Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides to solve the mystery and write a detective thriller about it. As in all good detective stories, however, the more he unearths, the deeper the mystery gets - for both Christopher and the rest of his family.

The first book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which continues with "Perelandra" and "That Hideous Strength, Out of the Silent Planet" begins the adventures of the remarkable Dr. Ransom. Here, that estimable man is abducted by a megalomaniacal physicist and his accomplice and taken via spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra. The two men are in need of a human sacrifice, and Dr. Ransom would seem to fit the bill. Once on the planet, however, Ransom eludes his captors, risking his life and his chances of returning to Earth, becoming a stranger in a land that is enchanting in its difference from Earth and instructive in its similarity. First published in 1943, "Out of the Silent Planet" remains a mysterious and suspenseful tour de force.

五岁那年，斯加格拉断定：上帝并不存在。
面对如此启示，宇宙间的绝大多数人只可能有两种反应：如释重负，或是黯然神伤。只有斯加格拉不一样，他心想：等一下，这不就意味着有一个位置空出来了嘛。
许多年后的今天，斯加格拉低下头，第一次自信地打量这颗原始的星球。他最喜欢俯瞰众生。
考虑到种种因素，斯加格拉认为，在十分制里，地球只能打两分。这颗星球落后的让人沮丧，但事实上，也是完美的藏身之处，而他要找的那一位正是这么做的。他徒步走进这座名为“剑桥”的小城市，此行的目标，就在这个所谓的大学城里。
博士，博士……
不知为何，这两个字使得斯加格拉暂时避退，重新盘算。他很确定在穿越半个宇宙的路上读到过“博士”的什么资料。克罗诺蒂斯教授的“非常老的朋友”不可能是地球人，因此博士必然是一名时间领主。
斯加格拉需要更多的情报。这位博士是谁？Doctor Who?

影片讲述英国首相丘吉尔在作为首相期间面临的最重要的审判：是向纳粹妥协做俘虏，还是团结人民群起反抗？丘吉尔将集结整个国家为自由奋战，试图改变世界历史进程，度过黎明前的黑暗。