Episode 9.1

While the Saucer is undergoing a lengthy MOT, Alan has been stranded on Earth by his Starfleet bosses for the first half of Season 9, working as a scientific advisor to the international military group UNIT. (A few cheap Earth-bound episodes will help reduce the spiralling production budget, too.) A good thing that, like most old school environmentalists, he packed some atomics for his holiday as it seems that the Earth has been knocked off course by admirably enthusiastic nuclear testing – well done boffins! - and is heating up rapidly. 

Pausing only to dictate the next day’s news headlines (either way, so as to be on the safe side), he heads off to bang in the bomb’s keystone with his trusty meat tenderiser and waddle as quickly as he can to a safe distance. Job done!