Nebulous

The show is about the adventures of Professor Nebulous and the eco-troubleshooting team of K.E.N.T. (The Key Environmental Non-Judgmental Taskforce) as they battle intelligent cacti and colours that send people insane while they try and set the world back on the right path.

The show parodies a number of sources such as Doctor Who, X-Files, and James Bond.

A possible second series of Nebulous is to be debuted in late 2005.

The World of Nebulous

The Earth in the year 2099 is very different from how it is today. Following a number of environment catastrophes, such as "the Withering", that brought about the loss of a great deal of human knowledge and a number of other problems, and "Cattle-clasm", that killed off the majority of livestock, the Earth is reduced to a wasteland separated between "Withered Zones" and the remaining habitable areas.

The geography of the planet is also very different. The Isle of Wight has been disintegrated and places like Oxford have been reduced to islands.

The Withering shifted Earth into a new orbit resulting in the calendar having to be reformatted to include new months like "Janril" and "Octember". The shift also brought about the new season of "Hamble" which is generally considered drizzly.

Religion still exists on Earth of the year 2099. Pieced together after the Withering, theologians conclude that there were four true deities: the evil twins Ying and Yang, Feng Shui the destroyer, and merciful Bod.

Eco-Troubleshooters

The story is dominated by two Eco-Troubleshooting teams based out of England: K.E.N.T. (The Key Environmental Non-Judgmental Taskforce) and L.O.U.G.H.B.O.R.O.U.G.H (The Legitimate Organization Undertaking General Humanitarian Business Operations Requiring Optimum Unconditional Global Harmony). Both of their goals involve restoring a natural balance to Earth and preventing another environmental disaster. The two groups have a less than friendly attitude towards each other.

K.E.N.T. is directed by Professor Nebulous and is so horribly under funded that the team had to open a launderette to supplement their funds. Their launderette has three Zenusi 370 tumble dryers.

L.O.U.G.H.B.O.R.O.U.G.H is directed by Doctor Flazenby and is overfunded. Their teams are outfitted with bazers and black helicopters.

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 Cavalero) – The ditsy assistant to Professor Nebulous who is constantly perusing her infatuation with him, despite him not noticing.
• Rory Lawson (Graham Duff) – Professor Nebulous’ other assistant who is the self-professed ladies’ man of the team who handles the more physical sides of their 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 – 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 – 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”.
  

  Episode Guide

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/nebulous.shtml - The Nebulous page on BBC Radio 4's website.
• http://www.nebulouscity.com/index.html - A Nebulous fansite with information about the show.