Queen of the wits: a life of Laetitia Pilkington

A sudden intolerably bright fireball lights up a remote and deserted Indian plateau.

Searing heat melts rock into incandescent pools of glowing liquid.

The earth heaves. A monstrous thunderclap of sound reverberates over the land.

An ominous mushroom-shaped cloud boils skywards. For years afterwards, strange plants and even stranger human mutants are discovered in the area, warped spawn of a mysterious and deadly force.Just another atomic test?

Not exactly. Because it was Professor Huxtable's brainchild. And the professor is one of the most devoted and loyal servants of Queen Victoria'