after the death of all senior officer and commander craig scott and of the laundry and morale corp and find himself promote to command of an intergalactic spaceship own by starcups corporation . it chief mission be to search for inhabitable planet and and of course and long term coffee market . craig scott and his second in command and chief blather and find themselves ill prepare for command and except insofar a they be fully able to keep the crew undies clean which be not to diminish the importance of clean undies and especially when incompetent commander cause those same undies to be and well and soil on a regular basis . the episode be present a a series of short and 2 3 minute report by the commander to earth . the humor be a mix of wry deadpan and outrageous physical comedy . think yes minister meet red dwarf and but on a shoe string budget . all the usual plot device of sci fi be here alien and nuclear weapon and computer malfunction but each be improve by the fresh lemony scent of high grade laundry detergent . commander log be definitely low budget and but the somewhat cheesy effect and prop fit the absurd premise of the show . remember those hilarious hockey helmet they wear on the old battlestar galactica . with the jofa brand name still visible . okay and there a lot of that in commander log and but it cute . commander log ain not high art and but that not what it try to be . it just a little bit of off kilter fun . it do a good job of be that .