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Fear! Terror! Gut-wrenching Horror! Arg Arg. Please!

The professor gets a warning from his future self, as an ancient alien ziggurat appears. Starring James Fleet. From 2018.

It's 1952, as usual.

Having fired the Dangerous Giant Space Laser at the alien vessel containing his crew, Quanderhorn creates "improved" duplicates of them all as replacements.

Meanwhile the originals - having luckily escaped the blast by triggering the Mercurian metadrive thanks to an astonishingly angry outburst from Guuuurk - find themselves marooned in a strange forest which the Martian deduces is somewhere in the Crab Nebula.

The professor receives a dire warning from his future self, as an ancient alien ziggurat emerges at Piccadilly Circus Tube Station - just by the chocolate machine. He hastens to London to investigate with his new assistants.

Our heroes are slightly surprised when a number 43 bus to Highgate Woods arrives unexpectedly and they race to Piccadilly Circus to confront the professor and their doppelgangers.

But Prime Minister Churchill has plans of his own to deal with Quanderhorn, and summons up his crack Lab Busting bomber squadron.

The Quanderhorn Xperimentations - an adventure beyond human understanding.

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

Created and written by Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall

Director: Andrew Marshall

Producers: Rob Grant and Gordon Kennedy

An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2018.

28 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
Professor QuanderhornJames Fleet
Brian NylonRyan Sampson
Dr Gemini JannussenCassie Layton
GuuuurkKevin Eldon
Troy QuanderhornFreddie Fox
ChurchillJohn Sessions
JenkinsJohn Sessions
Synthetic VoiceRachel Atkins
Virginia WhiteRachel Atkins
WriterRob Grant
WriterAndrew Marshall

Broadcasts

  • Mon 23 Jul 201811:30
  • Wed 9 Oct 201918:30
  • Wed 16 Oct 201907:30
  • Wed 16 Oct 201917:30
  • Wed 16 Oct 201922:00
  • Thu 17 Oct 201905:30
  • Tue 6 Apr 202107:00
  • Tue 6 Apr 202117:00
  • Wed 7 Apr 202105:00
  • Fri 11 Nov 202207:00
  • Fri 11 Nov 202217:00
  • Sat 12 Nov 202205:00
  • Fri 14 Nov 202508:00
  • Fri 14 Nov 202513:00
  • Fri 14 Nov 202519:00
  • Sat 15 Nov 202503:00