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Dot Branning, previously Cotton, was a resident of Albert Square who ran a launderette, and was an acquaintance of the Doctor. (TV: Dermot and the Doctor [+]Steven Moffat, ITV1 (2011)., Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars [+]Marc Hatfield, BBC Christmas videos BBC Christmas video 2015 (BBC One, 2015).)
By one account, she was a fictional character featured in EastEnders. (PROSE: The Blood Cell [+]James Goss, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2014).)
Biography[]
The Doctor was a regular visitor to Dot's laundrette on Albert Square. While the Eleventh Doctor was trying to drop off Dermot O'Leary at the National Television Awards, Dermot stepped out of the TARDIS onto the square in front of Dot. (TV: Dermot and the Doctor [+]Steven Moffat, ITV1 (2011).)
Dot at a Christmas dinner for Sprout Boy. (TV: Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars [+]Marc Hatfield, BBC Christmas videos BBC Christmas video 2015 (BBC One, 2015).)
She once attended a Christmas dinner held by the Twelfth Doctor to lift the spirits of Sprout Boy. She was later seen pulling a Christmas cracker with the Doctor at the dinner table. (TV: Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars [+]Marc Hatfield, BBC Christmas videos BBC Christmas video 2015 (BBC One, 2015).)
References[]
During the Doctor's imprisonment in the Prison, Clara took one of Class 2A's art lessons. She asked the students to paint a placard with the phrase "SAVE THE DOCTOR", but instead they got confused and began to paint "SAVE DOT COTTON". (PROSE: The Blood Cell [+]James Goss, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2014).)
Behind the scenes[]
- Clara's description of "famous Cockney chimney" refers to Dot being a well-known chainsmoker.
- While she is arguably known most famously with her first married name of Cotton, she officially went by her second married name, Branning, from 2002 onwards.
- She was played by June Brown, who played Lady Eleanor in The Time Warrior.
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