List of Nebulous episodes
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Nebulous is a British comedy-sci-fi broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005 and 2006.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
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[edit] First series
- Released on CD on 5 February 2007, ISBN 9781846071522.
| # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Holofile 117: The Night of the Vegetarians" | January 6, 2005 |
| A series of mysterious deaths around Weston-Hyper-Mare leads the Professor to the last vegetarian colony, run by the notorious Dr Klench. Upon closer investigation, K.E.N.T. discover an insidious plan involving a super-intelligent cactus from space, brainwashing, extreme vegetarianism and cactus pricks. | ||
| 2 | "Holofile 154: The Lovely Invasion" | January 13, 2005 |
| In a parody of the Doctor Who episode "The Claws of Axos", A trio of beautiful, naked men land in the withered Midlands of England, and only Professor Nebulous suspects that all may not be as it seems, claiming that they are in fact "giant electric worms, who drool acid and bark". Taking matters into his own hands, Nebulous attempts to kill the Lovely before a potentially terrible meeting with the world leaders... | ||
| 3 | "Holofile 722: The Dust Has Landed" | January 20, 2005 |
| A nationwide attack of dust leads K.E.N.T. to Edgware, where they discover a speck of sentient dust so powerful, it necessitates the reinvention of the vacuum cleaner and a team-up of the resources of K.E.N.T. and L.O.U.G.H.B.O.R.G.H., where Nebulous meets his ex-fiancée, Erica Flazenby, and Rory discovers the joys of black helicopters and applies for a transfer. | ||
| 4 | "Holofile 333: Madness Is a Strange Colour" | January 27, 2005 |
| After Sir Ronald Rowlands suffers a nervous breakdown in his newly redecorated office. K.E.N.T. investigates, and discovers that the Vartox Paint Company’s new colour, Garrow, is sending people insane. With Sir Ronald and Rory driven mad, and Nebulous's leg having been broken, it is up to Paula and Harry to whiten the paint before the entire government is driven mad by their new wallpaper. | ||
| 5 | "Holofile 969: The Coincidence Machine" | February 3, 2005 |
| An invention of Nebulous’ mentor - a machine that observes and records coincidences - threatens the world with “Coinci-clasm” in which reality will become one massive coincidence; if not stopped, it will cause mankind to pass into the Wierderness, where they shall simply die out. To solve the case, the Professor must contact a terrible alternate universe... A world where everything is spelled Different (Literally) and the curtains are a terrible pattern. | ||
| 6 | "Holofile 237: The Man Who Polished The Sun" | February 10, 2005 |
| The effort to rid the world of the cold and drizzly season of Hamble is hijacked and the Earth is now endangered by a dwarf star. Klench escapes prison at this point and, aided by a treacherous Harry Hayes, attempts to use the energy of the star to hold the world to ransom. Meanwhile, Paula attempts to take Rory's advice to attract the Professor by ignoring him (She barely lasts twenty seconds). | ||
[edit] Second series
| # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Holofile 023: The Deptford Wives" | April 5, 2006 |
| In a parody of The Stepford Wives, Several men are found dead and the only link is the fact that all had recently married a cloned "Deptford Wife" from the Deptford Islands… one of which has just been purchased by Harry. | ||
| 2 | "Holofile 993: The Buzzing" | April 12, 2006 |
| Investigating mysterious deaths, Nebulous and Rory find themselves pitted against a race of bee/wasp hybrids known as the Bosps, while Paula falls under the control of the evil hive mind… | ||
| 3 | "Holofile 316: I, Nebulous" | April 19, 2006 |
| Dr. Klench reappears with a plan to murder all the delegates of a galactic peace conference with his mind in the body of Professor Nebulous, purely to embarrass Nebulous, who is in charge of security for the conference. | ||
| 4 | "Holofile 767: Destiny Of The Destinoyd" | April 26, 2006 |
| On a trip to the moon, Nebulous falls in love with a beautiful female ghost, while Paula and Rory find that a 'Destinoyd' has escaped, and may be responsible for the deaths of several men. | ||
| 5 | "Holofile 840: Tempus Fugitive" | May 3, 2006 |
| Called in to investigate the groundbreaking work of scientist Doctor Linda Andil, who has developed time travel, the K.E.N.T. team find themselves in three different time zones to find aspects of her that were fractured across time; Rory meets a hippie Lindavidual in 1969 at Woodstock, Harry travels to the year 700001, following the 'UltraWithering', where everyone was reduced to single bodyparts, leaving Harry the most complete human in existence, while the Professor and Paula are sent to 2069... and meet the Professor's childhood self. | ||
| 6 | "Holofile 644: Last Of The Present Sirius" | May 10, 2006 |
| Professor Nebulous is finds himself trapped in a time loop, on the weekend omnibus of a reality television endlessly repeating like "an insane merry-go-round, each elliptical revolution taking it further from reality, the children on the merry-go-round clinging to the brightly painted wooden horses for security, but the horses are starting to mutate, turning into Shetland Ponies". Escaping from the show, the Professor finds himself on Sirius, the Dog Star (a.k.a. Poodle Sphere Six) coming to the end of his tenth season. | ||
[edit] "Missing" Episodes
In the sleeve notes of the series one audiobook, Graham Duff wrote a section on supposed "missing" episodes. This itself is a parody of when television stations such as the BBC used to "wipe" episodes of television programmes and record over them, especially the loss of many early Doctor Who episodes. In the notes, Duff claims that as result of wiping that, "Consequently, many classic Nebulous episodes were destroyed, along with editions of iconic Radio 4 shows such as Gardeners' Question Time and Money Box Live."[1]
Episodes missing include the following (summaries by Duff).
- When Bagpies Walked The Earth — The K.E.N.T. team travel to Scotland, where they discover that the Loch Ness Monster is in fact a man in a costume being controlled by a race of deep fired aliens. This episode is notable for the Professor's famous speech where he declares, "A man should be judged by his actions, not by the colour and complexity of his tartan."
- Genesis of the Facless Ambassadors of Fury — In this, Nebulous' fifth encounter with the Faceless Ambassadors, he is transported back to the time of their creation so he can wipe them out before they lose their faces, become ambassadors, or begin to feel furious.
- The Forever Sandwich — Nebulous is intially unconcerned when he is unable to finish his cheese sandwich. However, he soon discovers he is dealing with an infinite sandwich and immeasureable garnish. Featuring special guest star Brian Blessed as the voice of the Sandwich.
- Terror of the Horrornauts — Nebulous encounters an ancient evil. Deliberately wiped by the BBC, because it was originally deemed too scary to ever be repeated, this episode prompted an unprecedented amount of complaints. Questions were asked in the House and there was even a suggestion that the Queen may be forced to abdicate.
- The Farmers — The K.E.N.T. team accidentally travel back to the time of the Enclosure Act and battle the evil land baron Sir Sedgemund De Wolf. A rare historical episode, The Farmers is now principally remembered for its notorious "Trial By Seed Drill" scene.
- The Power of the Cushions — When a series of government officals are found partially devoured following an innocent sit down, Nebulous suspects some old enemies might be at the bottom of it. This episode marks the first appearance of the Supreme Scatter Cushion.
There are a total of 23 episodes officially missing, including The Man Who Kissed His Own Brain, Tomorrow is a Tunnel (both from Season 6), The Flesh Eating Cushion (Season 8) and the enitre tenth season.
[edit] References
- ^ Sleeve notes to Nebulous Series 1 audiobooks, written by Graham Duff.
