Credicombe Down is a prestigious research establishment on the edge of Dartmoor. Its public image is one of secrecy and efficiency with a hint of some sinister military activity. In reality it is a dumping ground for failed civil servants and unconventional scientists whose enthusiasms have become an embarrassment to management and mainstream scientists alike. Some of the visionary crusading scientists, lead by Dr. Simon Lewis (a disillusioned aerospace engineer) are in a constant state of passive procedural warfare with the conservative, cost conscious administration. Their struggle to...