EastEnders

I've said it all along, soap operas are based on Dr Who, the houses are tardis' and the children regenerate at puberty

As long as she can act it doesn't really matter. The kid playing Ben Mitchell isn't exactly above the level of mediocre as it is and I don't see things getting any better soon. Put him up with any other character and the ability in acting is quite obvious. The boy playing Jay shows pretty much everybody else up which only goes to show how poor Ben's actor is.

What's the record for recasting characters, child or otherwise, in EastEnders anyway? Would appear to be Liam Butcher with six heads, followed by Peter Beale with five heads, Steven with four, Lucy with three, Bobby's on his second as will be Oscar Branning soon with the news the baby was sacked.

Adult wise, main characters only, Sam Mitchell, Vicki Fowler and Billy Jackson have had more than one head during adult life.

well they will insist on casting time lords into soap operas

any ideas why the 'sacked' the baby playing Oscar, I know in Corry they changed the first child to play Sophie Webster because she just cried all the time, same with one of the children playing Amy Barlow

Because it cost £300 a week to taxi the baby and his mother all the way from Southend-on-Sea.
Mum's upset because she claims the baby's on a contract and the BBC are saying none of the babies or children are on contract as they're bought into work on an as-and-when basis.

Surely Peggy Mitchell, originally played by Jo Warne, and Mark Fowler (David Scarboro) also had more than one "head" in adult life, although the latter depends on when you think adulthood begins.

Upset because she can't make money out of her baby child?

Women like that should be sterilised.

so danielle may be ronnie's daughter




now there's a twist I wasn't expecting

Except Doctor Who is a 1000 times better (and a 1000 times more realistic )

exactly, except for that dire dr who / eastenders thing they did for children in need which had Pauleen fowler alive and well in 2013

well that's one way to totally fuff up the continuity of two shows in one go.

talking of f'-ed up continuity when Bianca returned didn't she say Tony was in jail and shouldn't have got caught, implying some sort of botched up burglary or something

then we find out he's inside for asault, which is a crime you're quite likely to get 'caught' doing

Eastenders have started filming for this years Christmas episode. The date on the webcam says "Filming today: 25/12/08"

Gosh thanks for that, I thought they'd NEVER get round to filming this year's Christmas Day episode of Eastenders.

Looking at the webcam quotes, God help us all. They seem to think we want to see Ben Mitchell dancing again at Chrismas or possibly even singing. Since it was shown a few months ago that the kid thinks he's the next Billy Elliott, it transpired he can't dance for toffee. Now we may have to watch him murder another dance routine and/or butcher another song.

Oh yeah, the Vic Tardis effect is ongoing too - previously Phil, Peggy, Archie, Ben, Ronnie and Ricky lived there, now Phil's moved Suzy in, Billy's moved in himself and bought Jay in with him too. Nnow it seems Roxy and Sean have moved back in too at some point and its not clear whether Ricky's still there. That's potentially eleven people living above the pub in what can be no more than three bedrooms, surely?