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== Behind the scenes == | == 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". 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'' === | === 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. | |||
=== The Brilliant Book 2012 === | === The Brilliant Book 2012 === | ||
According to ''[[The Brilliant Book 2012]]'', a book that contains [[Tardis:Valid sources|non-narrative]] based information, [[William Shakespeare]] was the head writer of ''EastEnders'' in [[River Song's World|an alternate timeline]]. | |||
=== Doctor Who references in EastEnders === | === Doctor Who references in EastEnders === | ||
The character {{w|Bradley Branning}} was a fan of Doctor Who, amoung 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''. | |||
[[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]], [[Rakhee Thakrar]], [[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. | |||
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