EastEnders: E20 to complaints from viewers about the length of some of the episodes in series 1. Series 3 began production in May 2011, and took about four weeks to film. Unlike "EastEnders", "E20" uses incidental music, which Scott Matthewman of "The Stage" said makes it feel like an episode of "Hollyoaks", a Channel 4 soap opera targeted at a teen audience. A remix of the "EastEnders" theme tune was created for the series, with members of the public submitting remixes in a competition held on the BBC website. The competition opened on 11 November 2009 and was officially launched on 13
EastEnders in popular culture EastEnders in popular culture Since its premiere in 1985, the BBC soap opera "EastEnders" has had a large impact on popular culture. A charity special crossover between the science fiction television series "Doctor Who" and "EastEnders", "Dimensions in Time", was filmed in 1993 for Children in Need and ran in two parts on 26 November and 27 November 1993. It has been proven as non-canon by various references of "Doctor Who" as fiction in "EastEnders", and vice versa. "EastEnders" has participated in numerous other Children in Need and other fundraisers. Characters have also been spoofed in the successful BBC comedy