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Professor Quanderhorn and his crew are about to have their space craft shredded like a savoy cabbage by a massive gravitational wave. Only Martian hostage Guuuurk can save them.

But will the self-declared ‘miserable coward and despicable turncoat’ risk his life and even his very sanity by mind-leaping into Quanderhorn's ‘son, Troy, a half-insectoid, touted as ‘a major breakthrough in Artificial Stupidity’.

Meanwhile, behind the Post Office in the nearby village, a glowing, throbbing meteorite is exuding a strange influence on the local inhabitants.

When Dr Janussen, Guuuurk, Troy and even Quanderhorn himself appear to be possessed by an alien intelligence, Brian is faced with a perilous dilemma.

And who is that peculiar hot chestnut seller, who bears a startling resemblance to Prime Minister Churchill?

Professor Quanderhorn …... James Fleet
Brian Nylon ..…. Ryan Sampson
Dr Gemini Janussen ..…. Cassie Layton
Guuurk ... Kevin Eldon
Troy Quanderhorn ..…. Freddie Fox
Winston Churchill/Jenkins …... John Sessions
Synthetic Voice …... Rachel Atkins

Music by Peter Brewis

Created and written by Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall

Director: Andrew Marshall

Producers: Rob Grant and Gordon Kennedy

An Absolutely production for Â鶹Éç Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2018.

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