The BF Time Warp 046: Flip-Flop

[Anthony Williams]

It's that time again, kiddos!

Christmas Eve in the year 3060, and the planet Puxatornee is home to a prosperous human colony.

A space craft has arrived in orbit carrying the Slithergees, a race of obsequious alien slugs. Their home world has been destroyed and they are humbly requesting permission to settle on the first moon.

And if they don't get permission, then they are humbly threatening to declare all-out war.

The future hangs in the balance. The decision rests with Bailey, the colony's president - but she has other things on her mind.

Christmas Eve in the year 3090, and the planet Puxatornee has changed beyond all recognition.

The Doctor and Mel arrive, on a completely unrelated mission to defeat a race of terrible monsters, and soon discover that something rather confusing has been happening to history.

Let's talk about this highly unusual play - did you enjoy it? What order did you listen to it in? Do you think it stands up to the test of time? Denizens of Planet Skaro, we want to know YOUR thoughts!

[Si Hunt]

It's a good play, and of course our old friend Dan Hogarth gives a great performance as the Slithergees. The only problem is that the very twist - a play with no ending - threatens to clobber it, as it's quite unsatisfying listening to a story that never resolves itself.

Si.

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

Totally agree, and the fact that we don't know which version of events actually happened as they appear to cancel each other out of existence adds to the dissatisfaction.

An interesting experiment though.

[SiHart]

If only we'd ever found what happened on the Space Yacht Pinto and whether the Doctor and Mel quelled the Quarks.

[Junkyard]

Totally agree, and the fact that we don't know which version of events actually happened as they appear to cancel each other out of existence adds to the dissatisfaction.

An interesting experiment though.

Agree. An amusing plot and an interesting format. But not to be repeated please.