Professor Peabody (Dan Dare, The Eagle, 1950s)

Finding decent training images for this was impossible, let's see if what I could find worked...

EDIT: Okay, don't expect miracles, but it does seem to work. Looks like the face can get a bit distorted in full close-up, so turn the strength down to 0.8 if that's a problem.

Professor Jocelyn Mabel Peabody was born in Moreton, Gloucestershire, England in 1971. As a young girl she developed interests in netball, riding, ballet and botany, and was educated in Southampton. Following her graduation from Bedford College, she obtained a BSc from the University of London and then a PhD from Magdelene College, Oxford, where she became Oxfords youngest lecturer after her appointment as Professor of Plant Biochemistry.

A research biologist, and an expert on nutrition, agriculture, geology and botany, she was seconded to the Research & Exploration branch of the Interplanetary Space Fleet in 1993, where she obtained a Space Pilot Class 3 certificate and the honorary rank of Pilot-Major. As a consequence, in 1996 she was assigned by the World Government Organisation to Colonel Daniel MacGregor Dare's expedition to Venus in search of possible food sources to alleviate Earths on-going famine crisis. Alongside Colonel Dare and his other companions, she played a vital part in saving both Earth and Venus from the imperialistic ambitions of the Treen Empire and their leader The Mekon. Her specialised knowledge enabled the swift selection of foodstuffs to be made for shipping back to Earth, and she was granted citizen rights of Venus and awarded the World Government Star for services to humanity.

Professor Peabody is also a linguistics expert and established the first communications with the Mercurians. She also helped develop the chlorophyll lamp used to lure the Red Moon away from the Earth.

She continues to accompany Colonel Dan Dare on many of his adventures, and inspire those who believe in the full equality of the female sex.