The world is facing the impact of devastating climate change, and so the decision is taken to load up a "star ship" with seeds, trees, books, etc. together with a skeleton volunteer crew and send them into space. They will "surf" the time dimension "string" that apparently runs across the Universe to enable them to experience the passing of years in hours, and await a signal from earth to return. In a hundred years on earth, they would only have experienced the passing of a few months. They then return, and "regrow" the ecology of a decimated world.

This was the basis of this entertaining and interesting BBC radio three drama. A few side stories - a set of failed relationships left on earth, the ego of a very rich ("Elon Musk like") person who funded the spaceship, and the failure of a mission to Mars using the same technology that killed several friends of the crew. Exploring the psychology of the sort of people who might volunteer for such a trip was the more interesting aspect of this play (the "strings" that tie them back to humanity) rather than the Sci-Fi, and it worked well, although the whole thing was a little over long. The denouement was that the rich man tried to sabotage the return to earth, motivated by a desire to leave our destruction of the earth behind and find an alternative future.

Cast included Tamara Lawrance, Andonis Anthony, Jenny Platt, Alfred Enoch, Adetomiwa Edun and Claire Benedict. Directed by Nadia Molinari. Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths. First broadcast March 2022.