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| |release date = [[19 February (releases)|19 February]] [[1985 (releases)|1985]]}} | | One '''parallel universe''' was where [[Hogwarts]] was located. |
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| '''''EastEnders''''' is a British television soap opera produced by the [[BBC]]. Created by ''Doctor Who'' directing and acting alumni, [[Julia Smith]] and [[Tony Holland]], the series centres on the residence of [[Albert Square]], in the fictional [[London]] borough of [[Walford]], and their daily lives and struggles that reflect many real world issues. The series has been a staple of [[BBC One]]'s weeknight schedules since its launch in [[1985 (releases)|1985]], earning its status as a British television institution with the help of its iconic characters and storylines.
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| Being a BBC series, it should come as no surprise that its connections with ''Doctor Who'' are plentiful, both on screen and behind the scenes.
| | Taking a [[rift]] from [[User:WaltK/Sandbox 12|another universe]], [[Wyldstyle]], [[Batman]] and [[Gandalf]] arrived in [[Diagon Alley]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|New Adventures Await! (webcast)}}) |
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| == Crossovers ==
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| The first official crossover between ''EastEnders'' and ''Doctor Who'' came in the [[1991 (releases)|1991]] ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' short story, ''[[Mistaken Identity (short story)|Mistaken Identity]]'', originally published in [[DWM 176]]. The story sees [[Gustave Lytton]] visit a [[pub]] near [[Walford Station]], non-explicitly implied to be {{w|the Queen Victoria}}, where he notices that the barman, [[Den Watts]], bears a strong resemblance to [[Kiston]], this being a metafictional reference to Kiston and Den both being played by the same actor, [[Leslie Grantham]].
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| Arguably the most notorious crossover between the two shows is the [[1993 (releases)|1993]] televised [[Children in Need]] charity special, ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''. In this, the nominal 30th anniversary special of ''Doctor Who'', [[the Rani]] traps [[the Doctor]] in a [[time loop]] localised within [[Walford]], where he cycles through his various (still living) incarnations and companions. The special sees the appearances of many ''EastEnders'' characters from the time, including [[Sanjay Kapoor|Sanjay]] and [[Gita Kapoor]] ([[Deepak Verma]] and [[Shobu Kapoor]]), [[Pauline Fowler]] ([[Wendy Richard]]), [[Kathy Beale|Kathy]] and [[Ian Beale]] ([[Gillian Taylforth]] and [[Adam Woodyatt]]), [[Sharon Watts]] ([[Letitia Dean]]), [[Pat]] and [[Frank Butcher]] ([[Pam St. Clement]] and [[Mike Reid]]), [[Mandy Salter]] ([[Nicola Stapleton]]), and [[Phil Mitchell|Phil]] and [[Grant Mitchell]] ([[Steve McFadden]] and [[Ross Kemp]]).
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| [[Image:Den Watts.jpg|thumb|left|The "[[ghost]]" of Den Watts confronts [[Peggy Mitchell]] in ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''.]]
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| A more metafictional crossover occurred for a short scene in ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''. During the new "[[ghost]]" craze sweeping the planet, the [[Tenth Doctor]] flicks through television channels until coming to an episode of ''EastEnders'' in which [[Peggy Mitchell]] (with [[Barbara Windsor]] reprising her role) is behind the bar at the Queen Victoria telling a supposed ghostly manifestation of the deceased [[Den Watts]] to "get out of [her] pub!" The story of this completely fictional episode appears to be a humorous nod to Den's two on screen deaths, in which the character was infamously resurrected in 2004 after seemingly being killed off fifteen years earlier. Coincidentally, Den's killer in the show, his second wife {{w|Chrissie Watts}}, was played by [[Tracy-Ann Oberman]], who made her debut in this very episode as [[Yvonne Hartman]].
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| Two more crossovers occurred in [[2011 (releases)|2011]], the first of which was early in the year, during the opening [[National Television Awards]] sketch, ''[[Dermot and the Doctor (TV story)|Dermot and the Doctor]]''. In the sketch, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] brings [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to various times and places as he struggles to get [[Dermot O'Leary (National Television Awards)|Dermot O'Leary]] to the awards ceremony. One of the places they end up is outside the [[laundrette]] on [[Albert Square]], where [[Dot Cotton]] (played by [[June Brown]]) is [[smoking]], and she tells Dermot that the Doctor is a frequent visitor to her laundrette.
