Originally Posted by davey_wavey:
“I must say that i am looking forward to what the new producer, Deirdrick Santer has planned. I think last night was the first episode in which he was in charge. I really hope that this year he focuses on character development, so many characters have arrived in Eastenders over the past year, that i don't think any new arrivals should be needed. The cast has changed so much, so i hope Deirdrick Santer focuses on developing these characters and giving them gritty and hard hitting storylines.”
I think both the upcoming Deano and Garry stories show that he is going to develop the characters who have been in the past for tooooo long and done nothing because the likes of Kat, Little Mo, Alfie, Dennis, Sharon, Den, Phil etc where at the forefront. 2006 was a good year as most character got involved in some kind of plot, even Gus had a brief fling with Sonia as did Naomi

. Garry and Minty had the SJ thing which was a bit of a drab.
I think this could be a good sign and also the upcoming Dot story sound harrowing

IF it's true.
I'm not keen on bringing big names back to the Soap it can ruin the memory most times like the recent Grant return and if he did return again he would take control of all the stories because Grant ain't a character (Or Ross Kemp ain't the type) to sit around playing happy families for months while the other cast have stories but when Grant comes back it's Mitchells this and Mitchells that. And in 2006 they nearly ruined Jane because of it
But what I do agree with is Characters who never had the chance to shine to return and make themselves work eg Kelly Taylor, Sasha Perkins,
Guzin Osman, Nellis Ellis etc. The one in bold is one I really want to see for some reason. Never saw the character on screen before but have been reading up about her on Wikipedia, asking on Walford Web for information and I saw the actress in Emmerdale the other day, poor woman is really in a low place because she has to work with JO, KATIE, ANDY and SCOTT some of the worst characters in the show, her acting talent was showing them up on screen