Captain Star

Captain Star follows the crew of the rocket ship Boiling Hell, dispatched to the deserted "Nameless Planet" at the Ragged Edge of the Universe. The crew includes the self-centered and often paranoid Captain Star, the science officer Scarlette, who resembles Dana Scully, the nine-headed engineer Jones, and the fish-keeping Navigator Black. They are later joined by Jim-Bob-Bob, a robot responsible for laundry and other tasks. Captain Star is introduced in the opening theme as "the greatest hero any world has ever known". A legendary explorer who has hundreds of planets named after him, Captain Star's birthday is a holiday throughout the universe. Throughout the series, the characters await further orders from Mission Control which never come. It is unclear whether Mission Control has simply forgotten about Star and his crew, but the implication is that they have put the aging Star out to pasture, but spared him the indignity of forcing him to retire, and kept him on active duty so that he can continue to be a hero to the public. Events occurring on and off the planet, however, frequently require Star's intervention.