure. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 36 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:39,000 TRUE-ISH This was a true statement, but Turing wasn't the the first to articulate it. Polish intelligence had already built a decryption machine. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 4382 37 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:09,000 FALSE-ISH Turing did not have such a confrontation with Denniston. However there was some reported tension at Bletchley between the discplined service chiefs & the "unorthodox' & "undiscplined" cypher teams. Turing in particular thrived on a lack of uniformity & rank. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 4980, 4984, 4996 38 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:23,000 TRUE-ISH Turing (and three others) did write directly to Churchill in an appeal for more resources. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 5423 39 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:13,000 FALSE-ISH Churchill did not put Turing in charge of the unit but did respond immediately to Turing's request. He had a keen interest in cryptograph & even visited Bletchley in the summer of 1941. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 5025 40 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:19,000 TRUE-ISH Turing was not particularly popular at school. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 938 41 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:26,000 TRUE Turing attended Sherborne school. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 42 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:40,000 FALSE There's no evidence that Turing suffered from OCD. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 43 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:50,000 TRUE-ISH Physical & emotional bullying was commonplace at Sherbourne. Turing definitely experienced it but was not singled out. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 44 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:50,000 TRUE On at least one occasional at school boys trapped him under the floorboards Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 941 45 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:26,000 FALSE-ISH Christopher Morcom did not free him from the floorboards. But they were friends. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 1197 46 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:54,000 TRUE-ISH Turing did not organise a crossword-recruitment drive. The Daily Telegraph did organise a crossword competition. Those who completed it in under 12 minutes were approached for work at Bletchley. Aperiodical.com 47 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:21,000 There was such a competition. The Daily Telegraph did organise a crossword competition. Those who completed it in under 12 minutes were approached for work at Bletchley. Aperiodical.com 48 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:21,000 TRUE During bombing raids on London, the populace took shelter in the Underground. 49 00:28:51,000 --> 00:29:01,000 TRUE London was repeatedly bombed. 50 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:34,000 There was such a competition, not organised by Turing. Turing did not organise a crossword-recruitment drive. The Daily Telegraph did organise a crossword competition. Those who completed it in under 12 minutes were approached for work at Bletchley. Aperiodical.com 51 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:41,000 FALSE Joan was not recruited via a crossword. She was poached directly by another team member, Gordon Welchman, from Cambridge where she was an undergraduate. She had even met Turing once before at the University Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 4783 52 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:43,000 TRUE-ISH Despite illustrous achievements at Bletchley, Joan was paid less than the men & considered her career limited due to her gender. Women working at Bletchley Park were mostly employed in clerical & administration work & not the more intricate cryptology. University of St Andrews honours project (2008) by Lynsey Ann Lord 53 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:36,000 There was a recruitment drive of this sort. The Daily Telegraph did organise a crossword competition. Those who completed it in under 12 minutes were approached for work at Bletchley. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 4787 54 00:31:53,000 --> 00:32:03,000 FALSE There is no evidence to suggest that JOAN was "better" (or "worse") than Turing. She was certainly a talented mathematician & considered one of the best cryptographers at Bletchley. 55 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:28,000 TRUE-ISH The sentence for treason was death. 56 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:45,000 FALSE-ISH It was not Christopher who introduced Turing to cryptography but another, later friend Victor Beuttell. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 1701 57 00:33:51,000 --> 00:34:01,000 TRUE Turing did have a crush on Christopher Morcom at school. