Albert Steptoe

Steptoe was a street urchin in the 1890s who helped Strax collect the robots left over from the attempted Cromek invasion of London. He thought that the scrap metal business had a lucrative future. Strax helped him develop the battle cry, "Any old iron!" (PROSE: The Pneuman League)

John Benton once recalled an episode of Steptoe and Son where the old man dumped pickled onions into his bathwater. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune)

Behind the scenes
Albert Steptoe was one of the titular characters from the television series Steptoe and Son, which was also established to exist within the DWU in PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune. In that story, John Benton referred to Albert Steptoe, albeit not naming him at the time.