[[Squeak|Chantelle]] had been on ''EastEnders'' at some point by [[2020]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[At Childhood's End (novel)|At Childhood's End]]'')
[[Squeak|Chantelle]] had been on ''EastEnders'' at some point by [[2020]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[At Childhood's End (novel)|At Childhood's End]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
In [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'', the Tenth Doctor claims that "this is going to be the best Christmas [[Walford]] has ever had" is among the unluckiest phrases one could utter. Walford is the fictional setting of ''EastEnders'', with the line being a reference to the soaps infamous tradition of having depressing Christmas specials.
=== Crossovers with ''Doctor Who'' ===
Though other stories portray ''EastEnders'' as a television soap, the [[Brief Encounter]] story ''[[Mistaken Identity (short story)|Mistaken Identity]]'' by [[Gary Russell]] and the Doctor Who mini-episode ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'' cross over ''EastEnders'' with the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. A line in ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'' dismissed that adventure as a dream.
The comic adventure ''[[Happy Deathday (comic story)|Happy Deathday]]'' seems to take place, in part, in the ''EastEnders'' universe. This is later revealed to be [[Happy Deathday|a video game]] being played aboard [[the Doctor's TARDIS]].
In the comic ''[[Tooth and Claw (comic story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', the [[Eighth Doctor]] refers to "[[Albert Square]]", the location of the series (although he might have meant another Albert Square).
The [[National Television Awards Sketch 2011]] and ''[[Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars (TV story)|Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars]]'' are also [[crossover]]s with the series.
=== Doctor Who references in EastEnders ===
The character {{w|Bradley Branning}} was a fan of Doctor Who, among other sci-fi series’. An episode broadcast in early 2008 saw him and {{w|Stacey Slater}} attend a Doctor Who convention. People in Dalek and Cybermen costumes could be seen at the event. In another episode, Bradley claimed he knew the names of all the actors to play the Doctor off by heart.
=== Connections ===
[[Tony Holland]], who played the [[Third Assistant]] in ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]'', and [[Julia Smith]], who directed ''[[The Smugglers (TV story)|The Smugglers]]'' and ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'', were the co-creators of ''EastEnders''.
[[Louise Jameson]], [[Sophie Aldred]], [[Leslie Schofield]], [[Brian Croucher]], [[Michael Keating]], [[Anna Wing]], [[Ace Bhatti]], [[Nina Wadia]], [[Michelle Ryan]], [[Lucy Baker]], [[Gary Beadle]], [[Lynda Baron]], [[Jo Joyner]], [[Sharon D Clarke]], [[Michelle Collins]], [[Jill Halfpenny]], [[Rudolph Walker]], [[Don Gilet]], [[Anita Dobson]], [[Tracy Ann Oberman]], and [[Tamzin Outhwaite]] are just a handful of the ''Doctor Who'' actors to have appeared in the soap over the years.
[[June Brown]], as well as appearing as Lady [[Eleanor (The Time Warrior)|Eleanor]] in ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'', also appeared as her ''EastEnders'' character [[Dot Branning]] in both ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'' and ''[[Dermot and the Doctor (TV story)|Dermot and the Doctor]]''.
[[Barbara Windsor]] appeared as her ''EastEnders'' character [[Peggy Mitchell]] in ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''.
''EastEnders'' character {{w|Shabnam Masood}} has been portrayed by two ''Doctor Who'' actors: [[Zahra Ahmadi]] originated the role from 2007 to 2008. [[Rakhee Thakrar]] later took on the role from 2014 to 2016.
[[Bonnie Langford]] took on the regular role of {{w|Carmel Kazemi}} in 2015, just over two decades after appearing on the ''EastEnders'' set as her ''Doctor Who'' [[Melanie Bush|character]] in ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''. She left the role in 2018. Langford's onscreen family also consisted of [[Davood Ghadami]], as Kush Kazemi, and [[Shaheen Jafargholi]], as Shakil Kazemi.
A web spin-off, {{wi|EastEnders E20}}, ran from 2010 to 2011. The first series featured [[Ricky Norwood]], in his television debut, as Arthur "FatBoy" Chubb (who would go on to become a regular of the main series until 2015). The second series featured [[Tosin Cole]], in his second television role, as Sol Levi, while the third and final series introduced Ava Bourne, played by [[Sophie Colquhoun]].
[[Adele Silva]], who portrayed [[Squeak]] in ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'', had a role on the show in 1991. Incidentally, the 2020 ''Doctor Who'' novel ''[[At Childhood's End (novel)|At Childhood's End]]'' would later reveal that Squeak had since become a model and actress, with ''EastEnders'' being among her acting roles.
In the summer of 2007, with the new "ghost" craze sweeping the planet, one of the killed-off characters, Den Watts, was brought back to the show in ghost form, using one of the ghosts which materialised during that period. The Tenth Doctor flicked through this episode of EastEnders along with Ghostwatch and Trisha Goddard, while investigating the new phenomenon at Jackie Tyler's flat. The ghosts were later revealed to be Cybermen attempting to cross between universes. (TV: Army of Ghosts)
