Kelsey Hooper

Kelsey Hooper was the first schoolmate Maria Jackson met after moving to Bannerman Road. Her hobbies included drinking Bubble Shock!, flirting, watching TV (especially Hollyoaks and the music channel) and sending bullying text messages to younger children.

Biography
Kelsey was apparently a neighbour of Maria, as she approached the Jacksons because she noticed the moving vans. Almost immediately after meeting Maria, she suggested they go into town on the free Bubble Shock! bus. The ride was only free, however, because it made a mandatory stop at the Bubble Shock! factory. She and Maria got embroiled in the mysterious happenings there, and soon met the Archetype, who would later come to be known as Luke Smith. She was briefly held prisoner by Mrs Wormwood and used for her knowledge of Sarah Jane Smith.

Although she thrust her way into Sarah Jane's attic, and met K9, she was not involved with the final remedy to the Bane crisis, as she was under the influence of the Bane chemical.

She was later described by Maria as "backtracking like mad — saying there's no such thing as aliens". (SJA: Invasion of the Bane)

Behind the scenes

 * The character was only named "Kelsey" in the credits, but addressed on-screen as "Kelsey Hooper."
 * The decision was made for the character not to return after the pilot episode. Her role in the story was fulfilled by Clyde Langer in further series.
 * The Faction Paradox short story "Now or Thereabouts" features a character called Ceol, who may be a thinly disguised version of Kelsey, some years after the events of Invasion of the Bane. The name Kelsey words meaning "Ceol's island". Ceol is a young black woman from contemporary London; in one scene, she meets her friend Maria (who had moved to America some years before) for drinks. Ceol jokes with Maria, "My pink velour trackie is strictly weekends only these days!" (Note Kelsey's costume in the image above.) In the story, Ceol undergoes a series of challenges in the style of  in order to gain a promotion to the rank of Cousin in Faction Paradox. (She succeeds, becoming Cousin Ceol by the story's end.)