An 'eerie' character, mister (5)

I believe the answer is:

spock

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(Other definitions for spock that I've seen before include "In terms of childcare, a revolutionary" , "Star Trek Vulcan" , "aka Leonard Nimoy" , "Star Trek character" .)

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