JRoss said:
Oh, and is Dr. Darke supposed to be Wily from Megaman? You know, the opposite of Dr. Light?
Actually, he's inspired by one of of my wife's maths lecturers, who had a gloriously pulp-evil-mastermind name.
On one occasion, he's giving a maths lecture. He writes some complicated equation on the board and starts working with it, narrating as he goes. "And from this it is obvious that <SOMETHING COMPLICATED> is equal to <SOMETHING ELSE COMPLICATED>."
He stops. Takes a step back. "But is it obvious?" He pauses.
He waits. He thinks.
He walks out of the lecture theatre. Walks down the corridor. Five minutes past. He walks back again, deep in thought, then strides resolutely back to his podium.
"Yes, it is obvious", he declares, and continues on.