Pamela Joplin

*The books and TV adaptation are divided on this topic. The following article will focus on the adaptation version, citing the books only where the adaptation lacks information. For the book version, see Albert Joplin*

Pamela Joplin, in the books called Albert Joplin, is the antagonist of Episodes 4-8 and is a researcher working at Sweet Dreams Excavation and Clearance, directly with Paul Saunders. She commissioned the relic-men, Jack Carver and Danny Clough to steal the Bone Glass from Kensal Green Cemetery almost immediately after it's excavation by Lockwood & Co.. This decision unfolded into the Bickerstaff Case.

## Early Life & Work at Sweet Dreams

Joplin's interest into the mystical grew early. Her house contained statues of the Persian god Thoth, a god that also represented death and wisdom. She was particularly interested in the early years of the problem, even as she was young and it was still relatively new. Still, Joplin never possessed any trace of talent, meaning she could never actually see, hear or feel visitors, though she regretted that fact.

Pamela Joplin also became part of the leading duo of Sweet Dreams Excavation and Clearance, along with Sebastian Saunders. While Saunders was responsible for the business site of things, like contracting agents or other workers, Joplin was concerned with the research of potentially dangerous gravesites and their assessment. She was skilled in her work, allowing the firm to work with little incidents, as visitors were known before manifesting. For this work, she grew to prefer a classical approach, using books over databases like the Fittes Database.

Besides these official works, she was also robbing the firm. She hired relic-men to steal artifacts of interest for her, which amounted to a sizeable collection by the time she discovered the Bone Glass. Among those was the dagger she used to stab Jack Carver.

## Bone Glass

*Main article: Bickerstaff Case*
Pamela Joplin played a vital role in the Bickerstaff Case, as her interest in the Bone Glass led to her commissioning Jack Carver and Danny Clough to steal it. This decision led to the search for the Bone Glass, during which she managed to cajole and, in the end, coerce George Cubbins into handing the Bone Glass over to her and almost look into it.

Her interest in the Glass was largely based on her passion for the afterlife and the inner workings of the problem, an interest she shared with Cubbins. Together, they revived the old ideas and experiments of Edmund Bickerstaff to find out more, partly controlled by the ghost of Bickerstaff, partly out of their own interests. In the end, this led to the death of Joplin, as she looked into the Bone Glass after her efforts to force George Cubbins or Lucy Carlyle to look into it failed. Her last words were "It's extraordinary. It's Beautiful. Beautiful!", said while looking into the Glass.

## Trivia

* Pamela Joplin's character is one of the most major differences from books and adaptation, as the character is changed from Albert Joplin, an insecure and harmless-seeming researcher, to Pamela Joplin. Her role is very similar to that of Albert, but her connection with George appears deeper and is more of a factor when he decides to get the Bone Glass to her.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Sweet Dreams*: 4:23
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Not The Eternal*: 21:00
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *The Whispering Skull*, **VI: Through the Looking Glass**, Ch. 25
4. ↑ *The Whispering Skull*, **VI: Through the Looking Glass**, Ch. 26
5. ↑ *Death Is Coming*: 17:00
6. ↑ *Not The Eternal*
7. ↑ *Not The Eternal*, *"Wait. It's Working. Something's happening. Yes. It's extraordinary. It's wonderful! [gasps] It's beautiful! Beautiful!"*: 30:40