Edward Burnham portrays the wild-haired, bespectacled boffin, Professor Kettlewell, who creates the titular K1 robot. The depiction of Alec Jeffreys as the stereotypical absent-minded "boffin" was cited by several reviewers. Mr Boffin appears to be corrupted by his wealth and becomes a miser. Jemmy Taylor's name also appears in the list of notable misers that Mr Boffin ennumerates. The origins and etymology of "boffin" are otherwise obscure. A similar, though not necessarily pejorative, British term is "boffin". The aircraft is said to have inspired the coining of the word "Boffin". Henry Tizard has also been regarded as the prototypical boffin. Watson-Watt stated that 'the bill of the boffin has two separate functions. He was rumoured to have prompted the term boffin. It was a single-barreled mounting with hydraulic power, and was known as the "Boffin". The progress of events is observed with acid detachment by the novelist Boffin Kennedy. Bella Wilfer and the Boffin family go on a family day out. Boffin played 53 games for the Belgian national team, during 13 years.