From the Queen Vic to the TARDIS.
And when they got together, it was murder.
Well, not quite.
(Though the first episode did feature a victim who would later die, fact fans.)
But what they did create wasEastenders.
Even its time-slot owes much to the adventures of everyones favourite Gallifreyan.
So lets get that out of the way.
The elephant?Dimensions In Time.
Though the adventure almost made it to the filming stage, it was binned.
For those curious about the plot, kindly dont be.
Dont worry kids though, itsnotcanonical.
SoDimensions In Timewont confuse you with the various mentionsEastendershas actually had duringDoctor Who(all post-2005).
The soap has been name-checked on three occasions on screen.
Later in the same series,Eastenderseven featured more prominently.
Reciprocally,Whohas been referenced inEndersmany times.
The latter commented, Gays inDoctor Who?
Wouldnt have happened in my day!
We should say there are a lot.
Another relic from the first year of Enders, and still there, is Dot Cotton.
It featured Matt Smith and saw her reveal that she did the Doctors laundry.
She left the show a couple of years ago but has returned to celebrate the 30th this week.
InEastiesshe was the veritable Lady Macbeth as Chrissie Watts and oversaw the demise of the aforementioned Den Watts.
And by oversaw we mean she killed him.
We could go on.
For a very long time.
Behind the camera too are some notableWhoalumni whove crossed the streams, as it were.
So there you go.EastendersandDoctor Who, a wonderful history and, at times, some fascinating crossovers.
And some extraordinarily bad ones too.
Happy BirthdayEasties,heres to some more connections in time and soap and space.
Thanks to Kevin Jon Davies and Roger M. Dilley.