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| [[Image:Dot Sprout Boy.jpg|thumb|[[Dot Cotton]] in ''[[Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars (TV story)|Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars]]'']]
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| A second crossover, though more ambiguous in its status as a crossover with ''EastEnders'' specifically, happened as part of that year's [[BBC One]] [[Christmas ident]], ''[[Consider Yourself One Of Us... (2011 BBC Christmas ident)|Consider Yourself One Of Us...]]'' The ident sees various BBC stars indulging in a [[Christmas party]] whilst belting out the titular song. Appearing among the various stars are ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s then-current stars [[Matt Smith]], [[Karen Gillan]] (potentially in character as the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]], respectively), and a [[Cyberman (Consider Yourself One Of Us...)|Cyberman]], and four stars from the soap, specifically [[Ricky Norwood]], [[Shona McGarty]], [[Shane Richie]], and [[June Brown]]. Although none of the stars are necessarily playing their respective soap characters here, it is clear they are appearing in the ident as a promotion for the show regardless.
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| [[Dot Cotton]] appears once again in BBC One's [[2015 (releases)|2015]] Christmas ident, ''[[Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars (TV story)|Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars]]'', as one of several BBC characters having [[Christmas dinner]] with [[Sprout Boy]] and the [[Twelfth Doctor]].
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| == References in the DWU ==
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| The [[1994 (releases)|1994]] novel, ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'', made a nod to the aforementioned ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'' through a claim by the [[Seventh Doctor]] that he once had a dream in which all his old enemies chased him around the ''EastEnders'' set.
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| The [[2001 (releases)|2001]] novel, ''[[Instruments of Darkness (novel)|Instruments of Darkness]]'', revealed that the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s [[2000]]-hailing companion, [[Evelyn Smythe]], had been using her foreknowledge of [[1990s]] ''EastEnders'' storylines to get some extra cash by betting on the correct outcomes.
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| In the [[2005 (releases)|2005]] novel, ''[[The Monsters Inside (novel)|The Monsters Inside]]'', following her [[Aliens of London (TV story)|year away]] from modern day [[Earth]], [[Rose Tyler]] caught with the episodes of the show that she missed during that time. The [[Ninth Doctor]], who was forced to watch along with her, later used a piece of his general knowledge of the show to his advantage, when Rose is tested by [[Lazlee Flowers]] on tangential warp offset, he subtly gave Rose the answer (45), by telling her to think of the address of [[Pauline Fowler|Pauline]], [[Martin Fowler|Martin]], and [[Sonia Fowler]], which was [[45 Albert Square]] at the time.
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| In the [[2006 (releases)|2006]] episode, ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'', the [[Tenth Doctor]] expresses his belief that one of the most unluckiest phrases that one could utter was, "This is going to be the best [[Christmas]] [[Walford]] has ever had", a reference to the show's typically, notoriously depressing Christmas specials.
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| In the [[2008 (releases)|2008]] ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' serial, ''[[The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)|The Mark of the Berserker]]'', whilst under the influence of the [[Berserker pendant]], [[Haresh Chandra]] obeys [[Rani Chandra|his daughter]]'s command to [pretend to be] "[[Bianca Jackson|Bianca]] off ''EastEnders''", in which he screams the names of [[Ricky Butcher]], [[Whitney Dean]], and [[Pat Butcher]] in her trademark style.
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| In the [[2018 (releases)|2018]] audio story, ''[[The Siege of Big Ben (audio story)|The Siege of Big Ben]]'', saw [[Jackie Tyler]] learn that the show did not exist on [[Pete's World]], to her disappointment.
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| == References to the DWU on ''EastEnders'' ==
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| In an episode broadcast on [[27 April (releases)|27 April]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]], {{w|Ricky Butcher}} and {{w|Charlie Slater}} discuss the recent outing of {{w|Syed Masood}}, during which Ricky mentions "[[John Barrowman|the one from ''Doctor Who''. The big yank, the gay one [who is] into all the musicals]]", prompting a surprised Charlie to remark "[[gay]]s in ''Doctor Who''?! Wouldn't have happened in my day".
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| In an episode broadcast on [[24 October (people)|24 October]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]], after Finlay and Felix Baker move in with {{w|Chelsea Fox}} and [[Whitney Dean]], Chelsea is taken aback by how many boxes the pair have brought with them, considering they previously lived in a cramped flat with their uncle Mitch and the Taylors, prompting Chelsea to ask Mitch, flippantly, if their flat is "[[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]".
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| == Connections ==
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| === Crew ===
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| ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s connections to ''EastEnders'' are so great that they stretch right back to the two minds who created the soap, [[Julia Smith]] and [[Tony Holland]]; Smith directed the [[1960s]] television serials, ''[[The Smugglers (TV story)|The Smugglers]]'', and ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'', being the second ever female director of a ''Who'' serial for the former.
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| Holland, meanwhile, acted on screen in ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]'', playing the [[Third Assistant]].
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| [[David Ashton]], who played [[Kendron]] in ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'', was one of the show's earliest writers, writing for various storylines throughout the 1980s.
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| [[Colin Brake]], a writer of various DWU novels, wrote for the series from 1992 to 1995.
