Harry and his team run a University project looking into novel ways of communicating with aliens.

Or, more accurately, they don't.

In fact, they don't do anything. And they do that very well.

That is, until they are down to their last £3.75. Something has to happen. They need more money, and fast.

And that's before Bernard sends a mannequin dressed as him to inform them of his drastic plans to use their office for a rocket bay to blast himself into space...