Ted's on-and-off girlfriend Karen is a nightmare. Even Karen pales in comparison to Ted's penultimate girlfriend Jeanette. That's suitable, van Statten is so unlikeable that a Dalek is noticeably far more sympathetic by comparison. Lampshaded brilliantly by the Doctor, whose ninth incarnation holds a far more particular hatred for the Daleks than at any time in advance of.The Doctor: Do you know what a Dalek is, van Statten?