Doctor Who/The Happiness Patrol

The Happiness Patrol
Season 25, Serial 2
Airdate	November 2, 1988
Production Number	7L
by	Graeme Curry
Directed by	Chris Clough
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Doctor Who — Season Twenty-Five

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The Happiness Patrol is the second serial of the twenty-fifth season of Doctor Who, and the one-hundred and fifty-third serial overall.

Part One: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Sophie Aldred (Ace), Sheila Hancock (Helen A.), Ronald Fraser (Joseph C.), Georgina Hale (Daisy K.), Rachel Bell (Priscilla P.), Harold Innocent (Gilbert M.), John Normington (Trevor Sigma), Lesley Dunlop (Susan Q.), Richard D. Sharp (Earl Sigma), Tim Barker (Harold V.), Jonathan Burn (Silas P.), David John Pope (Kandy Man), Mary Healey (Killjoy)

Part Two: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Sophie Aldred (Ace), Sheila Hancock (Helen A.), Ronald Fraser (Joseph C.), Georgina Hale (Daisy K.), Rachel Bell (Priscilla P.), Harold Innocent (Gilbert M.), John Normington (Trevor Sigma), Lesley Dunlop (Susan Q.), Richard D. Sharp (Earl Sigma), David John Pope (Kandy Man), Tim Scott (Forum Doorman), Steve Swinscoe, Mark Carroll (Snipers), Philip Neve (Wences), Ryan Freedman (Wulfric)

Part Three: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Sophie Aldred (Ace), Sheila Hancock (Helen A.), Ronald Fraser (Joseph C.), Georgina Hale (Daisy K.), Rachel Bell (Priscilla P.), Harold Innocent (Gilbert M.), John Normington (Trevor Sigma), Lesley Dunlop (Susan Q.), Richard D. Sharp (Earl Sigma), David John Pope (Kandy Man), Tim Scott (Forum Doorman), Philip Neve (Wences), Ryan Freedman (Wulfric), Annie Hulley (Newscaster)

Trivia

The Show

• While listed together as "Snipers" on-screen, the Radio Times programme listing for part two gives the characters' names as David S and Alex S.

Allusions and References

• Helen A was written to satirise then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Sheila Hancock only accepted the role of Helen A if she could play her as Thatcher, whom she "hated with a passion."