Helen A

Helen A is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.Helen A, seen in The Happiness Patrol, (1988), was ruler of a human colony on Terra Alpha. Outlawing unhappiness, she brutally controlled the population through executions conducted by the Happiness Patrol and Gilbert M's Kandy Man. Joseph C was her consort and she had a pet Stigorax, called Fifi. Joseph C escaped the city when the Pipe People revolted against Helen A's rule. Fifi was killed, crushed in the pipes below the city during the uprising. Helen A, unable to escape, only came to understand the Doctor's notion that happiness can only truly be appreciated when counter-balanced with sadness when she discovered Fifi's remains.