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In memory of Jürgen Thormann (1928-2024) ???? we present the radio play Endstation Kambrium by Robert Silverberg: Adaptation: Hermann Motschach Sound: Jochen Prandhoff Director: Claus Villinger Production: SDR, 1987 Cast: Joachim Bissmeier: Barrett (from 0:57) Jürgen Thormann: Norton (from 2:55) Gert Haucke: Quesado Tillmann Braun: Lew Peter Lieck: Latimer Ernst Konarek: Altman Anfried Krämer: Rüdiger Walter Renneisen: Hutch Manfred Georg Herrmann: Brown Opponents of the regime are deported to the penal colony of a distant past - to the early Paleozoic, an era in which only primitive sea creatures exist and life on land is still a long way off. The inmates who stood up for civil rights or a classless society know that there is no way back. The transfer through time is final. Isolation, strict separation from women and the hopeless outlook for the future lead to severe psychological disorders in almost half of the prisoners. In the midst of this bleak community, newcomer Lew Hart causes unrest. He does not appear to be a political prisoner and avoids questions about his past. A discovery under his mattress - a notebook with detailed notes about his fellow prisoners and a terrifying final remark - fuels suspicion. The situation escalates when Lew Hart is observed on the transmitter and disappears without a trace. Is it possible that time travel has been achieved in both directions? Is Hart an informant who has been called back to betray the inmates? The prisoners are faced with anxious questions: Will the next use of the transmitter mean their final extinction?