of riches and fame, assisted by the castle's ability to teleport around the world. Another regularly occurring theme is the repeated attempt by Igor to turn Duckula into a proper vampire. Some episodes feature Duckula's nemesis Doctor Von Goosewing (based on Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, the nemesis of Dracula), a vampire hunter who blindly refuses to believe the current incarnation of Duckula is harmless. There is also an array of bizarre, often supernatural foes, from zombies to mechanical werewolves. Another feature of the show is a cuckoo clock whose bat-like Borscht Belt comedian styled characters come out and make jokes about the current situation (or corny jokes in general). The clock is also a vital part of the castle's traveling mechanism, and it even has the ability to turn back time. A series of annuals and monthly comics further detailing the adventures of Count Duckula and associated characters were released throughout the time that the series originally aired and for a short time afterwards. Voice cast Count Duckula, played by David Jason Igor, played by Jack May Nanny, played by Brian Trueman Dr. Von Goosewing, played by Jimmy Hibbert Dimitri, played by Trueman Sviatoslav, played by Hibbert Narrator, played by Barry Clayton Various other characters played by Clayton, Hibbert, Jason, May, Trueman and Ruby Wax Theme song vocalists were Doreen Edwards and Mike Harding Characters Count Duckula Count Duckula is a short green duck with black parted hair and the traditional vampire evening wear, and speaks with a hybrid British-American accent. He has no fangs, and his favourite food, as a vegetarian, is broccoli sandwiches. He has a very modern outlook, and often despairs over the traditional vampire image he is expected to embody. He hates living in a dark, gloomy castle, and finds the behaviour of his servants to be depressing. Duckula frequently expresses frustration with Igor's attempts to change him back into a proper vampire and his lecturing Duckula as a disgrace and disappointment to the Duckula lineage. Although he retains some vampiric powers and qualities (such as teleportation and an image invisible to mirrors), he also possesses a lesser power, seen only once, which is the ability to create a lightning flash when angry. He often goes outside in the daytime without suffering any ill effects, but this is likely because of his not being a fully "traditional" vampire. In the episode "Doctor Goosewing and Mr. Duck",