Episode #5: In which we totally abandon logic

[Episode 5]
Episode #5: In which we totally abandon logic
Volume I / Sunday, 23 September 2007

Episode Notes

Major Tom is an American Major seconded to Tranquility Base. Although he outranks the Captain in charge (we'll meet him later), he doesn't actually have an say in the running of the base. If this isn't how things would work in the real world -- well, let's just say the rules changed over the centuries since our time.

This whole episode is an excuse for the David Bowie "Space Oddity" reference.

Transcript

Panel 1: A Control Room Operator is at the communication desk.
Ground Control Operator:
Ground Control to Major Tom? …
Ground Control to Major Tom? …
Can you hear me Major Tom? …
Panel 2: The Control Room Operator is getting more frantic.
Ground Control Operator:
Can you hear me Major Tom???
Panel 3: Outside the Control Room is a man in a spacesuit.
Major Tom:
Here I am…
Panel 4: Major Tom's location is revealed.
Major Tom:
…Sitting on a trash can.
Caption:
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