Claim: Annette Badland has yet to be in a soap opera.
Evidence: She has played Margaret Blaine in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who , Doomsday Dora in The Sparticle Mystery , Birdie Henshall in the drama series Cutting It , Mavis in season 6 of Skins , Ursula Crowe in children 's science fiction/fantasy series Wizards vs Aliens , and Babe Smith in soap opera EastEnders.
EastEnders is a long-running British soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since 1985.