Mission:2110 – Coming Soon to CBBC

The BBC have announced a new show, which is due to start early next month, called Mission:2110. Despite being confusingly billed as a “sci-fi drama game”, it sounds rather promising. Featuring the writing skills of Doctor Who and Sarah Jane Adventures pensmith Phil Ford, this 13-part series sees teams compete against each other in a post-apocalyptic landscape, stealing bio-rods and shutting down evil Roboidz. Sort of a cross between The Terminator and Fun House!

In a series of missions these young recruits are guided by part-human/part-machine mentor Caleb in a battle against the Roboidz – intelligent towering cybernetic entities who rule the Earth.

In order to outwit the Roboidz, these intrepid adventurers must snatch bio-rods, the enemy’s vital fuel source, in order to shut down their empire.

In 2110 there are few other humans left. Those captured by the Roboidz are processed to become Shades, mindless workers who serve the Roboidz in an unknown project deep below the complex that they have made their base on Earth.

The Roboidz floating base Future Gate is heavily fortified and unassailable by the small pockets of human resistance that still exist.

But one man has somehow gained access and, hidden amid the laboratories, workshops and production lines, Caleb wages a war against the Roboidz.

But this man cannot defeat the Roboidz alone – he needs help. And that help can come from only one place – the past.

Young recruits from a century before are being transported by a malfunctioning time portal into the very heart of this last-ditch fight for survival. They must find a way to defeat the deadly Roboidz and unlock both their secrets and those of Future Gate.

In a series of challenges, the recruits are transported to battle the immense mechanical monsters. They will need to use their cunning, guile and intelligence to beat the mighty tyrants in order to avoid being vaporised. But can they succeed?

Exciting stuff! Lindsay Duncan lends her voice skills as the good and evil alter egos of the Roboidz creator and newcomer Stuart Goldsmith steps into the metal shoes of Caleb. There will also be an online element to the show, with games and narrative that complement the broadcast material and allow players to unlock the Cycon Archive to “delve into Caleb’s mysterious past and discover how the Roboidz came to take over the planet”.