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- Tailing the Paradox, Dr. Agon’s falcon, Trump, is sucked into a black hole and grows to gigantic size. The giant falcon attacks the Paradox, but accidentally swallows the half-timbered starship and Captain Thrice and his crew find themselves trapped in the giant bird’s belly! (en)
- Sir Squeakalot undergoes a personality change when he is taken over by Short Fred Ledd’s parrot, Tin Lizzy. He ties up the Paradox crew and flies the ship to the Cutting Snark, where even the force of Lavender Castle seems powerless to prevent them from becoming the slaves of Dr. Agon! (en)
- Attempting to outrun Dr. Agon’s Mammoth Machine, Isambard pushes the Paradox’s engines beyond their capacity and they explode. Without power, the crew are sitting ducks for Dr. Agon who promises a poetic end for the travellers – vapourisation when the moon of the planet Draco reaches its zenith. (en)
- The new crew of the Paradox intercept an Intergalactic Distress Call and trace it to the Dragon’s Planet where they find a dying old lady in a dilapidated house inside a huge plant pod. She asks them to grant her dying wish, but Captain Thrice discovers a plot laid by Dr. Agon to trap them all inside the pod! (en)
- The Paradox receives a distress call revealing that a huge asteroid is on a collision course with Lyca’s home planet Flora – if it is not stopped within seven hours, the entire population will perish. The Paradox crew mount a daring rescue mission with the help of the junkyard twins Twaddle Duff and Twaddle Dim. (en)
- Captain Thrice and Sproggle visit the Twaddle twins on planet Thestal to find Sproggle a birthday present. Sproggle wants a dog, but the Captain refuses to allow one on board the Paradox, so the Twaddle twins get Sproggle an invisible dog called Wearizy. Then, an unexpected guest gate-crashes Sproggle’s birthday party – Dr. Agon! (en)
- According to legend, when the two suns eclipse on planet Bharron, once every thousand years, Lavender Castle can be seen in the desert. Captain Thrice and Walking Stick mount an expedition into the desert, but on the third day, the Captain loses Walking Stick when he falls into a gully. Alone in an endless desert, Thrice finds himself at the mercy of Dr. Agon. (en)
- Captain Thrice is contacted by junkyard owner Twaddle Duff who tells of a customer who is willing to swap information about Lavender Castle for the Paradox’s rare MD646 engine. Isambard refuses to allow his engine to be taken away, but discovers that he hasn’t much choice in the matter – the engine has already gone! (en)
- Arriving at Doodlebug’s Supermarket to collect supplies, Roger, Lyca and Sir Squeakalot find that the place has been ransacked and Doodlebug placed in suspended animation. The culprit is the android Colonel Clump, who wants to turn the Paradox crew into exhibits in his gallery of living space creatures. (en)
- During a close encounter with Dr. Agon’s Mammoth Machine, Sproggle is accidentally thrown from the Paradox and falls into a strange blue cloud. He is "rescued" by Dr. Agon, but once aboard the Mammoth Machine, both are oddly effected by the cloud and swap personalities: Dr. Agon becomes the frightened orphan child while Sproggle turns into Dr. Agon. (en)
- By a trillion to one chance, the Paradox discovers Roger’s old Starfighter, the Firefly, adrift in space. Isambard goes aboard to effect repairs, but it is the inexperienced Sproggle who ends up in the cockpit of the Starfighter when Dr. Agon’s Mammoth Machine closes in on the Paradox! (en)
- Out of fuel, the Paradox crash lands in the swamp on planet Quagmire, close to the Dank’s shack. The suspicious Dank refuses to help the stranded crew until Captain Thrice challenges him to a banjo picking contest. If Thrice wins, the Dank will help, but if he loses, the Paradox will belong to the Dank. (en)
- Tailing Short Fred Ledd to the planet Icesester, Sproggle is captured by the pirate who holds him hostage. Fred is after the Icesester Diamond, the largest diamond in the universe with the power to absorb the energy of a sun. If the Paradox crew don’t find the diamond for him within thirty minutes, Fred will cut off Sproggle’s bauble. (en)
