The lack of accuracy in the calculation of longitude had caused the death of countless sailors. In 1714 Parliament, worried by the loss of British ships and mindful to the military advantage of knowing where one was at sea, offered a £20,000 prize to anyone who could accurately measure longitude. This is the story of John Harrison, a brilliant carpenter, whose timepieces solved the problem that had long defeated the scientists, it was a hard fought victory and Harrison was forced to endure pover find out more...

NASA footage of underwater exploration and deep space travel provide the dreamscape for a narration by Brad Dourif as an alien raging against the sins of mankind, a failed alien invasion and our own pre-doomed space exploration. This is intelligent escapism into a mysterious sci-fi world; amusing, stunning, unsettling, haunting and mind-bending madness. A mesmerising and beautiful docu-fantasy. find out more...