Nebulous

Nebulous is a science fiction comedy set in the year 2099 that premiered on BBC Radio 4 on 6 January till the end of the first series on 10 February, 2005, written by Graham Duff and directed by Nicholas Briggs. The series is produced independently for the BBC by Baby Cow Productions.

Characters

• Professor Nebulous (Mark Gatiss) ? The brilliant, unappreciated leader of K.E.N.T. whose downfall is a direct result of his destruction of the Isle of Wight while he was moving it slightly to the left to give it more sun. He is also tortured by his repressed memories of his childhood and his clown parents who don?t encourage his affinity for the sciences. He experiences fits that are usually brought on with words that sound like ?clown?.
• Paula Breeze (Rosie Cavaliero) ? The ditsy assistant to Professor Nebulous who is constantly pursuing her infatuation with him, despite him not noticing.
• Rory Lawson (Graham Duff) ? Professor Nebulous? other assistant, the self-professed ladies? man of the team who handles the more physical side of operations.
• Harry Hayes (Paul Putner) ? The fourth member of K.E.N.T. who is responsible for technological development. He was badly injured when Professor Nebulous disintegrated the Isle of Wight. He was rebuilt by the professor and lives his life in constant agony. He is also afflicted by a faulty voice box that plays his voice at an unbearablely high volume.
• Gemini (Julia Dalkin)? The AI of K.E.N.T. that has the combined intelligence of three Oxford dons and a supply teacher.
• Sir Ronald Rolands (Graham Crowden) ? A Minister with Unusual Portfolio who is K.E.N.T.?s attaché to the government.
• Doctor Erica Flazenby (Julia Deakin) ? The rival and former love of Nebulous who is currently the director of L.O.U.G.H.B.O.R.O.U.G.H. The two met while at the Oxford University Islands.
• Doctor Klench (David Warner) ? The arch villain of Professor Nebulous and K.E.N.T. whom the professor describes as ?a chap who came to a crossroads in life and took a turning marked evil. He put his foot to the accelerator and he?s not stopping?.
• Nebulous's parents (Matt Wolf and Julia Dalkin)- in each episode Nebulous has a flash back to his childhood, in which his parents wanted him to come a clown. Nebulous awakes from these flashbacks saying "?I don't want to clown?"
• Colonel Bream - Nicholas Briggs