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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]]). | 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]]). | ||
''to be | 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]]. | ||
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 Branning]] (played by [[June Brown]]) is [[smoking]], and she tells Dermot that the Doctor is a frequent visitor to her laundrette. | |||
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. | |||
[[Dot Branning]] 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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