67 Facts About Doug Carter

Doug Carter is a fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks, played by PJ Brennan.

Doug Carter appeared in 5 episodes before returning on 13 January 2011 as a regular character.

Doug Carter's storylines have included drug dealing, a relationship with Jenny which ended in her murder at the hands of a serial killer, an attempted suicide, and entering a civil partnership with Ste Hay.

Doug Carter has been described as someone who "doesn't make the best choices" but has the "best intentions".

Doug Carter has been described as a fan favourite and came first in a poll to find viewer's favourite of the new fresher group.

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Doug Carter was created as one of three new fresher students - alongside Jamil Fadel and Leanne Holiday, he was introduced through the series' online spin-off Hollyoaks: Freshers.

Doug Carter is Brennan's first television role; he auditioned in April 2010 after completing a degree at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Doug Carter appeared as Doug in the main series for five episodes and then departed due to his guest role contract.

Doug Carter had hoped for a return, but was content with his character's initial story arc because it featured "a beginning, a middle and an end".

Brennan told Kilkelly that Doug Carter is a complicated person who changes over time - he is not a very good drug dealer and makes the wrong choices.

Doug Carter gets himself into situations by "his own making", but does have "the best intentions".

Doug Carter has both a good and bad side and faces "ups and downs".

Brenndan said that a constant for Doug Carter was his awareness of staying on "the straight and narrow".

Doug Carter used to need a purpose and place to belong, which was why he dealt drugs.

Doug Carter has an inability to approach a situation directly; he avoids it and becomes a "bit of a shoegazer".

Doug Carter added that Doug "must have gone crazy in Topman", because he sports a "pretty preppy" style.

Doug Carter arrives as a new student and quickly causes trouble.

Doug Carter "has a list of suspects" and attempts to find out who attacked him; but ends up discovering a secret about Kevin Smith.

Brennan explained that Doug Carter "is a mess" and sells drugs to Charlotte Lau.

Doug Carter "feels terrible" about being linked to her accident and takes a cocaine overdose.

Brennan worried about how Doug Carter could be redeemed after nearly causing Charlotte's death.

Doug Carter told Kilkelly that he expected all of the characters to reject Doug.

However, Doug Carter makes amends by replacing items he stole from his fellow students.

Doug Carter begins to scam Warren Fox but instead decides to meet up with a man from an internet dating site.

Doug Carter meets up with him only for him to be revealed to be Silas Blissett.

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Jenny and Doug Carter's reunion was featured in Digital Spy's "Pic of the day" feature.

Doug Carter finds out that Mercedes Fisher has had an affair with Carl Costello.

Doug Carter knows the secret, but only by chance, while Seth knows all of the people and circumstances involved.

Doug Carter is threatened by Warren not to tell Riley as he plans on blackmailing Carl.

Doug Carter decides to jump from a bridge but "then finds himself back at his flat with the heavenly vision of Steph before him".

Brennan said Doug Carter being able to see how the village would have differed without him "has a big impact on him".

Doug Carter felt that it showed Doug that he does have a place in the village and will "give him a new perspective on life".

Doug Carter later enters into business with Ste Hay and they become good friends.

Doug Carter helps Ste into online dating and develops "feelings" when Ste goes on a date with Adam.

Richardson explained that there is confusion as to whether Doug Carter is jealous of Ste dating a guy - or just jealous that his friend is being taken from him.

Brennan told Alison Slade from TVTimes that Doug Carter wants to "regain control of his life" after seeing Ste and Adam on their date.

Doug Carter decides to "go back to something familiar" and sleeps with Texas.

Doug Carter added that the two groups had "this little war" developing on social networking website Twitter.

Brennan himself is gay and he told Jenna Good from Reveal that unlike Doug Carter, it had never been an issue - but there were certain aspects of Doug Carter's persona that he related to and sympathised with.

The actor wanted Doug Carter to find happiness because had a "very difficult" year.

Doug Carter takes fellow students Charlotte Lau, Jamil Fadel and Dave Colburn to France.

Doug Carter takes the drugs and then sleeps with Doug, but she soon regrets it.

Doug Carter realises what she is going to do and drugs her before murdering her.

Doug Carter is distraught and accuses Brendan of murdering her but he is not charged.

Doug Carter takes Ruby to go back to the flat where they kiss, she gets drunk.

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Warren gets Doug Carter to tell him of the affair and threatens him to keep quiet.

When Silas murders Rae, Brendan is arrested and Doug Carter blames Cheryl Brady for giving him an alibi at the time of Jenny's murder.

Doug Carter helps her to try and figure who is next victim shall be.

Doug Carter goes on a date with Jodie Wilde, but she rejects his advances and tells him he is not over Jenny.

Doug Carter then goes out and climbs onto a bridge, looks at a photograph of Jenny and throws himself into the river.

Doug Carter then has visions of Jenny and has to choose whether or not to live.

Doug Carter helps Ste set up a dating profile and starts acting different around him.

Leanne accuses Doug Carter of being jealous of Ste and he becomes uncomfortable when Leanne makes them perform a flirtation role play.

Doug Carter sleeps with Texas and they blame it on too much alcohol.

Doug Carter confesses his feelings to Ste and they kiss and later start a relationship but Ste later dumps him after Doug Carter reveals he borrowed £80,000 from Brendan.

Doug Carter agrees but Walker plans to get Doug Carter out of his way so he can kill Ste as to take revenge on Brendan.

Doug Carter later becomes paranoid about Brendan still loving Ste, so he contacts Walker's boss Shawnee, telling her he can help get evidence on Brendan.

Doug Carter fails at first, but tricks Brendan into admitting that he killed Danny Houston to protect Ste.

Doug Carter is released from hospital and Doug reminds him of his attempts to set Brendan up.

Doug Carter's parents come to the village and reveal that Doug Carter's father has Parkinson's disease.

Doug Carter gives Ste a ticket to Dublin and he leaves for the United States.

Doug Carter finds out that Ste has been using the deli to sell drugs and Ste quits working there.

Doug Carter asks for Jim McGinn's help when Ste sacks his lawyer.

Doug Carter wants to use some money from the deli to pay Jim's fee, but Ste is against the idea, convinced that it would be better to let him fight his own battles.

Sinead tells Doug Carter she has a surprise for them and he tells her to go get it, when she opens the bag she quickly realises it's a bomb and screams Ste's name but it's too late and the bomb explodes.

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Doug Carter later described him as a "fan favourite" and with over two thousand votes - Doug won a poll hosted by E4 to determine the audience's favourite student character.

Doug Carter said that they had formed an "interesting and very cute quartet" and liked their dynamic of boyish attitude and "joking around".