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Surely David Heath is the best *lookalike* for Brian Blessed?

I had Nick Clegg as Prince Barin. Julia Goldsworthy as Princess Aura? Teather as Kala? David Heath is Dr Zarkov.

Any old excuse for me to shout “Gordon’s alive!” at random intervals.

Surely Jo Swinson is Princess Aura? She was much more of a vocal supporter of Emporer Ming than Julia.

Look, it’s quite clear that as an aristocrat with a moustache, John Thurso is obviously Prince Barin. Plus, there are lots of forests in Caithness and Sutherland.

And Peter Duncan is Simon Hughes. Or vice versa.

You’ve got it completely wrong.

Ming = Dumbledore (the old wise doomed one)
Clegg = Harry (the teacher’s pet)
Goldsworthy = Hermione (the one who’s so brainy you don’t notice she’s also pretty)
Huhne = Ron (the one who’s less interesting than the others but who spends a remarkable amount of time on camera despite that)
Featherstone = Ginny (the small noisy one who’s far more interesting than Ron despite theoretically being less important)
Lamb = The new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher (doomed, of course)
Hughes = Lupin (the one with the secret that everyone seems to know)
Cable = Snape (the scary one who stops you doing what you want)
Opik = Neville (the one who falls off things)
Cameron = Draco Malfoy (the posh villainous one who’s doomed to fail)

Errr… there are dangers in taking that metaphor too far, I admit.