Woman Police Constable Phyllis Dobbs is a fictional female character in BBC 1's Life On Mars series, played by Noreen Kershaw. She appeared in all but the first episode.Phyllis, despite being a woman, is regarded by other characters as one of the lads , and socialises with them in the pub after work. In a time of social upheaval and women bein...
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Woman Police Constable Phyllis Dobbs is a fictional female character in BBC 1's Life On Mars series, played by Noreen Kershaw. She appeared in all but the first episode.Phyllis, despite being a woman, is regarded by other characters as one of the lads , and socialises with them in the pub after work. In a time of social upheaval and women being treated as inferiors to men, Phyllis's no-nonsense attitude earns respect with the male fraternity because they know that, whatever rank they are, she won't tolerate their disrespect. Inappropriate comments to her or her friends may provoke a rude comment or a clip around the ear, as DC Chris Skelton learnt the hard way.WPC Dobbs usually plays by the rules, although in Wrongful Death , she intervened to save young Annie Cartwright from being dismissed after DS Ray Carling forced a prisoner to eat cocaine, which proved fatal.WPC Dobbs' usual role at the station is manning the front desk, allocating cells to arrested prisoners, and performing half hourly welfare checks on them. She exercises some power in this - in The New World , she allocated a prisoner who had annoyed her to a cell where someone had previously been sick.
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