British sci-fi comedy spoof written by & starring comic duo Mel Smith & Griff Rhys Jones. When an extraterrestrial space captain is refuelling his spaceship at an intergalactic station, his woefully dim companions play with the controls, starting the ship & causing it to crash into the nearest planet
- which just happens to be Earth. Havoc ensues as the aliens become an overnight media sensation
- while their friend Bernard (Smith) is left stranded in outer space.