EastEnders bosses axe emotional Dotty Cotton storyline after June Brown’s death

chiefs originally planned for Dotty to discover she was not a direct relation of Dot and thus ending Dot’s bloodline on the soap and leaving her with no remaining relatives. 

June Brown played the iconic character of Dot from the show’s inception in 1985 before exiting the soap in 2020 after feeling her character was underused by BBC execs. 

On-screen, Dot has been away living in Ireland but in a special episode set to be aired later this year residents of Albert Sqaure will learn of Dot’s death before her funeral takes place in her home of Walford surrounded by her family and friends. 

The axing of the proposed story means that Dot’s lineage will live on as Dotty firmly remains her granddaughter. 

Last year, both viewers at home and Dotty herself were stunned to discover that Dot’s wayward son Nick Cotton may not have been Dotty’s biological father after all.

In a further devastating and cruel twist, Nick’s half-brother Rocky Cotton (played by Brian Conley) was thought to be her biological father instead. 

This news caused a frosty relationship between Dotty and Rocky although it has noticeably improved over recent weeks. 

In a chat with Vinny Panesar, Rocky cleared up any confusion over the confusing plotholes left unanswered as a result of the axed story. 

Rocky insisted to Vinny he never had a relationship with Dotty’smother, Sandra, and that Nick was most certainly her father. 

This admission will be of relief to fans who criticised the BBC show over the forgotten storyline earlier this year before the new revelation that it had been cancelled. 

Earlier this year, fans took to  to air their thoughts and confusion over the forgotten plot.