Widow Twankey

Widow Twankey is a character in the pantomime Aladdin.

She is a pantomime dame (i.e. played by a man), and runs a Chinese laundry in Peking. One of her sons, Aladdin, is the hero of the pantomime, while her other son, often named Wishy Washy (or Wishee Washee), just helps in the laundry.

She is not exactly pivotal in the plot (such as it is), but more a source of jokes and innuendo, mostly centred on items of underwear on the washing line.

In both "Timewyrm:Revelation" and "No Future," the Doctor remembers Mike Yates playing Widow Twankey in the UNIT staff panto one Christmas. Jo Grant played Aladdin, while the Doctor himself played the villian.