Characterization
Captain Midlands is a patriotic British war veteran and a right-wing analogue of Captain America. An eighty-year-old Brummie superhero, Captain Midlands is often portrayed as a grumpy old git. His real name, "Rambling" Sid Ridley, is a combination of Kenneth Williams' Round the Horne character ‘Rambling Sid Rumpo’ and Arnold Ridley who played Private Godfrey in the sitcom Dad's Army
Captain Midlands' nuanced role sees him more as a down-to-earth hero, with Paul Cornell describing him as
| “ | the representative of my dad's generation, those who fought in World War II, which is still big in the British psyche. He also tends to look backwards, while Pete Wisdom looks forwards, thus also representing that trait of the British. | ” |
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