EastEnders spoilers follow.

Next week on EastEnders, Stacey is back, and she's not alone, while Tiffany contemplates her future with Keegan and there's a baby shock for Martin and Zack. No, you didn't misread.

Here's a full collection of the 13 biggest moments coming up:

1. Chelsea shares her baby news

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As Chelsea continues to keep her family in the dark over her pregnancy, she finds herself blurting the news out to Kim next week.

Chelsea asks Kim to help her tell Denise as well, but how will she react?

2. Stacey is back

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Jean is planning a party for Stacey's return and appeals to Suki to fix the boiler, to no avail.

As the party kicks off at Walford East, Stacey soon appears – delighting Jean and Lily. The Slaters enjoy a happy reunion with Stacey but Martin feels on edge, especially when Stacey asks to speak to him.

3. Stacey drops a bombshell on Martin

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With Stacey out of prison, Lily reminds a lonely Martin she'll be moving home with Arthur and Hope.

After the party, Martin opens up to Zack about his feelings for Stacey, who encourages him to go for it with her.

Taking Zack's advice, Martin decides to reveal his true feelings but Stacey interrupts and drops a bombshell...

4. Zack and Martin get a baby shock

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EastEnders will kick off a huge new story for Martin next week, when a case of mistaken identities leaves him and Zack in a mess.

When Sharon gets approached by Neil, whose daughter has been heartbroken by Zack, she is quick to cover for her brother. Sharon also encourages Zack to fix things with Nancy, believing that to be the real issue here, but when Neil confronts him, Zack bottles it and pretends to be Martin instead.

Chaos then ensues as mistaken identities leaves both Zack and Martin in sticky situations – particularly when they arrive home to the daddy of all surprises.

Zack and Martin are shocked to the core to discover a one-year-old baby on the doorstep with a note, ‘Alyssa is yours, please take care of her’. But who's the daddy?

5. Sparks fly between Tiffany and Keegan

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Tiffany arrives for her date with Aaron but her heart sinks when she realises Keegan is working behind the bar. Aaron soon arrives but Tiffany feels awkward and the night doesn't go as well as she'd hoped.

Upset, Tiffany goes to leave but her heel snaps. Keegan comes to her rescue, offering her a piggy back home, infuriating Liam when he spots them.

Liam warns Keegan to stay away from his sister, but a look between Tiffany and Keegan suggests that their spark hasn't completely disappeared.

6. The Slaters and the Panesars go to war

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Stacey appeals to Kheerat to get Suki to fix the boiler and sneakily steals his keys when he refuses. The Slaters later up the ante by breaking into the Panasars' place to shower.

Upon arriving home, Suki wastes no time in blaming the Slaters for the break-in and things go from bad to worse when she notices Jags' watch is missing.

7. Suki takes shock action

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Kheerat accuses the Slaters of stealing Jags' watch, just as Stacey prepares to meet with her probation officer.

Furious, Suki is determined to take matters into her own hands and storms over to the Slaters and accuses Stacey of stealing halfway through her meeting. Suki then takes further shocking action by presenting the family with an eviction notice.

8. Meet Eve

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Newcomer Eve will be hot on the heels of Stacey's return to Walford next week – but not everyone is happy about it.

Former Waterloo Road star Heather Peace has been cast in the role of Stacey's prison friend, who will arrive in the Square in next Friday's episode (October 29).

After having a flirt with Shirley, Eve finds Stacey in The Vic and the pair happily embrace. But Jean is less than impressed...

9. Iqra gives Tiffany some advice

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Aaron apologises to Tiffany for the night before. When he leaves, Liam comments Aaron is better than Keegan but Tiffany is not interested in him.

Iqra overhears this and later stops Tiffany to tell her Liam is wrong about Keegan. Will Tiff be persuaded to give Keegan another chance? Possibly...

10. Tiffany is left distraught

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With Iqra's words ringing in her ear, Tiffany takes her advice on board and heads over to Ruby's looking for Keegan.

Unfortunately, this coincides with a drama of Dotty's, who has the police on her case regarding a situation with her mum.

Keegan supports Dotty, but this devastates Tiffany when she turns up. Spotting Keegan with Dotty, Tiffany makes a quick exit. Has Keegan missed his chance?

11. Kim faces a devastating task

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Still reeling from the news that Vincent was killed three years ago, Kim knows she needs to tell her daughter Pearl the truth.

A heartbroken Kim finds the strength to tell Pearl that Vincent is dead, before breaking down to Denise.

12. Dotty warns Rocky

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A desperate Dotty finds Rocky at the café and demands he get her inheritance off Sonia. Piling on the pressure, Dotty insists that she needs the money now, or she'll tell Sonia everything.

With the clock ticking, Rocky tries to pitch to Peter an idea for vegan burgers but he gets rejected.

13. Aaron confronts Ash

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Noticing his dad's desolate state, Aaron becomes determined to get Harvey's job back and threatens Kat for unfair dismissal. Dana, however, takes a different approach and begs Ash to forgive her dad.

Ash is supported by ex-girlfriend Iqra over the unsettling situation but things get even worse when Aaron confronts her.

Dana has a word with her brother about this but he brushes it off, as he's more interested to meet Bobby….

EastEnders airs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays on BBC One.

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