Emmerdale fans in disbelief as 'grown up' Dotty Thomas returns after almost two years

Emmerdale fans have long joked about Dotty Thomas always seeming to be locked away in her room on the ITV soap.

For the past two years, her mother Laurel Thomas has often referred to her young daughter, aged five, and called out to her in the house.

But Dotty is never in scenes and always seems to be up in her room, or somewhere with a relative.