No Return — Bonus: Alien Robot Space Jesus From the Future

Send us Fan MailA collaboration between Strange New Worlds and Spaced Out Tales and the NoReturniverse.A time-travelling alien robot arrives on Earth intending to save humanity, but his appeal for kindness is passed from a job centre to police custody, political leaders and an increasingly impatient cosmic parent. Bureaucracy, panic and geopolitics do not make the assignment straightforward.Content warningsStrong language and sexual languageGun violence, death and references to school shootingsNuclear weapons, mass destruction and apocalyptic threatMental-health crisis, detention and coercive interrogationAlcohol dependencyPolitical and religious satire, discriminatory rhetoric and national caricatureCastVoices From the Vortex of Bureaucracy and Beyond The Jaw-Dropping John Kennard as the indomitable Alien Robot Space Jesus From The Future The Astounding Abbie Jordan-Tickle brought practiced dispassion to the Job Centre Clerk The Kinda-Knavish Kier Zhou tried his best as the Angry Job Seeker The Jubilant Jim Cogan lent machine-like charisma to the Job Centre Terminal The Kinetic Kat McQueen served up sass as Job Centre Agent 1 The Commanding Cameron Gergett countered with indifference as Job Centre Agent 2 The Mighty Matt Evans brought polite peace making to the Police Officer The Luminous Lauren Deakin investigated truth as the Journalist The Gravitas-Gilded Girunduu governed gloriously as the Prime Minister The Blazing Brandon Gamblin oozed menace as Agent Orange The Charismatic Chris Bauso made mayhem as President Biggle Guff The Justifiably Jaded Joe Killcar almost kept secrets safe as the Secret Service Agent The Dynamic Danielle Thuen reported on reports as the Reporter The Stoic Stephen Newhand offered the voice of the everyman as Man on the Street The Kinda-Kooky Kier Zhou multitasked heroically as both Woman on the Street and Ambiguously Gendered Pedestrian The Divine Dylan Smith pontificated perfectly as The Pope The Kinda-Confused Kier Zhou also moonlighted as Supreme Leader Bum Suk’s Interpreter The Legendary Loretta Chang diplomatically decoded for the (totally fictional) President Wei Ni Xiong The Magnificent Michael Secha translated tyranny for President Tupin The Electrifying Emily Morse-Lee transcended reality as the Alien Robot Space God Script Sacrificed by the Chronically-Chaotic Kier Zhou Sound Sculpted by the Begrudgingly-Busy Kier Zhou, with Consultant Conjurer Jim Cogan Produced with Unearned Confidence by Kier Zhou & Jim Cogan Lyrics for The Apocalypse Hymn Originally written by Kier Zhou. Scrapped and rewritten in its entirety by Jim Cogan 🤣 Music composed, performed, and sanctified by Jim Cogan The Apocalypse Hymn was gloriously butchered by “The Cast”Listen and supporthttps://noreturn.buzzsprout.com/17508524https://www.patreon.com/NoReturnADSupport the show