Ed Stoppard, Geoff McGivern, Heida Reed and Raad Rawi as the Mekon

‘Voyage to Venus’

‘The Red Moon Mystery’

‘Marooned on Mercury’

‘New Worlds: The Music of Imran Ahmad’

Brilliant test pilot, Dan Dare, is chosen to fly the Anastasia – a new experimental spacecraft – on its maiden voyage to Venus. This isn’t exploration – it is to make first contact with a mysterious civilisation that has sent technological secrets as a goodwill gesture. However, what Dan, Digby and Professor Peabody find on Venus isn’t goodwill, but a terrifyingly intelligent, cold-hearted ruler, the Mekon. A creature destined to become Dan Dare’s nemesis – and Earth’s greatest threat…