Earl Sigma
Earl Sigma was a blues player from Earth who played blues songs on Terra Alpha. The "Sigma" designated that he was from a planet other than Terra Alpha.
Biography
Earl was a medical student. In his fifth year of post-med psychology, he took a tour of Earth's colonies, paying his way by playing his harmonica, but he became stuck on Terra Alpha where he was designated "Earl Sigma" on account of him being a visitor. Although he favoured the blues, such music was forbidden (TV: The Happiness Patrol [+]Loading...["The Happiness Patrol (TV story)"]) and he played happier tunes, such as a particularly trite one he once heard in an airport lounge on Earth, when he saw the Happiness Patrol. In all his interplanetary travels, the city of Terra Alpha was the quietest on account of the Happiness Patrol and their curfew. (PROSE: The Happiness Patrol [+]Loading...["The Happiness Patrol (novelisation)"])
He helped the Seventh Doctor through the Kandy Man's kitchen, snipers and many other dangers.
He and the Doctor played a quick and improvised duet, with Earl on the harmonica and the Doctor on the spoons.
After the Happiness Patrol and Helen A were deposed, Earl decided to stay and teach the people there the blues again. (TV: The Happiness Patrol [+]Loading...["The Happiness Patrol (TV story)"])
Personality
Earl hated questionnaires. (PROSE: The Happiness Patrol [+]Loading...["The Happiness Patrol (novelisation)"])