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| Prolific ''Doctor Who'' pundit [[Andrew Collins (critic)|Andrew Collins]] wrote for the show from 2000 to 2002.
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| [[Michael Begley]], who acted on screen as [[Mulligan (The Curse of the Black Spot)|Mulligan]] in ''[[The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)|The Curse of the Black Spot]]'' and [[Allan Hogan|"All Ears" Alan Hogan]] in ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]'', wrote for the show from 2010 to 2013, and then again from 2019 to 2020. He also had a minor on screen role in a 2013 episode, as a market inspector.
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| [[Johnny Candon]], who wrote the ''[[Missy (audio series)|Missy]]'' audio story, ''[[War Seed (audio story)|War Seed]]'', was a writer for the series from 2018 to 2020.
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| === Cast ===
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| ==== Actors who appeared in crossovers ====
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| Among the ''EastEnders'' actors to appear as their characters in ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'', [[Letitia Dean]], [[Gillian Taylforth]], and [[Steve McFadden]] are the only three who still appear in the show today, as [[Sharon Watts]], [[Kathy Beale]], and [[Phil Mitchell]], respectively.
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| [[Shobu Kapoor]], who appeared in ''Dimensions'' as her ''EastEnders'' character, [[Gita Kapoor]], later appeared as the [[Scared woman (Journey's End)|scared woman]] in ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', and then as the voice of [[Sai Chopra]] in the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio, ''[[Vortex Ice (audio story)|Vortex Ice]]''.
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| [[June Brown]] had already appeared in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' as Lady [[Eleanor (The Time Warrior)|Eleanor]], in ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'', before taking up her long-serving role as ''EastEnders'' stalwart [[Dot Cotton]] (later Branning) early in the show's run, a role she later played briefly in ''[[Dermot and the Doctor (TV story)|Dermot and the Doctor]]'', and her likeness of which was used in ''[[Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars (TV story)|Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars]]''.
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| By the time [[Ricky Norwood]] appeared as an interview subject for ''[[The Ultimate Guide (2013 documentary)|The Ultimate Guide]]'', he was already best known for playing {{w|Arthur "Fatboy" Chubb}} on the soap, a role for which he appeared to promote in ''[[Consider Yourself One Of Us... (2011 BBC Christmas ident)|Consider Yourself One Of Us...]]''
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| Another actor to appear in ''Consider Yourself'', [[Shona McGarty]], continues to appear in the soap as [[Whitney Dean]].
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| ==== 1980s ====
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| Before playing Captain [[Kathryn McDonnell]] in ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'', and voicing [[Winnie Tyler]] in the Big Finish audio, ''[[Damaged Goods (audio story)|Damaged Goods]]'', one of [[Michelle Collins]]' most famous roles was {{w|Cindy Beale}}, the gold-digging former wife of {{w|Ian Beale}}, a role she first played in 1988.
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| ==== 1990s ====
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| [[Adele Silva]] appeared for three episodes in 1991, as Beth. Coincidentally, Silva's ''Doctor Who'' character, [[Squeak]], would later be established in the [[2020 (releases)|2020]] novel, ''[[At Childhood's End (novel)|At Childhood's End]]'', as having become a famous actress, with a role on ''EastEnders'' being among her gigs.
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| [[Lindsey Coulson]], who played {{w|Carol Jackson}} for various periods from 1993 to 2015, played [[Val Cane]] in ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]''.
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| ==== 2000s ====
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| The first year of the new millennium saw the introduction of what would go on to be one of the show's most beloved families, the Slaters. Among this predominantly female family was {{w|Zoe Slater}}, the role that launched the career of [[Michelle Ryan]] (Lady [[Christina de Souza]] of ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]''). The family patriarch, {{w|Charlie Slater}}, was played by [[Derek Martin]].
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| In 2001, [[Gary Beadle]], who later played [[Paul Langer]] in the ''Sarah Jane'' serial, ''[[The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)|The Mark of the Berserker]]'', joined the soap as {{w|Paul Trueman}}. He was joined months later by his adoptive father, {{w|Patrick Trueman}}, played by [[Rudolph Walker]], who had previously appeared as [[Harper (The War Games)|Harper]] in ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''.
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| In 2003, [[David Walliams]], who previously voiced [[Quincy Flowers]] and [[Ned Cotton]] in Big Finish's ''[[Phantasmagoria (audio story)|Phantasmagoria]]'', and later played [[Gibbis]] in ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'', appeared for two episodes as Ray Collins, the man who officiated {{w|Kat Slater}} and {{w|Alfie Moon}}'s wedding.
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| Just before playing [[Yvonne Hartman]] in ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' and other following media, [[Tracy-Ann Oberman]] played {{w|Chrissie Watts}} from 2004 to 2005.
