be persona, rather than the dimwit that was  actually shown here. While Baldrick kept many of the same  mannerisms, catchphrases ("I have a cunning plan"), and actor  portraying the character (Tony Robinson), he became the idiot and  comic foil that Blackadder was in the first series. Blackadder, on  the other hand, became a more intelligent and insulting character  with each subsequent series.