Strangeness in Space
Hats (or should that be loon pants?) off to Sophie Aldred and everyone on the Strangeness in Space team, who ended their extremely successful Kickstarter campaign last week, having far exceeded their £15k target to fund the first episode of the series.
Appearing alongside Sophie and Saturday morning telly legends Trev and Simon in forthcoming episodes will be Rufus Hound, Doon Mackichan, Carol Cleveland and Barnaby Edwards.
What would happen if Sophie, the manager of a NASA Space Centre gift shop, and Trev and Simon, two idiots claiming to be a 1980s styled synth pop duo called Pink Custard, were thrown together with a stressy computer robot called LEMON on board a damaged space craft, lost in a distant universe, orbiting Planet Mirth?
Trev, Simon and Sophie are unwittingly rocketed into the extraordinary, surreal world of space! They’re racing into the future with a foot in the past (the nostalgic 1980’s to be precise). Along the way, fuelled by a diet of indigestible powdered space food, they will encounter a whole host of unusual space dwellers and aliens.
Strangeness in Space is produced by Clare Eden and episode 1 will be available for free download later in 2015.
You can find out more on the Strangeness in Space website: www.strangenessinspace.com
...And for anyone seeking an immediate hit of Nineties comedy duos in space adventures, look no further than Big Finish’s very own Doctor Who: Real Time, featuring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring.