Alfred de Souza
Lord Alfred de Souza was a British aristocrat and father of Christina de Souza.
Biography
Early life
Alfred de Souza was born to Eugenia de Souza's older brother. (AUDIO: Outback) He sat in the House of Lords (AUDIO: Long Shot) and had a daughter, Christina. He regularly cheated on his wife with au pairs, secretaries, yoga instructors and horse trainers.
Christina accused Alfred of not being there for her mother when she was dying. Following her death, Alfred sent Christina to ski camps and language schools during the holidays to keep her out of the way. (AUDIO: The Wreck) He invested money in the Icelandic banks and lost a significant amount of his fortune as a result. (TV: Planet of the Dead; AUDIO: Skin Deep)
The Amber incident
At a party with some other aristocrats, Alfred met Christina who he chastised for her burglaries and heists, going so far as to call her ‘a disgrace’ to the family name.
At the party, the Amber attacked and either killed or cocooned the guests. Alfred hid himself away with Benji, a party guest, but promptly threw Benji out of their hiding spot when he discovered that he had a beetle on his body, causing Benji to be taken by the Amber.
Christina found Alfred and tried to rescue him, but they argued about their damaged relationship instead. Alfred decided to send Christina away and confronted the Amber, though instead offered to help facilitate a covert Amber invasion of the Earth rather than truly defy them. His attempts failed however and he was swarmed by the beetles.
After Christina and Sylvia Noble defeated the Amber and foiled their takeover, Sam Bishop arrived with UNIT and helped to save the surviving guests. Afterwards, Sylvia confronted Alfred and warned him to mend his relationship with Christina in future. (AUDIO: Skin Deep)
Money-making schemes
Alfred met Bunny Warren, a dancer, and entered into a relationship with her, giving her all manner of creams to ensure that she remained looking youthful. He proposed to her with his wife's ring and celebrated their engagement on a yacht, paid for with charity money, off the coast of Zanzibar. In truth, he chose the location in the hopes of finding at least one of the three lost shipwrecks believed to be there.
Unexpectedly joined by Christina, Alfred dived with her to the coral reef and found the wreck of a ship as well as that of a spacecraft. He drugged her to keep her from interfering when he dived again to see what could be removed from the wrecks and brought up the bodies of two slaves who had turned into bejewelled statues. When Bunny became infected, he initially refused to allow UNIT or a doctor to see her and, after her death, he realised that he too was infected and left on Sam Bishop's boat. (AUDIO: The Wreck)
A wanted man
Using his power to turn people into jewels, Alfred went about London murdering illegal bookies to whom he owed money, bringing him to the attention of Jacqui McGee and, later, UNIT. Sam chased him outside Messingham's, but Alfred was able to escape and return to his hotel room after turning Sam's vehicle into jewels. When Christina visited him, he ordered her to leave once he began to succumb to his infection.
Alfred was visited once again by Christina, who tested the alpha wave gun on him and left him unconscious. The following day, he attended the Royal Northcote Races and, to prevent UNIT from assassinating him, Christina faked his death by stunning him once more and having Ivo Hislop-Cannon take him away in an ambulance. Unsure of what to do with him in the long term, Christina took him to a private facility to be kept sedated. (AUDIO: Long Shot)
Personality
After being infected in Zanzibar, Alfred's eyes became pearls (AUDIO: The Wreck) and he took to wearing sunglasses. (AUDIO: Long Shot)
