Events from Before the Big Bang

Professor Penrose has published on his cyclic theory - CCC, confomal cyclic cosmology - which postulates as series of Big Bang events and no Inflationary Period immediately following the Big Bang. Personally, I always found the Inflationary scenario a bit to Ptolemaic saving-the-appearances for my taste. It is a brilliant bit of ad hoc-ery.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11837869

Perhaps we will soon see an end to that other bit of jiggery-pokery: Dark Matter. There are other possible interpretations than this enormous Hunting of the Snipe we are currently engaged in.