The Ink Thief steals the power of childrens imaginations by taking the ink from drawings and pulling two young children into his world inhabited by Oobs and other creatures of imagination.The Ink Thief was a 1994 British childrens TV show, shown on the ITV channel during their CITV segment. It starred Richard OBrien and Toyah Wilcox. The series was produced by Animus Entertainment for Tyne Tees Television.