Hey there Miss Marple,
Algore gives me the heebie jeebies, too. He's downright painful.
But I'm unfamiliar with your reference to Uriah Heep comparison. All I know of him is one song...which I actually loved listening to. Have no idea what he was singing about, but the music reminded me of some 80s rock and metal groups.
If you have a minute, would you please fill me in?
:)
The music group took its name from a character in one of Dickens' novels, a sniveling, obsequious little creep who was always stabbing people in the back while speaking fawning praise to his boss.