IT'S all kicking off in Albert Square (again). The square has it's camps the Mitchells, the Slaters, the Jacksons, the Trumans and the Fowlers.

The latter is about to add another one to its fold as Pauline finds 16-year-old Vicky Fowler (or is it Watts?) rummaging around in her fridge.

Pauline wants to send her straight back to America but the troublesome teenager manages to charm her half-sister Sharon to persuade Pauline to allow her to stay.

Vicky was last seen on our screens in 1995 aged nine. She is now played by 17-year-old Scarlett Johnson who is fitting her A-levels in around her acting work on EastEnders.

Young Vicky was the result of one of the most controversial and sensational plot lines in the 1980s when the then Queen Vic landlord "Dirty Den" Watts had a late-night liaison with 16-year-old Michelle Fowler.

The tearaway manages to wrap Pauline around her little finger by saying the first thing she wants to do is visit her grandfather Arthur's grave.

She then tells Sharon that Walford is where her heart is and she wants to walk the same streets as her dear departed (assassinated) father Den.

To top it all she tells Martin a completely opposite story and sweet-talks the barman in Angie's Den to hide her from Uncle Martin.

It won't be long before they all cotton on and the facade comes crashing down on poor Vicky's head like the end credit theme.

Just like her mother Vicky is set to be a true Walford wild child.

January 23, 2003 09:00