Chelsea Smile (London 1969, chapter 3)

Chelsea Smile: Phonebox 3: Mission 1

Giver
The Crisp Twins (London 1969)
Location
the third payphone from the left in Northwest Bow
Reward
7,000 points, +1 score multiplier

Someone is bothering one of Albert Crisp’s favorite boys, and the Mob wants a group of tourists as a distraction. You steal a Flatbed, make the Big Ben caretaker change the clock, take a Tour Bus and kidnap the tourists.

Before you start

Keep the Flatbed and the bus away from walls and other cars; both are long and slow to turn.

Do not shoot the tourists or the caretaker.

Objectives

  1. Grab the truck in West Soho and we’ll keep you posted.
  2. Get over to Big Ben in Southeast Westminster. We’re going to change the time, and we need you to have a word with the caretaker and get him to tell us how.
  3. Punch the caretaker until he talks.
  4. Go around the back and change the time using the control panel.
  5. Steal the Tour Bus that leaves Big Ben early.
  6. Get back to Big Ben and pick up the tourists.
  7. Take the tourists to the garage in West City.

Chelsea Smile: Phonebox 3: Mission 1 walkthrough

Get the Flatbed

The call says someone is messing with one of Albert Crisp’s favorite boys, and the Mob wants a group of tourists kidnapped. First the law needs distracting. Take the Flatbed truck from West Soho. It is a green lorry, so brake early and take wide turns on the way to Westminster.

Phoneboxes along a road, a blue and a yellow car at the call's end
Yellow car at a junction with stop signs on the way to Westminster

Talk to the caretaker

A message tells you to get over to Big Ben in Southeast Westminster and have a word with the caretaker about changing the clock. He refuses at first, so punch him until he agrees. Do not kill him, as that fails the job. He then tells you to go around the back and use the control panel.

Yellow car beside two green Flatbed trucks near a stop sign
Caretaker's message that he cannot tell you more, Flatbed on the grass by Big Ben

Change the time

Go around the back of Big Ben and use the control panel to change the time. This forces the tour buses to leave early. One bus leaves immediately, and the contact tells you to track one down and use it to pick up some tourists. Take the bus once it moves off.

Caretaker saying to go around the back to the control panel, Flatbed by the grass
Big Ben clock face seen from above, red car and Flatbed nearby

Kidnap the tourists

Steal the red Tour Bus, then go back to Big Ben and let the tourists get on. Drive carefully and keep the bus in one piece, as it fails the job if it is destroyed. Go to the garage in West City and stop there to finish.

Red Tour Bus with tourists aboard, message to get back to Big Ben
Red Tour Bus turning at a crossing in Northeast Westminster
Red Tour Bus crossing a junction in West City

What fails this mission

Besides dying or being arrested, the mission ends if any of these happen:

  • the caretaker is killed
  • the Flatbed is destroyed
  • the Tour Bus is destroyed
  • the tourists are killed

After the mission

You earn 7,000 points and a +1 multiplier. The next job from this phonebox begins at once.

Red Tour Bus full of tourists driving along a street

Part of Chelsea Smile (London 1969, chapter 3) in the story walkthrough.