A beautiful and mysterious female passenger, a loony inventor with a basement full of deadly weapons, and a dangerous run-down teleporter built by a long-lost alien civilisation . . . these are just some of the challenges facing Hal Spacejock and his metal sidekick Clunk as they fight for survival in the cut-throat interstellar cargo business. Featuring the incompetent Hal and the longsuffering Clunk, Second Courseserves a piping hot dish of interplanetary chaos stuffed with more laughs than a cracker factory and loaded with more action than a politician's expense account.