EastEnders Danny Dyer: Walford's best pets: From Mick Carter's Lady Di to Wellard, Roly and Ghengis | Metro News
Vicky Prior for Metro.co.uk Thursday 26 Dec 2013 7:45 pm
Lady Di makes her entrance with new Vic landlord Mick Carter (Picture: BBC)
I am here to right a terrible wrong. In the mass excitement around Danny Dyer’s entrance to EastEnders, one of his co-stars has been cruelly over-looked.
May I present Lady Di, a bulldog, sure to be the new matriarch of Albert Square. A sex symbol to rival Kat, a bark to rival Bianca.
Of course Diana is not the first pet to grace Walford. EastEnders has seen a whole cast of classic animal stars.
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First there was Roly, a poodle owned by Sharon but often seen by the side of Dirty Den. Quite how Den retained his status as a sex symbol with Roly around is anyone’s guess
Wellard is the undisputed king of the canines. Youtube has a staggering amount of tribute videos to the dog, first owned by Robbie Jackson. Pray silence for the death of a legend:
Who could forget Ethel’s little Willy (stop sniggering at the back!) There’s a beautiful clip of Ethel and Willy on the The Terry Wogan Show where it’s clear who the real star is.
When the Miller’s arrived in the Square, so did Walford’s biggest and dosiest character. No, I don’t mean Keith Miller, but his dog, Ghengis. Less fearsome warrior and more great ball of fur, Ghengis proved as strangely loveable as the rest of his family. Which reminds me, who is up for joining my ‘Bring Back Darren’ campaign?
Honourable mentions should go to Freida, a greyhound owned by Grant Mitchell and used for all sorts of scams. Then there was unassuming Sugar, who found herself at the centre of national outrage when she became the latest victim of serial killer Lucas.
While no soap feline will ever enjoy the notoriety of the Coronation Street cat, praise should go to Baby for managing to live with the Slater sisters for so long.
Then there was the unattractively named Musty, owned by Ronnie’s secret daughter Danielle and passed on to Abby, the Dr Doolittle of Albert Square. After an endless parade of gerbils, Abby has traded up to Tramp, a stray dog that has appeared for no discernible reason.