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Imagine ''[[Doctor Who]]'' starring an underfunded [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]], and you have ''Nebulous'': a BBC Radio 4 [[After the End]] comedy series which parodies much of British Science Fiction, in particular ''[[Quatermass]]'' and the aforementioned ''[[Doctor Who]]''. ''Nebulous'' follows the adventures of Professor Nebulous, leader of K.E.N.T.: the Key Environmental Non-judgemental Taskforce, which just happens to be based in a London launderette. K.E.N.T. is tasked with picking up the pieces after an environmental disaster known as "The Withering": a [[Cosy Catastrophe]] that has led to the extinction of vegetarians, tarts and white dog-doings. The series exists almost solely to [[Subverted Trope|subvert]] [[Speculative Fiction Tropes]], and many episodes are [[Affectionate Parody|Affectionate Parodies]] of other shows.
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* [[Air Vent Passageway]] - parodied
* [[BBC Quarry]]: referenced:
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* [[Big Word Shout]] - Harry loves these and has probably done just about every sub-trope, too.
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'''Harry''': [[This Is Sparta|NOOOOOOOOOOOO! THAAAAAAAAAAANK! YOOOOOOOOU!]]
* [[Black Helicopter]] - L.O.U.G.H.B.O.R.O.U.G.H. maintain a fleet of them.
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* [[Flash Back Back Back]] - Nebulous has frequent flashbacks to his childhood, triggered by variants of the word "Clown".
* [[For Science!]] - Nebulous has shown a lack of foresight regarding some of his inventions.
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* [[Fun with Acronyms]] - K.E.N.T.'s biggest rival is L.O.U.G.H.B.O.R.O.U.G.H. - the Legitimate Organisation Undertaking General Humanitarian Business Operations Requiring Optimum Unconditional Global Harmony. Apparently, people from [[wikipedia:University of Kent|K.E.N.T.]] have always hated people from [[wikipedia:Loughborough University|L.O.U.G.H.B.O.R.O.U.G.H.]].
* [[Future Food Is Artificial]] - parodied, as no-one has any issues with cannibalism, but the idea of eating soya-based Soylent Beige makes people retch in horror.
* [[Istanbul Not Constantinople]] - The Withering means that the Empire of Luxembourg is now a superpower, while The Midlands is now an exotic sounding old name for The Withered Zone.
* [[Just Between You and Me]] - Wonderfully parodied in the final episode of Season 1, where Nebulous is held at gunpoint by his arch-nemesis.
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'''Dr. Klench:''' Why should I? The information's no use to you.
'''Nebulous:''' To...satisfy my curiosity?
'''Dr. Klench:''' It's irrelevant. Any minute now you're going to be a dead body. }}
* [[Kids Are Cruel]] - "Nobulous".
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* [[Missing Episode]] - Parodied in the liner notes for the first series, which claims that there were at least 11 series of ''Nebulous'', but almost all the episodes were lost. Many of the examples given are spoofs of famous ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episodes - many of which are themselves missing.
* [[Metaphorgotten]] - a [[Running Gag]] is that Professor Nebulous frequently takes metaphors too far until they break:
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* [[Monster Clown]] - sort of, Nebulous has terrifying (to him) flashbacks about ''being'' a clown.
** Because both his parents were clowns, and being clowns was the family business. He bucked the trend by becoming an underpaid scientist.
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