Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em his daughter, also named Jessica; references to Frank's mother suggest that she was very like her son. The final series was written by Allen based on stories by Michael Crawford (not written by Crawford himself as sometimes reported) and made five years after the previous one (although there had been two Christmas specials in between). Frank's character changes noticeably in this series, becoming more self-aware and keen to make himself appear more educated and well-spoken. He develops an air of pomposity which is always best demonstrated when someone would approach and enquire "Mr Spencer?" to which he would always reply,
James Dreyfus "Sheengate Publishing" interview) compared the character Frank Spencer from "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em", who he described as a campy but married heterosexual, to Dreyfus' character Kevin Goody from "The Thin Blue Line". Moreover, Dreyfus described Goody as "naïve and silly, and gormless and stupid." In response to viewers' assumptions that the character is gay, Dreyfus said that Goody is attracted to a female character in the series. Regarding his character Tom Farrell from "Gimme Gimme Gimme", Dreyfus hypothesized that, even if the character were heterosexual, the actor would still portray Tom as camp and flamboyant. Furthermore, Dreyfus said that