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 1198 58 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:40,000 FALSE The new wave Bombe machine, designed by Turing, was not built by him at Bletchley. It was built by Harold Keen at the British Tabulating Machine factory at Letchworth. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 4499 59 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:53,000 FALSE Turing did meet Joan's parents but only after they had become engaged much later. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 5040 60 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:50,000 FALSE Joan's father was a vicar but there's no evidence he blocked her working at Bletchley. She was, in fact, already at Bletchley when Turing met her. She was promoted to work with Turing's team. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 61 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:21,000 FALSE-ISH While this scene didn't happen, it's likely the female staff lived separately from the male staff at Bletchley. 62 00:36:50,000 --> 00:37:00,000 FALSE Didn't happen. Not sure where that line came from. 63 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:13,000 FALSE The police did not suspect him of espionage. They pursued him with regard to the homophobic law of gross indecency. He submitted a five-page statement admitting to his affair with Murray – evidence which helped convict him. The Guardian 64 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:49,000 TRUE-ISH While Joan would've arrived at Bletchley Park at some point, she was already working at Bletchley Park when promoted to work on Turing's team. 65 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:55,000 FALSE The Nazis were very successfully bombing Allied supply ships on the Atlantic but Britian was by no means starving. The Taste of War: World War Two & the Battle for Food (2011) by Lizzie Collingham 66 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:22,000 Cannot confirm the 100,000 tons figure. Cannot confirm the 100,000 tons figure. 67 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:46,000 TRUE-ISH Photographs of the Germans' monthly code books show code changes listed for each day. We cannot confirm those changes were made at midnight, but it seems likely. Telenet 68 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:41,000 FALSE Didn't happen. The Bombe machine was slow & ineffective a lot of the time, but mainly because the Enigma code was so complex & was continualy revised & complexified by the Germans. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 69 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:19,000 FALSE Peter Hilton did not have a brother who works on food convoys. Daily Telegraph 70 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:41,000 FALSE Didn't happen. Turing would never have committed such a breach of security. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 71 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:51,000 FALSE In real life, the machine that cracked Enigma was called the Bombe, & the first operating version of it was named Victory. The Guardian 72 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:48,000 One of Turing's theories concerned such a machine. Yes, one of Turing's theories revolved around the idea of a universal computing machine (a Turing machine) that could perform any computing task. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 73 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:51,000 FALSE Turing was never suspected of being a spy. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 74 00:45:52,000 --> 00:46:02,000 TRUE-ISH Double agents often do not form lasting & adult emotional relationships due to their explotative motives. CIA 75 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:38,000 FALSE Turing was never suspected of being a spy. Denniston never threatened Turing. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 76 00:46:54,000 --> 00:47:04,000 FALSE-ISH Turing was never suspected on being a spy so Joan never had to console him on that point. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 77 00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:18,000 FALSE-ISH It's unlikely that workers at top secret Bletchley chatting casually about their cypher work. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 78 00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:21,000 TRUE-ISH Hugh Alexander was considered charming & a diplomat. Turing was not a great manager of people but he was well liked & his co-workers were fond of him. 79 00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:23,000 FALSE Turing was known for sociability, wit & tomfoolery. Oxford University Press 80 00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:34,000 FALSE Turing & Christopher shared no common interest in Cryptography. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 81 00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:27,000 TRUE-ISH It was actually Gorden Welchmann who suggested a new wiring configuration for the machine that spectuacularly improved its performance. