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 One of Our Cops Is Missing                                        

 

 Star Cop: Mother Earth 1.1                        



A new station is being built and the Star Cops need new recruits. An old friend of Nathans asks for help regarding an undercover officer, while Devis and Priya deal with a faulty spacesuit.


With no new series this year (2025) it felt like a good time to go back and revisit the first. Though it came out in 2018 I didn’t get round to it until 20/21 ish - it feels much longer. I really enjoyed the Tv series so I’m not sure what took me so long to get round to the audios.


With only three of the original cast returning, and Pal Kenzy only appearing briefly, its down to David Calder and Trevor Cooper and they pick up their roles as Nathan and Devis flawlessly. Andy Secombe reprises his role as Brian Lincoln seen in the first episode of the Tv series as Nathans old friend.


Phillip Oliver, better know as Hex in Doctor who, plays the undercover officer, Paul and there’s more of an edge to him than in the later series. Priya is a great character too, Taking the deputy role, though she leaves after the first two series.


The plot itself is about drugs in space and Paul has been undercover on Earth for a year trying to gather information, Nathan and Brian eventually have to make their way there as part of the investigation. 


It does the usual things, moments of peril and danger, the Star Cops not being taken all that seriously, the difficulties of living in space.


I found it entertaining, it kept me interested, perhaps not the most involved story but as a beginning its doing its job. Setting things up, new officers and Pal is yet to rejoin the Star cops. The Mother Earth component comes at the end of this episode and again setting the series up.


A great start

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