The Baron and Penfold are stranded together on a desert island. In the skies above King Kong Brunel's desert island, the Mark IV and the Frog's Head Flyer are in a race to snatch Brunel's All Encompassing Remote Control - an incredible device that can 'switch off' anything it is aimed at. Greenback's henchman Stiletto struggles to fly their Flyer while fending off Danger Mouse with a laser cannon. Stiletto is overjoyed when his laser beam hits the Mark IV, but not before somehow splitting the whole island in half, causing the huge dormant volcano to rumble back to life. Both vehicles crash land and Penfold finds that he is stranded in the company of Baron Greenback and Nero on one side of the island, whilst Danger Mouse is marooned with Stiletto and Rocket Sloth on the other. The volcano suddenly erupts and Penfold finds himself in a fix, cornered by the flow of hot molten lava!

Envious at Danger Mouse's ever-growing medal collection, Penfold questions whether he will ever be deemed special enough to receive a prize of his own. Seconds later, a knock at the door reveals a holographic Quark, who anoints Penfold as 'the chosen one' in a suspiciously automated message that culminates in an overawed Penfold receiving his very own magic wand. Penfold's joy is short-lived however - as he and DM step outside of HQ to find that the streets of are London teeming with hundreds of wannabe wizards, all brandishing identical wands. After discovering that the wands are mass-produced shavings from Merlin's legendary staff, the pair set out to stop Quark's latest money-making scheme by reuniting the staff with its rightful owner.