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 4522 82 00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:35,000 FALSE-ISH The Bombe machine was not housed at Bletchley. It did click & whirr loudly hence the name "bombe". Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 83 00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:07,000 TRUE The Germans made great advances across Europe. 84 00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:37,000 TRUE The Bombe machine was slow & often took weeks to decrypt messages. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 85 00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:58,000 FALSE The machine wasn't even installed at Bletchley Park. Denniston did not try to shut it down or fire Turing. Denniston was an experienced cryptanalyst & was among those who debriefed the 3 Polish experts who had already spent years figuring out how to attack the Enigma. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 4698 86 00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:43,000 FALSE Never happened. Turing's colleagues were fond of him though. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 87 00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:28,000 FALSE This never happened. But Hugh Alexander was considered the diplomat of the team. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 5002 88 00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:10,000 FALSE No one knew there was a spy at Bletchley Park until after the war. Wikipedia: John Cairncross 89 00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:09,000 TRUE-ISH Unable to not tell the truth, Turing admitted to police that he had an affair with a friend of the man who burgled his house. He naively wrote a five page statement explaining everything. The police thought it was a "lovely statement". Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 90 00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:24,000 FALSE It was Turing himself who reported the fateful 1952 burglary, probably involving a working-class boyfriend, that brought his gay lifestyle to the attention to the police, thus setting off the legal proceedings against him. New York Review of Books 91 00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:51,000 TRUE-ISH It's probable, since the early machines were slow. They were later made faster & more powerful. CNET 92 01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:10,000 FALSE Joan was happy at Bletchley & had no plans to leave. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 5048 93 01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:17,000 FALSE Joan was happy at Bletchley & had no plans to leave. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 5048 94 01:00:54,000 --> 01:01:04,000 FALSE No evidence of such a scene happening & it seems out to character for Joan. Records describe her as congenial but shy, gentle & kind, non-aggressive & always subordinate to the men in her life. University of St Andrews honours project (2008) by Lynsey Ann Lord 95 01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:14,000 TRUE-ISH Turing did tend to apply logic to his human decisions. But he proposed to Joan in the traditional way, after spending some days together. She gladly accepted. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 3296, 5034 96 01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:27,000 FALSE The engagement was kept hidden. Joan did not wear her ring in the Hut & only one member was told of the engagement. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 5049 97 01:04:57,000 --> 01:05:07,000 FALSE Cairncross and Turing never met. In his own autobiography, Cairncross wrote: “The rigid separation of the different units made contact with other staff members almost impossible, so I never got to know anyone apart from my direct operational colleagues.” The Guardian 98 01:05:50,000 --> 01:06:00,000 TRUE-ISH Christopher did fall ill, suffering from Bovine TB, and died - though no one had told Alan that Christopher had contracted the disease from drinking infected cows milk as a small boy. We don't know about the note. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 1467 99 01:09:27,000 --> 01:09:37,000 FALSE Nock didn't exist & no such conversation with police detectives is on record. 100 01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:37,000 TRUE The Bombe machine did struggle to keep up with advancements & modifications of the Enigma system. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 101 01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:16,000 FALSE-ISH No record of Hugh meeting a friend of Joan's. Hugh was charming though. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 102 01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:24,000 FALSE People at Bletchley Park were not allowed to talk to other people about their work, details of their activities & certainly not contents of intercepted transmissions. