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->''"That thing is eating my crew!"''
->''"Only the slow ones. It's picking them off one by one, it's doing exactly what I would do. I think I almost love her."''
-->'''Henderson and York''', ''A Gift From the Glish''

-->''"That thing is eating my crew!"''
-->''"Only the slow ones. It's picking them off one by one, it's doing exactly what I would do. I think I almost love her."''

-->''Attention all crew: nutrition advice. Lager is not a meal in itself. Eat food with your lager.''

-->''"That thing is eating my crew!"''
-->''"Only the slow ones. It's picking them off one by one, it's doing exactly what I would do. I think I almost love her."''
-->'''Henderson and York''', ''A Gift From the Glish''

This show boils down to a British Warship (the ''HMS Camden Lock'') in the year 2151 crewed by a FiveManBand of [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears Lawyers]] who solve problems by making them bigger until they go away.

The show was quite well received critically but failed to get the ratings. It had two seasons in 2006 and 2007.

The Bridge Crew consists of:
* Space Commander Michael Henderson: "Henderson rose through the ranks in exactly the way we say people can in the recruitment ads, yet endeavour to prevent in practice. Henderson shows initiative; always a dangerous sign."
** Recommended Action: "Send to a [[KickedUpstairs dangerous quadrant]] of the galaxy, where perhaps some alien race may deal with 'the Henderson problem' for us."
* First Officer Eduardo York: "York is still the only trainee at Space Force Academy to ever kill someone in a role play workshop, after which he said he was '[[AllPartOfTheShow just trying to make it realistic]], wasn't that the idea, or are you disagreeing with me as well?'. A cold-hearted, brutal psychopath."
** Recommended Action: "We need more like him."
* Diplomatic officer Chloe Teal: "Teal was expected to excel in her final exams at Space Force academy, yet spent the entire three hours working out the best way to arrange her coloured pens. We couldn't flunk her though because her Dad's an ambassador."
** Recommended Action: "The Camden Lock has proved a suitable place for her talents."
* Technical Officer Jeffers: "Disobedient and insolent AND VERY GOOD IN BED, Jeffers CAN DRINK TWO BOTTLES OF CIDER WITHOUT NEEDING A WEE has been subject to several serious investigations, records of which have mysteriously disappeared from our central computer OH DEAR."
** Recommended Action: "Investigate further. GOOD LUCK!"
* Navigator Vine: "Suffering panic attacks and delusions, Vine is a danger to himself and the rest of his crew. He lives in fear of most things, including fear itself and the fear of fear itself. Oddly, he's fine with [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes spiders]]."
** Recommended Action: "Medicate if becomes severe."
* Sandstrom: "Sandstrom is a prototype. It may be that there are problems with the enhancement process, but the project went four times over budget so it is vital that we don't draw any attention to them."
** Recommended Action: "If pressed please say, 'The enhanced human project is a triumph of British engineering, and the early models which rampaged through Manchester should not blind us to that fact.'"

(Comments from official Space Force files on the [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/hyperdrive/ BBC website]].)

Contains examples of:
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: {{Lampshaded}}, "...their language is AMAZINGLY similar to English, which is jolly helpful..." Every alien language in the show is either English or English being spoken in a weird voice.

* InterspeciesRomance: Averted with the Squick-inducing sex education video.

* FiveManBand: Jeffers and Vine share the Smart Guy role.

* HeroicSociopath: York. Well, sometimes he is heroic, or at least on the right side.

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[[caption-width-right:200:Teal, Henderson and York, about to make a new enemy for all of mankind.]]

* {{Badass}}: Arguably York.

* AmbiguouslyBi: In the DeadlyGame episode, Henderson doesn't seem bothered at all that he's the fan favorite for the gay male crowd. In fact, at the end of the episode he requests that the ship make a detour so he can appear at the opening of a disco/bathhouse/club (called "Spurt") because he was invited by his new gay fans. Considering this and his affection for [[SpaceshipGirl Sandstrom]], he's comfortably in this role.

* InterspeciesRomance: Hilariously averted with the Squick-inducing sex education video.

* DyingMomentOfAwesomr: Averted for RuleOfFunny, but there is no realistic way York's [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat clone could have survived]] shunting Shuttle 3 through the ''Pride Of Glenrothes''' ramscoop to save the ''Camden Lock''.

* ZanyScheme: Season 1, Episode 3, verging on XanatosGambit

* BiTheWay: Possibly Henderson. In the DeadlyGame episode, Henderson doesn't seem bothered at all that he's the fan favorite for the gay male crowd. In fact, at the end of the episode he requests that the ship make a detour so he can appear at the opening of a disco/bathhouse/club (called "Spurt") because he was invited by his new gay fans. Ambiguously Bi, at least.

* DisintegratorRay: Lampooned with the Queppunian Doom Ray. If the target stays perfectly still for three days. It has a recharge time of 1 week.

[[caption-width-right:200:Chloe, Henderson and York, about to make a new enemy for all of mankind.]]

* ShowWithinAShow: Captain Helix. [[spoiler: Responsible for the afformentioned brainwashing.]]

* TooGoodToLast

-->Henderson and York, ''A Gift From the Glish''

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7125.jpg
[[caption-width:200:Chloe, Henderson and York, about to make a new enemy for all of mankind.]]

*AliensSpeakingEnglish: {{Lampshaded}}, "...their language is AMAZINGLY similar to English, which is jolly helpful..."