The XL5 drops off Fraser on the Planet Electron where he is to do some surveying. Fraser discovers all the inhabitants of the local town are gone (except for the spiders--there are a considerable number of spider webs) without explanation. Fraser also discovers a glowing electric rock and decides this is how he'll make his fortune. So he begins to mine the rock.
In the meantime a pair of aliens from the planet Globeris show up in a flying car (looking suspiciously like a Supercar prototype). They are also there to get a supply of the glowing rock.
When the XL5 returns months later they find the town still deserted and no sign of Fraser. So Steve, Venus, Matt and Zoony get rooms in the local hotel. Floating bed sheets, vases and Matt's glasses indicate the place may be haunted.
However...there's no real suspense or jeopardy here since we already know the Globeris are behind it all. The adventure would have been far more effective if it began with the XL5 arriving to pick up Fraser, not knowing where he is, not knowing why the town was abandoned, and the audience not knowing anything about the aliens or even the glowing rocks. Instead of learning things at the same time our heroes do, we find out too much and it takes a lot out of the suspense.
In all its not a bad adventure but could have been so much better.
In the meantime a pair of aliens from the planet Globeris show up in a flying car (looking suspiciously like a Supercar prototype). They are also there to get a supply of the glowing rock.
When the XL5 returns months later they find the town still deserted and no sign of Fraser. So Steve, Venus, Matt and Zoony get rooms in the local hotel. Floating bed sheets, vases and Matt's glasses indicate the place may be haunted.
However...there's no real suspense or jeopardy here since we already know the Globeris are behind it all. The adventure would have been far more effective if it began with the XL5 arriving to pick up Fraser, not knowing where he is, not knowing why the town was abandoned, and the audience not knowing anything about the aliens or even the glowing rocks. Instead of learning things at the same time our heroes do, we find out too much and it takes a lot out of the suspense.
In all its not a bad adventure but could have been so much better.