Patsy (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)

Patsy was a female mudlark in Victorian London.

Prior to Jeremiah Castle being hanged in the 1860s, Patsy served as the Queen of Jacob's Island. (AUDIO: Jago & Litefoot & Patsy)

She found the body of Joseph Buller floating in the Thames. She brought it to the attention of the Metropolitan Police in 1889. She rather enjoyed the gruesome sight. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)

She later assisted Henry Gordon Jago and Professor George Litefoot in several of their investigations in the 1890s. (AUDIO: Jago & Litefoot & Patsy, Higson & Quick)

Mulberry Gride described her as "a malodorous old hag" (AUDIO: Jago & Litefoot & Patsy) while Jago described as "peripatetic" (AUDIO: Higson & Quick).

Behind the scenes
This character was originally called a "ghoul" not in the sense of "an evil spirit or phantom that eat corpses", but in the sense of "a person morbidly interested in death or disaster". (Oxford Dictionary Online)

Actress Patsy Smart removed her false teeth to play this part, handing them in a handkerchief to director David Maloney. (DCOM: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)

She was eventually named "Patsy" in her audio appearances after the actress who originally played her on television. (Jago and Litefoot series 8: Behind the Scenes)