EastEnders - Storyline scrapped due to June Browns death

dublintvfan · 27/09/22 - 23:29

The Sun is reporting that the Dotty not being Nicks daughter storyline was scrapped due to them not wanting to remove one of Dots bloodline from the show and keep Dotty as her granddaughter

What do you think do you agree or would ya have been happy if they had of confirmed she was Rockys?

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Joe_H11 · 27/09/22 - 23:36

Good decision

kitkat1971 · 28/09/22 - 00:19

If they were really concerned about Dot's bloodline continuing I the show, it was stupid to start this storyline last year given June Brown's advanced age.

Different producer who has made the right decision in saying it was a lie.

We're yet to get an explanation as to how Nick and his girlfriend and child knew his brother when he didn't even know his Dad most of his life.

Vinnie_Wright · 28/09/22 - 00:23

Is Dotty a "fan favourite"?

I think the character is pointless no matter who her father is.

vaslav37 · 28/09/22 - 07:08

Vinnie_Wright wrote: »

Is Dotty a "fan favourite"?

I think the character is pointless no matter who her father is.

Agreed.

casualtyno1fan · 28/09/22 - 07:16

A good decision. The "twist" was hideous, anyway.

CUP OF TEAAA! · 28/09/22 - 07:27

Can't believe how clueless they are that it took June Brown's death for someone to realise that Dotty needed to remain Dot's granddaughter. It's just baffling. If JB was still alive then they would have officially confirmed Dotty as Rocky's daughter which would have made the whole 2009 storyline pointless. Wow!

Dr K Noisewater · 28/09/22 - 07:28

Surely there was more storyline potential ongoing forward with her being Rocky's daughter? Dot's never coming back, as sad as June Brown's passing is, the show goes on. They should be looking to the future, not the past. What is the point keeping her Nick's daughter and Dot's granddaughter when they're both gone? Dot's grandson Charlie and great-grandson Matthew are still alive so its not like her bloodline has ended.

I think it would have been a good twist if Nick had always known Dotty wasn't his. He turned up on Dot's doorstep using Dotty back in 2008 to scam Dot, he lied about her name being Dotty when in actual fact it was Kirsty, and it wasn't even the first time he had used a fake grandchild to gain her trust. Back in 1989 Nick showed up with a baby he claimed was his which it turns out wasn't.

Nick pretending Dotty was his all along would be very in-keeping with the character. And it would also have finally opened Dotty's eyes to the kind of man Nick really was. Deceitful to the core. And it would have been nice to have her finally able to form a bond with her real father who is proving himself to actually be a decent man.

Its seems like a waste to me.

xTonix · 28/09/22 - 08:18

Vinnie_Wright wrote: »

Is Dotty a "fan favourite"?

I think the character is pointless no matter who her father is.

How very, very dare you 😡 Hotty Dotty is fabulous darling.

laceydawson · 28/09/22 - 08:39

Dr K Noisewater wrote: »

Surely there was more storyline potential ongoing forward with her being Rocky's daughter? Dot's never coming back, as sad as June Brown's passing is, the show goes on. They should be looking to the future, not the past. What is the point keeping her Nick's daughter and Dot's granddaughter when they're both gone? Dot's grandson Charlie and great-grandson Matthew are still alive so its not like her bloodline has ended.

I think it would have been a good twist if Nick had always known Dotty wasn't his. He turned up on Dot's doorstep using Dotty back in 2008 to scam Dot, he lied about her name being Dotty when in actual fact it was Kirsty, and it wasn't even the first time he had used a fake grandchild to gain her trust. Back in 1989 Nick showed up with a baby he claimed was his which it turns out wasn't.

Nick pretending Dotty was his all along would be very in-keeping with the character. And it would also have finally opened Dotty's eyes to the kind of man Nick really was. Deceitful to the core. And it would have been nice to have her finally able to form a bond with her real father who is proving himself to actually be a decent man.

Its seems like a waste to me.

I have to admit that when it happened I thought the whole point of making Dotty Rocky's daughter was because Dot and Nick were never going to be onscreen again, so therefore there was more storyline potential in having both of her parents around. But then Sandy disappeared and Rocky apparently isn't her dad. What a waste of time.

And we're still at a total loss as to where Rocky actually fits in on the Cotton family tree anyway so if anything it's probably good that he's not Dotty's father because he's practically gaffa-taped onto the Cottons' history.

Special Appearance · 28/09/22 - 09:06

Rocky is still Dotty's uncle, so plenty of potential there, he doesn't have to be her dad. They made the right decision.

EastEnders2009Fan · 28/09/22 - 09:09

I posted on here months back that Sandy will have made it up due to being a bitter drunk.
Glad they went through with it.

soapnut · 28/09/22 - 09:34

Although Dotty, Rocky, Kathy & Bobby (I'm not incuding Ben) make a great little unit, I think Dotty will eventually acquire Dot's house and let Sonia remain, allowing them to form a closer bond over their loss. Alternatively, Dotty being Dotty, I think she will ask Sonia to leave and maybe move Bernie, Finlay and Felix in making it a 'young' house as realistically they wouldn't be living in the Taylor's tiny flat! I really would love to see Dotty and Sonia bury the hatchet though in respect of their mutual loss of and as a tribute to Dot. Rocky will become the father figure and guardian Dotty so desperately needs regardless of their true relationship, also enabling him to reform the close bond he previously had with Sonia before his true indentity was revealed.

persi · 28/09/22 - 09:42

soapnut wrote: »

Although Dotty, Rocky, Kathy & Bobby (I'm not incuding Ben) make a great little unit, I think Dotty will eventually acquire Dot's house and let Sonia remain, allowing them to form a closer bond over their loss. Alternatively, Dotty being Dotty, I think she will ask Sonia to leave and maybe move Bernie, Finlay and Felix in making it a 'young' house as realistically they wouldn't be living in the Taylor's tiny flat! I really would love to see Dotty and Sonia bury the hatchet though in respect of their mutual loss of and as a tribute to Dot. Rocky will become the father figure and guardian Dotty so desperately needs regardless of their true relationship, also enabling him to reform the close bond he previously had with Sonia before his true indentity was revealed.

I suspect Dotty will kick Sonia out at first but eventually relent (probably with Kathy and Rocky's intervention).

I quite like it being the house of random women. There's Sonia, Janine and Scarlett there at the moment, and before that there was Sonia, Bex, Dotty, Dot, Whitney and Tiffany (in various configurations). Maybe this time next year it'll be Sonia, Dotty and Shirley?

Scrabbler · 28/09/22 - 09:46

Who is Tom Cottons mother? Did Dot know her?
When did Tom and Nick become aware of each other?
Why didnt Nick tell Dot he had another half brother?
Does Tom know about his other half brother, Andrew?
Why has Tom never asked Kathy about his father Charlie?
Does Dot know about Tom?
Dot frequently visited Dotty and Sandy, are we meant to believe neither of them told her about Tom?

shades101 · 28/09/22 - 12:18

I'm glad thex made this choice

O-J · 28/09/22 - 12:54

Dot made it seem like sandy was a good person when she went to stay with them a few times off screen.

BobinIslington · 28/09/22 - 14:02

By all accounts, June Brown really didn't like the way Dotty was recast, so I think she would have been quite at peace if they had removed the blood-line link as well.

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