Ted Lambert

Ted Lambert is a character in QIA. He is the husband of main character Tasneem Hafiz.
== Biography ==
=== Relationship with Hafiz ===
Ted began dating Tasneem Hafiz in November 2019 after an initial double date with Sarah Cunnington and his work colleague, Joshua. ("Enora", "Jilani").
After Hafiz's arm injury was exacerbated during the New Philadelphia 2263 mission, Ted later took her home from the hospital after she was discharged ("Tom").
In June 2020, eight months after they had begun dating, Ted proposed to Hafiz. While initially unsure - him not being a Muslim - she nonetheless accepted ("Change").
However, after a distastrous first meeting with Hafiz's family (and in particular her mother Sadiya), Ted realised that he would never be accepted or be able to marry her in their current situation, so he made the decision to convert to Islam so that they could properly marry ("Denny").
Ted began taking Quran lessons with Hafiz's brother Tareq, making such significant progress that by August he was almost ready to recite the shahada and officially become a Muslim. In anticipation of this, he also spoke to the local imam and arranged a wedding date for the following March ("Nottingham"). After a brief falling-out, Ted recited the shahada on the 21st September, officially making the conversion to Islam ("Ted").
=== Brent Hall ===
After Hafiz took the NT-063 weapon from Brent Hall's facility in Omagh, Hall had Ted abducted in order to make an exchange. Ted was beaten during his brief captivity, but eventually rescued after Hafiz agreed to give back the weapon to Hall. ("Ted") 
Following this, Hafiz asked Ted if they could move up their wedding plans, and the two got married on the 25th September 2020. They would later have their honeymoon in Ankara, in October. ("Life")
=== Alternate Timeline ===
In the original timeline, which was later lost after the team failed to prevent Amy Stoker from being abducted as a child, Ted moved to St Alban's with Hafiz. After Sarah was brought back out of the Void, she came to temporarily live with Hafiz and Ted in St Alban's. Also in this timeline - possibly as a result of him being away from her - Ted's mother Geraldine had died by 2022. ("Missing")
== Appearances ==
=== Season One ===
"Mary" (mentioned), "Enora" (mentioned), "Ethan" (mentioned), "Jilani" (mentioned), "Tom" (uncredited)
=== Season Two ===
"Change", "Denny", "Nottingham", "Ted", "Life", "Death"
=== Season Three ===
"Missing", "York", "Predator", "Power" (uncredited)
== Trivia ==
Ted's phone's lock screen still has the default wallpaper image ("Mary").
Like everyone else bar her mother, for a long time even Ted called Hafiz by her surname, despite being in a relationship with her. By at least 2022, however, she was comfortable with him calling her Tas. ("Missing")
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