U is for Uncle Jack



In 1990 Doctor Who was off the air but its spirit lived on in CBBC comedy-drama Uncle Jack starring Paul Jones (yes, he of Manfred Mann) as Jack Green, an environmentalist trying to save the planet - he would have been right at home in 'The Green Death' and his performance/character were more than a little Doctorish.. he even has a big Pertwee-esque nose! And the show had its very own Rani, in the form of supervillain biologist The Vixen, played by the iconic Fenella Fielding, who is bent double on dominating the world mainly through changing the ecology of the planet.

Four series were originally broadcast between 1990 and 1993, the last going out when I was just 8 years old. I've been lucky to have to seen a couple of episodes recently but I'm dying to get them all... if anyone of you has it, PM me!