The problems started when Gregorian Luxtabel III ascended to the Terran throne in the year 3001.

Not since the reign of Caligula had such a madman been in charge (well, apart from that bloke the record books called simply "Dubya").

He made people eat gruel for every meal, forbid anyone to step on a crack in the street, and granted penguins - what few were left - civil rights.

But the real humdinger came when he pronounced a law to terminate men by the name of Barney. That’s right, he brought into effect the first and last ever Barney cull in history.