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| [[Lee Ross]], who later played the [[Boatswain (The Curse of the Black Spot)|boatswain]] in ''[[The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)|The Curse of the Black Spot]]'', joined the soap in 2006 as {{w|Owen Turner}}.
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| [[Don Gilet]] joined the cast as the murderous {{w|Lucas Johnson}} in 2008, just four months after playing [[Lance Bennett]] in ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]''.
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| The Masood family were also introduced in 2008, with three of their four initial members consisting of [[Nina Wadia]] as {{w|Zainab Massod|Zainab}}, [[Zahra Ahmadi]] as {{w|Shabnam Masood|Shabnam}}, and [[Himesh Patel]] as {{w|Tamwar Masood|Tamwar}}. Wadia and Ahmadi would both go on to appear on televised ''Doctor Who'' as, respectively, Dr [[Ramsden]] in ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', and [[Missy (Nightmare in Silver)|Missy]] in ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'', while Patel would voice three characters for [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audios; [[Dendry]] in ''[[Day of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Day of the Vashta Nerada]]'', and [[Ayrton Valencia]] and the [[Engineer (The Lifeboat and the Deathboat)|Engineer]] in ''[[The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (audio story)|The Lifeboat and the Deathboat]]''.
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| In 2009, [[Meryl Fernandes]], who played a [[Female student (The Poison Sky)|female student]] in ''[[The Poison Sky]]'', joined the show as {{w|Afia Khan}}.
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| ==== 2010s ====
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| In 2010, just two years after doing his best [[Bianca Jackson]] impersonation as [[Haresh Chandra]] in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' serial, ''[[The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)|The Mark of the Berserker]]'', [[Ace Bhatti]] joined the ''EastEnders'' cast as the villainous {{w|Yusef Khan}}, father of the aforementioned Afia, and the abusive first husband of Zainab Masood.
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| An online spin-off series, {{wi|EastEnders: E20}}, ran from 2010 to 2011, which [[Tosin Cole]] ([[Thirteenth Doctor]] companion [[Ryan Sinclair]]) as {{w|Sol Levi}}, and [[Sophie Colquhoun]] ([[Madrigal (Aliens & Sex & Chips & Gravy)|Madrigal]] in ''[[Aliens & Sex & Chips & Gravy (audio story)|Aliens & Sex & Chips & Gravy]]'') as Ava Bourne.
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| In 2014, [[Rakhee Thakrar]], who would go on to play [[Eighth Doctor]] companion [[Bliss (The Starship of Theseus)|Bliss]] in various [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audios, took over the role of {{w|Shabnam Masood}} (originally played by [[Zahra Ahmadi]]).
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| [[Davood Ghadami]], who played [[Jim (Let's Kill Hitler)|Jim]], one of the crew aboard the [[Teselecta]] in ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'', played {{w|Kush Kazemi}} from 2014.
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| Twelve years after previously appearing as her ''Doctor Who'' character, [[Melanie Bush]], in ''Dimensions in Time'', Bonnie Langford joined the ''EastEnders'' cast in 2015 as {{w|Carmel Kazemi}}, mother to the afoemtioned Kush.
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| The Kazemi family was expanded once again in 2016 with the addition of Carmel's other son, and Kush's brother, {{w|Shakil Kazemi}}, played by [[Shaheen Jafargholi]], who previously appeared in the ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' episode, ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'', as [[Danny (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Danny]].
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| [[Roger Griffiths (actor)|Roger Griffiths]], who played Commander [[Kess]] in ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'', joined the show in 2018 as {{w|Mitch Baker (EastEnders)|Mitch Baker}}.
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| ==== 2020s ====
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| Reoccurring Big Finish voice actor [[Zaraah Abrahams]] joined the soap as {{w|Chelsea Fox}} in 2020.
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| A special flashback episode broadcast in 2022 featured [[George Russo]] ([[Phillip (The Time of Angels)|Phillip]] in ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'' and ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'') as Eric Mitchell, [[Christopher Pizzey]] ([[Eddie Smith]] in ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') as Malcolm Keeble, and [[David Ajala]] ([[Peter (The Beast Below)|Peter]] in ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]'') as a police officer.
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| === Miscellaneous ===
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| ==== Festive specials ====
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| ''EastEnders'' traditionally broadcasts extended episodes on [[Christmas Day]] and [[New Year's Day]], in time slots that are typically adjacent to ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s own festive specials, resulting in the two shows competing against each other in the ratings.
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| For Christmas Day schedules, ''EastEnders'' have typically ended up with higher overnight ratings than ''Doctor Who'', with only ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'' and ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'' managing to score higher in their respective years, with New Year's Day ratings historically having worked in ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s favour, with only Part 2 of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' failing to outdo ''EastEnders'' in [[2010 (releases)|2010]].
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