Michael Jayston reminded me of..

Cleese would have done a better job as NII.
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)

Hi, DC1977
Is it beacuse he was a bumbling idiot who never made the right or even close to right decisions and refused the council of others? The missus was no great thinker either.


Earth. Welcome.

Jayston is by no means a bad actor and N&A is a sometimes impressive, though endless, film. But Jayston’s overacting was quite distracting at times. He did some bizarre things with his eyes in this movie. I do, kind of, get the OP’s Basil connection.