Phil Mitchell

## Other Information

### Relatives

Eric Mitchell (Father), Peggy Mitchell (Mother), Grant Mitchell (Brother), Sam Mitchell (Sister), Ben Mitchell (Son), Raymond (Son), Louise Mitchell (Daughter)

### (IRL) Voiced by

Steve McFadden

*"Eh?"* - Phil Mitchell Source

**Phil Mitchell** is a character originally from the BBC soap Eastenders.

## History

Phil was born in the East End of London in 1961 to Eric Mitchell and Peggy Martin. In 1962 Phil became and older brother to Grant Mitchel. As a child, Phil was subject to much domestic abuse from his father. In 1975 Phil's sister Sam Mitchel was born. In the late 1970's Phil and Grant joined the army. The brothers fought together through the Falklands war and into the Gulf war. During a routine patrol, Grant was involved in a car bomb attack, he died in Phil's arms before medics could reach them. Enraged by his brothers death, Phil marched into hostile teritory to hunt down the attackers and avenge his brother, however he was critically wounded during the event and spent eight months in hospital.

### Superhuman Abilities and Hitman Career

Whilst recovering in hospital Phil was approached by scientists with an experimental drug that could save his life, Phil accepted the drug and made a full recovery. After the procedure the scientists explained that the experimental drug that had saved his life was part of an ongoing experiment conducted by the government to create super soldiers and that the drug had also granted him superhuman abilities. The scientists added that unlike previous subjects, Phil's powers could be activated and deactivated by saying a command word. Confused by everything that had just happened to him and wanting the scientists to repeat themselves, Phil merely replied to them, "Eh?". Upon speaking the word "Eh?", Phil's abilities were unlocked granting him superhuman strength, stamina, reflexes, intelligence and speed. "Eh?" became Phil's command word to turn his power's on and off from then on.

Phil became part of an elite force of super soldiers, joining another subject, Dot Cotton as human weapons in foreign environments, combating small insurgent forces in places like Latin America and the Middle East. After a few years being used as human weapons, they were retired back to Britain due to growing concerns that what the government was doing to Cotton and Mitchell was unethical. After intense testing of their wellbeing, it was deemed that they could be released into the public where they made the decision to seclude themselves deep within the mountains, away from the general public, and adopting a nomadic lifestyle. During this period of isolation, they developed greater and greater violent energies which they both knew they needed to release, or they would have likely died in the wild.

### Incredible battle between Dot Cotton and Phil Mitchell

In their isolation Phil and Dot's violent energies continued to grow. This lead to an intense battle between Phil and Dot. One day during their isolation, Phil's violent energies eventually overcame him, after shouting "Eh?" an extremely negatively powered Phil lashed out at Dot. Each exchange of punches shook the mountains and their incredible speed caused the air around them to heat up so much that it began to glow. The fight lasted for many hours before Dot managed to momentarily subdue Phil by reminding him of his family, during this brief window in which Phil had control over himself, he asked Dot to remove his powers. The cost of removing Phil's powers was high for Dot, she lost a large amount of her own power in the process. Afterwards their bodies returned to a state of normalcy, despite Cotton still exhibiting violent tendencies, they were considerably less violent than what they were prior to the immense exertion from the face-off.

### 2000's

After three years the now powerless Phil returned to London and opened a garage called 'The Arches' where he carried on a normal as possible life. Phil became Ruined. Despite trying to live a normal life Phil still had some violence within him, a scar of what violence he had contained. This caused many things to happen in his life, including an attempt on his life in 2001. Phil began to domestically abuse his at-the-time girlfriend Lisa Shaw, getting her fired from her job and insisting that she stay at home. This made Lisa more dependant on Phil, so he moved onto her best friend Mel Healy. Paranoid about an affair Lisa confronted Mel accusing her of being the other woman, upset by this Mel was comforted by Phil leading to a one night stand. On Mel and her husband Steve's wedding night, Phil was shot outside his home and left to die in a pool of his own blood. Steve was arrested as the prime suspect and Phil was hospitalised, however when Phil came to, he confronted the real culprit, Lisa. Realising that he had driven Lisa to do it, Phil decided to frame his enemy Dan Sullivan. After being given the gun used to shoot Phil, Dan held Phil at gunpoint demanding money until he was arrested for attempted murder. Dan was cleared and in revenge kidnapped Mel and threatened to kill her unless he was paid £200,000. Phil along with Steve rescued Mel, however Dan got away with the money.

### Battle with Numen Norris

After an incredible recovery from his gunshot wound, Phil realised that he still had a portion of his powers. Not long after this revelation, Dot approached him to ask for help. The pair set off to defeat Numen Norris, another subject of the super soldier programme that intended to destroy the world. Knowing how Dot was able to defeat Phil using the same power as him, the pair hoped to defeat Numen Norris in the same way, fighting fire with fire.

Upon finding Numen Norris, Norris attempted to persuade Phil and Dot to join forces with him, however with a cry of "Eh?" Phil and Dot flew at him, punching him square in the face. The battle lasted for hours, both Phil and Dot working efficiently as a team, one countering Numen Norris' attacks, whilst the other attacked. The fight ended, not in a huge explosive climax, but with Phil and Numen Norris locked in a psychic battle. From an outside perspective, it looked like nothing was happening however, Phil was shutting down Norris with vicious psychic attacks, leaving him brain dead. Once the fight ended, the pair both returned to London again.

## Powers

Unlike other subjects to the same experiment, Phil's abilities are activated and deactivated by saying the command word, "Eh?".

### Superhuman Strength

The experiment performed on Phil enhanced his muscles, giving him peak human strength and durability, allowing him to deal and receive more damage than regular humans.

### Superhuman Speed

The experiment performed on Phil enhanced his muscles, allowing hims to easily acheive the speed of peak athletes.

### Increased Stamina

The experiment performed on Phil enhanced his stamina, allowing him to endure longer than other humans.

### Superhuman Reflexes

The experiment performed on Phil enhanced his senses, allowing him to react much faster than other humans.

### Increased Inteligence

The experiment performed on Phil enhanced his mental performance, allowing him to mentally analyze and react faster than other humans, an effective trait on the battlefield.

### Superhuman healing ability

The experiment performed on Phil enhanced his recovery capabilities, Phil could sustain more damage and recover faster than other humans.

## External Links

* Phil Mitchell on Wikipedia
* Phil Mitchell on the EastEnders Wiki
* Phil Mitchell on the BBC EastEnders website