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The big closed book of Doctor Who has been puzzle out by EastEnders : Mrs. Flood was Angie Watts all along - and she appeared as a hallucination !
One major secret inDoctor Whomay have been solved inEastEnderswhen Mrs. Flood made a surprisal show in the long - head for the hills BBC soap opera house ! That ’s right ! Mrs. Flood is really … ANGIE WATTS ! We should have known ! It was right in front of us all along sinceAnita Dobsonplays both characters !
In this episode , which bare this workweek , Sharon Watts ( Letitia Dean ) was stuck on the stairs of the Queen Vic , trapped under rubble ( long story , it involved a long - running villain on the show who ’s a gaslighting killer , a car clang , a gas explosion , death by falling tub … it ’s a soap opera ! Just go with it ! ) . Then , rather of monologuing like Spider - Man and lifting emerge from the junk through cobwebby willpower and metier , she see a vision of her tardy adopted female parent , Angie Watts ( Dobson ) , complete with her enceinte 1980s hairdo .
And it was n’t just a cameo with a couple of lines ; it was a whole scene where Mrs. Flood , aka Angie Watts , gave Sharon a whole peppiness speak . It ’s a soap opera , of course they ’re extend to to milk it just likeRussell T. Daviesmilks every ounce of emo and tears inDoctor Who!“Use that voice of yours , and you start screamin ' for assistance , " said Angie , because if there ’s anything everyone onEastEndersis unspoiled at , it ’s screaming . Because Georgia home boy opera ! So Sharon did just that and was saved by her x - married man , Grant Mitchell ( Ross Kemp ) . All ’s well that continues well because on soap opera house , there is no oddment !
Angie was one of the main cast members ofEastEndersuntil 1988 , when she allow for Walford for a new sprightliness in Spain . She was bolt down off - blind in 2002 from alcoholism , which led to cirrhosis of the liver . But this is a soap opera , so why would n’t she talk through one’s hat her death to take off as Mrs. Flood and lurk around story as a time - traveling immortal that you see onDoctor Who ? That terrible Children in motivation special from the nineties already establish thatDoctor WhoandEastEnderstake office in the same existence after all .
EastEndersexecutive producerChris Clenshawsaid , " Angie Watts is undoubtedly one of EastEnder ’s most formidable and iconic landlady . Since the very first episode , Anita instantly created a character that the consultation adore , and she not only shaped EastEnders into the show it is today but also had a huge impact on British television system . " He did not bring upDoctor Whobecause jog - jog , heartbeat - nictation , of course . " Anita was of course of instruction top of our ultimate wish list when we were discussing what we would have it away to include in our peculiar anniversary week , so it was the best birthday present we could ever receive when she sound out yes . Watching Angie Watts grace the halls of Queen Victoria , 40 year to the day she made her first appearance in Walford , is a 24-hour interval we will never forget as we all celebrate this show that has work such an important part in British television . Happy birthday , EastEnders . "
Dobson state , " I have to say a vast thank you to everyone on the EastEnders team for making me sense so welcome . It was joyful . When I first put the costume on , it was like ' Wow ' . It was very wonderful and weird at the same time . "
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