I feel so sorry for these actors who must have been so excited to be cast in EE and must have been willing every day to receive decent development and investment and who have now been axed to the chorus of 'who cares?'

It's horrible, to be honest. Kyle was a blank slate of a character who could have been taken in any direction. He had a part to play in the current Slater-Fowler clan and he had an interesting backstory. Like Lee, Les, Pam and Roxy he felt real and rooted in reality. If SOC couldn't be bothered to invest in all these likeable characters then what makes him think the characters he introduces will fare any better.

This theme ran through virtually everything DTC did.

Didn't the actor who played Kyle win an award before he had even set foot in the show

He's been hired by the BBC to implement his own creative vision for the show. It's his job to get rid of characters he doesn't think are working. EastEnders is a tv show not a charity to keep actors in employment. It's a harsh business unfortunately, but as actors they will know this. I'm sure none of them will struggle for work outside of EE, it's probably the biggest career booster they could ask for.

the problem is that you can't suddenly give a character a personality after a year!

I'll be sad to see Kyle go - so much potential

Missed and wasted potential with Kyle

The thing is we are just going round in circles with the new producer getting rid of all the under developed characters left from the predecessor.

I lay the blame with DTC this time though, there was no reason for the likes of Buster and Kyle to be left without any sort of development,

Both are harmless characters; neither offensively bad or massively interesting. They never did anything for me so I can't say I'm sad to see them go. But I do think he should make it his priority to sort out the morally reprehensible characters before getting rid of the likeable ones. Ronnie and Claudette going (though I enjoy the latter) is probably for the best.

SOC must have BIG plans for the cast to implement such a clear out. I hope he delivers.

I agree Sez

SOC sounds like a tough decision maker but I'm slightly worried about the lack of knowledge about what he plans to do.

Absolutely agree Sorcha, I'm having a lot of doubts about SOC at the moment

Ruthless!

Has Donna been axed yet? I'm fearful about her and Claudette.

He seems to love swinging his chopper about that's for sure.

I'd be slightly miffed if he has axed Kyke over the likes of Tina mind.

I'm not.

he is getting on with the job he was paid to do, as long as he doesn't start writing fan fiction into the show and pandering to fans I think he is gonna do well. I think we might just get a new legacy family

claudette has gone.

mystic Vas keeps saying Donna is next

Claudettes head has already been on the block I'm afraid. No news on Donna yet. Does Lisa still film Vera?

Kathleen Hutchinson axed people left right and centre and she turned out to be one of the worst ever producers.

It's concerning that there's been no casting or planning announcements as to what to expect.

I'm going to reserve judgment until we see a few of his castings, and some of his work on screen. But so far I can't say I disagree with anything he has done.

EastEnders has grown stale and boring, it needs radical change rather than tinkering. I'm willing to give him a chance.

I don't think the person playing Kyle was that good at acting and question his being able to carry a heavy, dramatic storyline. Apart from Shacki, there seems to be a decent ensemble cast now with the potential for decent drama.

The huge amount of axings in one swoop puts more work pressure on the remaining cast. With their own jobs on the line morale will be incredibly low and that will mean they will probably put in poor performances. It's incredibly risky.

Only time will tell if this is a good thing for the show though.

I think Hutchison gets a bad press. She did axe about 10 characters in one go, but the show did get much better very quickly on her watch. There's no way she could have stayed though, the entire cast hated her because of the endless reshoots and schedule changes.

I disagree to me, means he is getting on with the job, planning characters, getting the casting and characters right then introducing them

less press is good for me

agree but then it was the actors first acting job.

he should have got more background scenes and throwaway dialogue and used to support so he could build some skills

Yeah I agree that less press is a good idea. DTC was far too fond of twitter and over hyping