Main/Big Finish/BS/Recap/S8 E1 The Tub Full of Cats

The Draconians and the Mim are at war, and the Collection's in the middle. Benny tries to return with the Collection's former owner, Irving Braxiatel, in an attempt to open negotiations in an attempt to end the war before a nuclear armaggeddon. The only problem is, the Collection is blockaded. Only when Maggie and Benny arrive at the spaceport, they find one very old ship, an absence of Irving Braxiatel, and a suspiciously large box among their luggage. And then there's the small matter of the ship's almost entirely feline crew.

Written by Daniel O'Mahoney.

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"Benny: "Maybe this isn't our ship. Maybe this is just...a pile of junk someone's left here....""
 * The Alleged Spaceship: The Gravity's Rainbow.

"Benny :"Not only will we die but everyone on the Draconian flagship will die. Then their fleet will fire on the Mim and loads of Mim will die. Then they’ll fire back and loads of Draconians will die. Then everyone in the middle will die! Everyone on the Collection will die and they’re going to die because you are bloody moron!""
 * All Conspiracy Theories Are True: Apparently, all the astronauts in the original space program came from a male modelling agency in New Mexico.
 * And I Must Scream: The Light. Where you don't actually exist..
 * Ambiguous Gender: Chanticleer.
 * Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: After discovering  for half the journey, Chanticleer's conditions for him staying on the ship are that he pays the full fare, apologises to Maggie, and empties the cat litter for the rest of the journey.
 * Broken Ace: Anthony Rogers, the 20th century astronaut . See Jerkass Woobie and Spaceship Girl below.
 * Cats Are Magic: The only creatures with enough sense of self to defeat the.
 * Cloning Blues: Played With, as Brax acknowledges that Maggie is essentially his daughter but proceeds to treat her like crap throughout the entire episode anyway.
 * Comically Missing the Point: When Maggie attempts to hold Brax account for Parental Neglect, he genuinely seems to think he's scoreed a point by stating that he spent the last cosmic cycle as a rock, rather than merely under one as Maggie complained.
 * Double Entendre:  comments, on the subject of stars, that they are 'pin pricks' and tiny compared to him. Benny, held hostage, replies that yes, she can she that he's an enormous prick.
 * Eldritch Abomination: Found in The Light.
 * Episode on a Plane
 * Heroic Sacrifice: . Of all the passengers, she's the least suited but also least necessary.
 * Jerkass Woobie:.
 * Meaningful Name: Chanticleer, the Gravity's Rainbow itself. Averted with Maggie, who ended up with the surname Matsumoto as it was the name of the cloning company.
 * Narcissist: Captain Anthony Rogers..
 * Opposite Sex Clone: Maggie to Brax. When she was first created, he was slightly disappointed that "it" was female.
 * Parental Neglect: Brax's treatment of Maggie, which culminates in.
 * Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The crew of Gravity's Rainbow consists entirely of Chanticleer,, and several cats.
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech:

"Brax: "I invited it in for tea! I DON'T KNOW!""
 * : Gravity's Rainbow, in a way.
 * : Anthony Rogers is Spaceship Guy at the beginning,  ends up as this at the end, though she minds a lot less..
 * Tear Jerker / Throw the Dog a Bone:.
 * What an Idiot!: Maggie releasing  from his room.
 * Xanatos Backfire: Brax attempts to avoid  by putting himself into a state of null suspension. Doubles up with Ask a Stupid Question and A Spot of Tea, as he ends up  . As he screams frantically for help, Benny arrives and asks how it got in.