Dr Caitlin Todd (Caroline Harker), Emmerdale’s most twisted medical professional since John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth), is truly a wretched creature.
A vicious bully at work and an arch manipulator in every other aspect of her life, she’s even managed to take on and almost entirely destroy the usually indomitable Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins).
We were introduced to Todd as the spiteful boss of young student doctor, Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant), who she took an instant dislike to, proceeding to make his working life a living hell. Not satisfied with torturing him at work, she also moved to the village and became Vanessa Woodfield’s (Michelle Hardwick) roommate, allowing her to continue to victimise him when he’s at home, too.
Jacob took to the proper channels by formally reporting Todd to HR at the hospital, though Todd’s discovery that baby Leyla, believed to be Jacob and wife Sarah Sugden’s (Katie Hill), is actually the child of not-so-surrogate, Charity, led to her using this ammunition to force Charity to get Jacob to withdraw his complaint.