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 103 01:15:10,000 --> 01:15:20,000 FALSE-ISH The Weather reports were part of the ongoing solution to decrypting Enigma messages. But it was more complicated that is shown in he film. It was not down to repeated usage of the phrase "Heil Hitler" Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 4905, 5290 104 01:18:35,000 --> 01:18:45,000 FALSE-ISH It's not how it happened. The reality was complicated & long-drawn. Too complicated to explain in this little box. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 105 01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:25,000 TRUE-ISH The broader team - not just Alan's team - did maintain an Atlantic plot which showed estimated positions of U-boats, warships & convoys. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 4951 106 01:21:44,000 --> 01:21:54,000 FALSE The team did not decide which decrypts were to be acted upon. The Admiralty did. There was concern that successful intercepts might alert the Germans. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 4924 107 01:23:25,000 --> 01:23:35,000 FALSE-ISH While this scene did not happen, the sinking & constant struggle with Enigma did sap the team's morale. The HMS Carlisle was an anti-aircraft ship that patrolled the Mediterranean, not the Atlantic. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 5434 Wikipedia: HMS Carlisle (D67) 108 01:23:38,000 --> 01:23:48,000 TRUE-ISH Many convoys were torpedoed by German U-Boats in the Atlantic. 109 01:24:30,000 --> 01:24:40,000 FALSE Turing & Joan did not travel to London to conspire with Menzies. (However, the Government Code & Cypher School was run by the head of the secret service, not by the Admiralty) Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 110 01:24:57,000 --> 01:25:07,000 Menzies decided this for himself. Menzies decided for himself which intercepts to act on & which to not. Turing & he did not develop a plan. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 111 01:25:35,000 --> 01:25:45,000 TRUE-ISH Kinda true. Sometimes, the Allies had to engage in some subtle internal subterfuge to mask the use of such exact intelligence from their own people, in case those without appropriate clearance inferred the German codes had been cracked. 112 01:26:01,000 --> 01:26:11,000 FALSE Menzies didn't need to agree because he wasn't there. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 113 01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:22,000 Can't confirm this. Can't confirm this. 114 01:26:26,000 --> 01:26:36,000 FALSE Heinrich Himmler, the leader of the Nazi party, did not have a military command until close to the end of the war. Wikipedia: Heinrich Himmler 115 01:26:36,000 --> 01:26:40,000 FALSE Well, they trusted him for good reason. He was in charge of a leading team of cryptographers & had proved himself highly proficient. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 116 01:26:52,000 --> 01:27:02,000 Peter respected Turing. Peter Hilton had nothing but respect for Alan Turing whom he considered a genius. Daily Telegraph 117 01:27:54,000 --> 01:28:04,000 FALSE Cairncross was a soviet spy. But he worked on another team at Bletchley & it's doubtful they ever even met. He was not revealed as a spy until 1951. New York Review of Books 118 01:28:40,000 --> 01:28:50,000 FALSE Turing never met Cairncross. Its ludicrous to believe that he would actively cover up for a spy. New York Review of Books 119 01:29:23,000 --> 01:29:33,000 FALSE Never happened. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 120 01:30:05,000 --> 01:30:15,000 FALSE This scene never happened. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 121 01:30:40,000 --> 01:30:50,000 FALSE False. Cairncross was not deliberately placed at Bletchley. He did reveal to the Soviets that the British were breaking German codes. He was not revealed as a spy until 1951. Wikipedia: John Cairncross 122 01:30:53,000 --> 01:31:03,000 TRUE-ISH Churchill was happy to share some intelligence with the Soviets but not the methods on how they obtained it. 123 01:31:28,000 --> 01:31:38,000 FALSE Cairncross was not an unwitting double-agent passing disinformation onto the Soviets. British Intelligence did not discover he was a spy until 1951. Wikipedia: John Cairncross 124 01:31:38,000 --> 01:31:45,000 FALSE Dramatic conceit. Didn't happen. 125 01:32:11,000 --> 01:32:21,000 FALSE There was no such setup. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 126 01:32:39,000 --> 01:32:49,000 FALSE Didn't happen. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 127 01:33:04,000 --> 01:33:14,000 TRUE-ISH The real Turing was engaged to her for a while, but he told her within a few days that he had homosexual tendencies. According to him, she was “unfazed” by this. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 5038 128 01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:19,000 TRUE Joan suspected Turing was gay. The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing & the Invention of the Computer (2007) by D. Leavitt, p176–178 129 01:33:55,000 --> 01:34:05,000 TRUE True. She was not the kind of woman to be bothered by "bogeywords". Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 5038 130 01:34:23,000 --> 01:34:33,000 FALSE Never happened. The breakup was quiet & very upsetting for both of them. Turing acted honourably. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 5274 131 01:35:01,000 --> 01:35:11,000 FALSE Joan was passionate about her work, but was notably deferent to men. University of St Andrews honours project (2008) by Lynsey Ann Lord 132 01:35:35,000 --> 01:35:45,000 FALSE These terrible decisions were not made by the cypher team but higher ups in the Admiralty & government. 133 01:36:30,000 --> 01:36:40,000 TRUE-ISH Certainly many WWII battles were aided & won by Enigma intelligence. But the Ardennes wasn't one of them as the Germans did not use Enigma to transmit orders during that battle. Wikipedia: Battle of the Bulge 134 01:37:32,000 --> 01:37:42,000 TRUE The Allies won the war. 135 01:38:26,000 --> 01:38:36,000 FALSE-ISH All materials at Bletchley were destroyed. However many of the cypher teams - Turing & Joan included - stayed friends. 136 01:39:20,000 --> 01:39:30,000 Nock didn't exist. Dramatically invented scene. There was no Nock. 137 01:41:40,000 --> 01:41:50,000 FALSE-ISH Turing was pre-warned that his friend had died & that he should prepare for the worst. The housemasters announced Christopher's death to all the boys, not just Turing & was kind & comforting. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, Location 1474 138 01:42:01,000 --> 01:42:11,000 TRUE Turing was sentenced on three counts of gross indeceny. 139 01:42:30,000 --> 01:42:40,000 TRUE-ISH Joan did not turn up at Turing's house. However they remained life-long friends & she probably would've done anything to support him. 140 01:42:52,000 --> 01:43:02,000 Turing's circle dispute that he was depressed. "Many members of Turing’s circle, dispute that the experience sent Turing into a downward spiral of depression. By the accounts of those who knew him, he bore the injustice with fortitude, then spent the next year enthusiastically pursuing projects." New York Review of Books 141 01:43:24,000 --> 01:43:34,000 TRUE Turing accepted a year of hormone treatment over prison. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, p595 142 01:43:34,000 --> 01:43:44,000 FALSE Joan wasn't there. 143 01:43:54,000 --> 01:44:04,000 FALSE Turing was eccentric but never confused computers with people. New York Review of Books 144 01:44:05,000 --> 01:44:15,000 TRUE-ISH If Turing was sent to prison, he could've lost his Manchester University position & access to the computer. 145 01:44:55,000 --> 01:45:05,000 FALSE-ISH Privately, Turing may well have been upset about the verdict but his letters convey only a pragmatic resignation to his punishment. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges, p595 146 01:45:20,000 --> 01:45:30,000 TRUE-ISH Joan married a colleague named Lieutenant-Colonel J (Jock) K R Murray, a retired army office in 1952. University of St Andrews honours project (2008) by Lynsey Ann Lord 147 01:45:55,000 --> 01:46:05,000 No mention of this side-effect. Turing complained that the hormonal treatment gave him "breasts" but there was no mention of other physical or mental symptoms. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 148 01:46:43,000 --> 01:46:53,000 TRUE-ISH The country did have much to thank Turing for, but it really was a massive team effort with over 9000 dedicated staff working at Bletchley during the war. Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) by A. Hodges 149 01:47:20,000 --> 01:47:30,000 TRUE Turing was highly active, creative & influential in the fields of theoretical computer science & artificial intelligence. Wikipedia: Alan Turing 150 01:48:03,000 --> 01:48:13,000 FALSE This catchphrase was made up for the film. 151 01:48:33,000 --> 01:48:43,000 TRUE-ISH All materials at Bletchley were destroyed after the war. 152 01:48:49,000 --> 01:48:59,000 FALSE-ISH It's open to interpretation whether TURING committed suicide or actually accidentally poisoned himself with cyanide from his lab (he left no suicide note). Either way, it happened a full year AFTER he stopped hormonal therapy. New York Review of Books 153 01:48:59,000 --> 01:49:09,000 TRUE Truly terrible. The Guardian 154 01:49:13,000 --> 01:49:23,000 TRUE Queen Elizabeth issued a royal pardon for Alan Turing. BBC News 155 01:49:24,000 --> 01:49:34,000 TRUE Some historians estimate that Bletchley Park's massive codebreaking operation, especially the breaking of U-boat Enigma, shortened the war in Europe by as many as two to four years. BBC News 156 01:49:36,000 --> 01:49:46,000 TRUE-ISH Hmm, not really. The first book about Bletchley was published in 1974, 30 years after the war. 157 01:49:59,000 --> 01:50:09,000 TRUE "Providing a blueprint for the electronic digital computer. The fact remains that everyone who taps at a keyboard, opening a spreadsheet or a word-processing program, is working on an incarnation of a Turing machine." Time Magazine 158 01:51:50,000 --> 01:52:00,000 - 159 01:52:01,000 --> 01:52:05,000 Original Data Provided By: Omid Kashan, DM, David McCandless Karl Webster, Dr Stephanie Starling Subtitles Compiled By: BreadCodes