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| Genre | Radio drama |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 Extra |
| Starring | Lyndsey Marshal Peter Marinker |
| Written by | Robert Easby |
| Produced by | Liz Webb |
| Original release | 3 September – 7 September 2007 |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Audio format | Stereophonic sound |
| Website | Oneira atBBC Radio 4 Extra |
Oneira[1] is ascience fiction comedy written forBBC Radio 4 Extra byRobert Easby. It tells a surreal story of the encounter between a young museum guard, called Oneira, and a 400-year-oldalchemist calling himself Nikolai. Nikolai claims to be the artist who painted one of the pictures hanging in the museum. The painting includes a figure who resembles Nikolai himself. He also tells Oneira that he and she are destined to search for a book of alchemy called theLux Ata or "Book of Black Light". The resulting quest involves aliens,string theory, a sinister official from theelectricity board called "Mister Resistor", a TV cooking show, a cappuccino bar, a comedian travelling by flying saucer, and a deadscience fiction author. Oneira's boyfriend Pete is transformed from an up-and-coming young financier in the City into a bucket of water and a pair of Argyll socks while their expensive penthouse flat is destroyed by a ravenous refrigerator.