Quick presentation during Media Production Tech 1002 to experiment with online presentations.

1. Character Profiles

2. Tim
Played by: Simon Pegg
Tim Bisley, often seen with his skateboard, his chocolate-
coloured beanie, or his PlayStation controller, is an aspiring
comic book artist, amateur skateboarder, and passionate
follower of cult fiction in many forms, including video games
and science fiction.
He is currently writing and illustrating a graphic novel about an
orphaned boy who has been inadvertently transformed into a
giant mutant bear by an "oxypheromalkahyde" steroid created
by the experiments of the crazed Doktor Mandrake, who now
is trying to find this bear so that he can replicate the results.
Tim has not actually tried selling his work, because he is afraid
that people will laugh at both it and him.
A traumatic incident in his childhood when attempting to cure
a fear of dogs merely left him terrified of dogs, lightning, and
bamboo instead. He initially works as an assistant manager at
a comic book shop, Fantasy Bazaar, alongside its manager-
owner, Bilbo Bagshot (Bill Bailey). In the second series, he
lands his dream job as a graphic artist at Dark Star Comics. Tim
consistently demonstrates more of a work ethic than Daisy,
although his adverse reaction to Twiglets makes him violent.

3. Daisy
Played by: Jessica Stevenson
Daisy Steiner is an aspiring writer, although she tends to
spend most of her time actively avoiding doing any writing –
or any other actual work for that matter. She can also be
aggressive and confrontational at times, as demonstrated
when she joined an employment agency only to lose most of
the jobs she was assigned through her negative attitudes).
She considers herself to be quite intellectual, even though she
only graduated from Kingston University with a third class
degree in Humanities. She has a tendency to babble in
conversation, making social interactions rather more difficult
to navigate than they necessarily have to be. She also has a
tendency to interfere in other people's problems or lives as a
way of avoiding focusing on her work or her own problems.
Daisy bestows most of her love in a shockingly high pitch upon
her dog Colin, a miniature schnauzer, whom she rescues from
being put down. Daisy also possesses an innate knack for
martial arts, although this is seldom called into use. Her
greatest desire was to go to India and see the Taj Mahal, a
goal which she accomplished between series one and two
after having actually published some articles.

4. Marsha
Played by : Julia Deakin
Marsha Klein, the permanently drunk landlady, is
never seen without a lit cigarette in one hand,
and a glass of red wine in the other. Once a
promising young athlete, she retired from
athletics after receiving a leg injury and became a
groupie instead, resulting in several marriages
that ended bitterly and a teenage daughter,
Amber Weary, with whom she is near-constantly
arguing.
She passionately lusts after neighbour Brian, an
attraction which stems from a hazy, torrid
incident in the past which is only hinted at during
the series. She is utterly delighted to have new,
young friends, which is slightly awkward, as she is
the only one who does not know that Tim and
Daisy are not actually a couple.

5. Brian
Played by: Mark Heap
Brian Topp, the lodger in the flat below Tim and Daisy's, is a
rather bizarre and somewhat angst-ridden and pretentious
artist. Quietly spoken and intense, Brian gives the impression
of being almost psychotic and sociopathic; in fact, he is just
very shy and timid. His main artistic drives are anger, pain,
fear and aggression, and his art is, according to him, 'a bit
more complex' than watercolours. Both his artistic drives and
his social maladjustment can be traced to the death of his
childhood pet dog Pom Pom, run over by a truck when playing
with Brian.
He frequently behaves in a tormented fashion, particularly
when Marsha is lusting after him. He is in love with Twist, and
embarked on a torrid relationship with her before they broke
up towards the end of series two. At the start of the first
series, he has a strong dislike of contemporary art, but is quite
talented in its use, and by the end of the second series he
overcomes his disregard and proudly displays his abstract
portrait of Twist in public. The character of Brian was
originally written for Julian Barratt, who had previously
worked with Wright, Pegg, and Stevenson in their previous
series, Asylum. Barratt was unable to play the role so Mark
Heap was cast instead.

6. Mike
Played by: Nick Frost
Mike Watt is Tim's best friend. He wishes dearly that he
could join the British Army, but unfortunately is ineligible
owing to the detached retinas he received following a
painful childhood accident when jumping from a tree
after being egged on by Tim, and as such, must console
himself with membership in the Territorial Army instead.
Mike had been thrown out of the TA because he stole a
chieftain tank and tried to invade Paris with it while on
weekend manoeuvres in France. At a re-admission
hearing, it is revealed that Mike's invasion plan failed
because he stopped at Euro Disney and was
apprehended on Space Mountain. Mike is granted
readmission, however, and even advanced to the rank of
sergeant. Despite his military pretensions, Mike is a
sweet and caring individual who is deeply hurt by being
put aside in favour of Tim's growing relationship with
Sophie (Lucy Akhurst). The character was based on a
recurring joke character between Simon Pegg and Nick
Frost (who are best friends outside of the series). When
writing Spaced, Pegg included the character and
persuaded Edgar Wright to cast Frost.

7. Twist
Played by: Katy Carmichael
Twist Morgan, Daisy's best friend, is (in the words
of Tim) either "sweet and stupid, or an evil
genius". She claims to "work in fashion" but is
actually a dry cleaner and is an atrociously
superficial 'fashion fascist'. She is prone to giving
backhanded compliments to Daisy, particularly
about her size, weight, or clothing choices.
It is never mentioned in the series how Daisy and
Twist met, though various extras on the
"Definitive Collectors Edition" boxed set state
that they met at university. Although she and
Brian are social opposites with apparently
incompatible fashion sense, they did have an
intense love affair which ended badly. It is alluded
though that they both still love each other. Tim
has said she is like "Cordelia out of Buffy the
Vampire Slayer".