- Answering a distress call, the Paradox crew arrive on the planet Barrenette where the desert is littered with bodies. But the bodies are just painted cut-outs and the team have walked into another of Dr. Agon’s devious traps. With the rest of the crew knocked out by sleeping gas, Sir Squeakalot must again face Dr. Agon’s giant robot spider - but this time, alone. (en)
- Isambard discovers that Lavender Castle has its own web site on the Galacternet with co-ordinates that apparently reveal its position. Captain Thrice suspects a trap laid by Dr. Agon, but the crew vote to follow the co-ordinates to the twin peaks on the planet Trimbo where the Paradox is caught in a gigantic spider’s web! (en)
- Captain Thrice contacts Galactic Fever and without treatment, he could die within five days. The cure is an extract from the leaves of the Wumbo plant, found only in the Great Swamp on the planet Quagmire. But the Wumbo plants are fiercely guarded by the Danks, who want them all for themselves. (en)
- Dr. Agon proposes an alliance of the Paradox crew’s greatest enemies and summons Short Fred Ledd, the Dank and Colonel Clump to the Dark Station. Each has a story to tell of an encounter with the Paradox crew that has left them with a score to settle. (en)
- Dr. Agon tricks the Twaddle twins into delivering the Firefly to Captain Thrice as an anonymous gift. When Roger test flies the Firefly, it suddenly goes out of control, breaking through the light barrier. The Firefly finally comes to a stop, but Roger finds himself on the other side of the galaxy with no way back! (en)
- A message on Sproggle’s radio draws the Paradox crew to the Mountain of Morg on the planet Zark to search for the Lavender Compass that will lead them to Lavender Castle. But the caves of Morg are laced with deadly traps and the travellers' every move is being watched by a sinister figure who wants the Compass for himself. (en)
- Suffering from Space Fatigue and in need of a break, the Paradox crew visit a Galactic Park on the planet Themea, apparently run by Twaddle Duff. The crew decide to take a ride on Twaddle Duff’s ghost train, unaware that the train is actually under the control of Dr. Agon, who plans to give them the ride of their lives! (en)
- The Paradox finally finds Lavender Castle, but so does Dr. Agon, who sets a plan in motion to destroy it: when the Castle is in close range of a sun, Agon intends to create a chain reaction in the sun which will destroy itself, vaporising Lavender Castle. The Paradox crew race to stop Dr. Agon from carrying out his plan, but they may already be too late. (en)
- The Paradox is drawn to a dark tower perched on a cliff top and, believing it might prove to be a gateway to Lavender Castle, Captain Thrice, Roger and Isambard investigate. Inside, they are welcomed by The Guardian who invites them to view the Most Fabulous Object in the Universe. (en)
- Following a recommendation in a brochure, the Paradox crew decide to take a holiday on the planet Brightonia on Sea. But once there, they are captured by Short Fred Ledd who chains them up and steals the Paradox. Without water, their only hope of survival rests with Sir Squeakalot and Isambard’s latest invention, a remote control for the Paradox. (en)
- Dr. Agon traps the crew of the Paradox in an asteroid field and tragedy strikes when Captain Thrice is killed in Agon’s first attack. With the Paradox on the verge of destruction, Lyca takes a desperate gamble and activates Isambard's new experimental time machine. (en)
- While Lyca and Sproggle search for treasure on planet Scull, the Paradox comes under fire from Short Fred Ledd who destroys the ship and takes the crew prisoner aboard the Cutting Snark, guarded by the fearsome robot spider known as The Black Swat. It is now up to Lyca, Sproggle and Walking Stick to rescue their friends. (en)
- Captain Thrice embarks upon a mission to find the legendary Lavender Castle, the greatest source of power in the universe, before the evil Dr. Agon can destroy it. In search of a crew for the starship Paradox, he sets out to rescue the prisoners of the wicked space pirate Short Fred Ledd, but finds the pirate in league with Dr. Agon. (en)
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