Dot Cotton

Dot Cotton

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Dot Cotton
Main aliases:	Dot Branning
Species:	Human
Place of origin:	Walford, London
Franchise of origin:	EastEnders
First appearance:	Dermot and the Doctor [+]Loading...["Dermot and the Doctor (TV story)"]
Appearances:	TV: Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars [+]Loading...["Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars (TV story)"]
Main actor:	June Brown

Dot Branning, previously Cotton, was a resident of Albert Square who ran a launderette, and was an acquaintance of the Doctor. (TV: Dermot and the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["Dermot and the Doctor (TV story)"], Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars ^[+]Loading...["Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars (TV story)"])

By one account, she was a fictional character featured in EastEnders. (PROSE: The Blood Cell ^[+]Loading...["The Blood Cell (novel)"])

Biography

The Doctor was a regular visitor to Dot's laundrette on Albert Square. While the Eleventh Doctor was trying to drop off Dermot O'Leary at the National Television Awards, Dermot stepped out of the TARDIS onto the square in front of Dot. (TV: Dermot and the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["Dermot and the Doctor (TV story)"])

Dot at a Christmas dinner for Sprout Boy. (TV: Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars ^[+]Loading...["Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars (TV story)"])

She once attended a Christmas dinner held by the Twelfth Doctor to lift the spirits of Sprout Boy. She was later seen pulling a Christmas cracker with the Doctor at the dinner table. (TV: Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars ^[+]Loading...["Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars (TV story)"])

Legacy

During the Doctor's imprisonment in the Prison, Clara took one of Class 2A's art lessons. She asked the students to paint a placard with the phrase "SAVE THE DOCTOR", but instead they got confused and began to paint "SAVE DOT COTTON". (PROSE: The Blood Cell ^[+]Loading...["The Blood Cell (novel)"])

Behind the scenes

• Clara's description of "famous Cockney chimney" refers to Dot being a well-known chainsmoker.
• While she is arguably known most famously with her first married name of Cotton, she officially went by her second married name, Branning, from 2002 onwards.
• She was played by June Brown, who played Lady Eleanor in The Time Warrior ^[+]Loading...["The Time Warrior (TV story)"].

External links

• Dot Cotton at the EastEnders Wiki