To think there is something sinister about Prof Brian Cox?

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That I can't quite put my finger on....

I think that his 'wonders' face is quite possibly his sex face.

I'm sniggering at the invisible breast and the sex face - maybe related?!

I bet he woos MrsCox by standing in front of the bedroom window (in his cool jeans) artfully lit by moonlight saying 'It's just so vaaaaaassssssttt'

Jesus f christ give the poor guy a break! Now I know why I turned down the BBC to talk about my subject.

It's Isaac Newton who was a bit sinister - not prof cox

Isaac Newton had a sinister nose and debatable hair. However, I don't think he had a sex face or ever woo'ed.

One of the weirdest things is the way everyone uses his academic title like it's his first name. Imagine if they introduced 'Mr Russell Brand'. I know it's relevant, but do we need to hear it EVERY time?

I can't take him seriously because he reminds me of a character Paul Whitehouse played on the fast show. It was a young lad with the same kind of accent running around, cutting between lots of different backgrounds saying " isn't the world brilliant", " aren't stars brilliant" etc..

Brian Cox is like that character, in fact it might be Paul Whitehouse dressed up with floppy hair and a shiney face and Prof Brian Cox doesn't even exist.

See he has done presentations things at a local scientific place. Ds got to aask him questions. He was lovely with the kids and indulged their questions "do you have to sleep in the day and work at night" / "Do you eat sausages and mash for breakfast" with good humour and still managed to give lots of information in a way that the younger audience and older audience could access it. Had no fecking idea who he was at the time mind

I think tv is often scripted and not necessarily designed to show you at your best. As for creepy - if i hadnt seen him handle the room full of high level geeky adults mixed in with primary schoolers then i will confess that i would think him a bit hmm too.

pmsl @ that Paul Whitehouse character so funny. Actually he should sue PBC 'cos he's clearly knicked his idea

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Maybe he bought his 'prof' title at the same place 'Dr' Gillian Mckeith got hers...

ColdHeartedBitch your story with your ds and schoolchildren is sweet, I'm warming to him a little...

HalfBaked that's it exactly! The guy that was incredibly enthusiastic about everything - "aren't peas amazing! And cheese! And peas with cheese! Brilliant!"

Respect to the guy as a scientist though, it's just the moist-lipped TV presenter side of him I find odd and strangely unappealing.

The Paul Whitehouse thing is spot on . I knew he was strangely familiar.

Ooo so glad other people think so too. Best mate said I was bad mouthing the prof.

I am so glad you guys agree. I just want to hit him but I can't work out why. DP really likes him for some reason and has taped the programmes in the hope of making me watch them.

Clearly he's a very intelligent man, but I don't get the heart-throb thing, and I can't stand his voice.

Er- he is vile . He makes me cringe when goes on about the Uneeeeeeverssssse .Brrrrr shudders down the spine not in a good way

foxy coxy? I don't think so!

Viola- that's another thing as well. "Professor". Now, he's been hyped up enough so I imagine there are nomads in Krygsthtyggan (or other vowel-less places) who know he was a pop star, sang a little ditty, Tony Blair pinched it (and very probably taught him the invisible-breast moves at one of those Britpop parties), went back to school and got lots of certificates, but....I reckon it's going to end like Jimmy Saville. He won't talk to people who forget (as if anyone ever could) the professor thing.

Aw, now come on - give the man credit for the professorship. You don't get given that for standing on a hill in Peru gazing at the stars and shouting "brilliurrrrrrnt!". It's proper science, innit?

And in some ways I do think it's nice to see a "celebrity" scientist and someone who's celebrated for being smart and a bit geeky rather than being famous for kicking a ball round a field or being on a reality show. Just a shame about that invisible breast ..... Sir Patrick Moore never did that though he did have that bloody xylophone didn't he?

DH has a colleague in Germany who expects to be called all of his titles at once - can't recally exactly but it's something like Professor Herr Doctor Schmidt. Always makes me laugh!

Sir Patrick Moore once played piano with Einstein.

Sir Patrick Moore demands respect for the above Einstein fact. Although, of course, he just demands respect generally. What a gent. Cox can fuck off. IMO.

Perhaps some women find Brian attractive because of his intelligence? But then I don't suppose these are the women who are sitting around all day typing inane comments about "fish lips" on mumsnet.

But Einstein was a mad as a coot and was in and out of mental institutions and completely unable to function in normal society.

He looks like a ventriloquist dummy.

One day on his show he'll be gazing out over some vista and slowly his head will turn to the screen and his eyes will stare at you right through the tv and you'll know he's coming to kill you.

Mark my words.