DS Foy must become a permanent character – and get with Ella, Emmerdale fans demand
Finally a police officer in Emmerdale who knows what he’s doing!
Emmerdale detective DS Foy has become our hero in recent weeks as he fought to bring Tom King to justice. And finally it looks like he’s done it. Phew!
It was clear he believed Belle’s domestic abuse allegations from the start and he has fought her corner the whole way. Even as Tom tried to manipulate him, it became obvious that wasn’t going to work.
All hail DS Foy!
In fact, fans are so impressed with him they have demanded from the start he becomes a permanent character. And some are even coming up with romance storylines for him – with child killer, Ella Forster! A copper and a killer? That’s an interesting mix!
Detective Foy in Emmerdale
As soon as he heard rumours that Belle had been abused by Tom it was obvious DS Foy felt there was some truth in it. Last month he gently questioned Belle over her involvement in Tom’s axe attack and even though it was clear she was lying, he could see a frightened woman and didn’t probe too hard.
After doing a deal with Belle that he wouldn’t tell the police the truth, Tom then told DS Foy he was mugged with a very elaborate story about the horrors he had been through. But at the same time, Belle had double-crossed him and handed herself into the cop shop. She’d dug up the axe and revealed herself to be the victim of domestic abuse.
DS Foy arrested Tom for coercive and controlling behaviour. Although Tom insisted Belle was the abusive one and her mental health was the problem. But it was very clear to viewers DS Foy did not believe a word Tom was saying.
As Tom continued to try and outwit the police, he attempted to destroy incriminating footage of him spying on Belle. But Foy and his team recovered it and announced on Wednesday (November 27) they had enough to charge Tom. At last!
And tonight (Thursday November 28) Foy will be the hero again when Tom tries to avoid justice.
Fans love Foy!
DS Foy was a big hit with fans last time round – and it’s fair to say he still is!
“Please, Emmerdale, keep Detective Foy,” begged one fan on social media. Another agreed: “DS Foy needs to be a regular character!” Athird added: “Now, how can we get Foy written into every storyline forever?”
Others speculated on a possible romantic connection if he does stick around.
“Can we have Ds Foy as a love interest for someone?” asked one. Someone else said: “Whoever in the village gets to [bleep] DS Foy is a lucky [bleep]!!”
A third suggested: “Det Ella on the case. Get it on with silver fox Det Foy!” referring to Ella’s ‘investigation’ into whether Liam is sleeping with Chas.
A fourth said: “Make him a regular! Have him marry Leyla!” which might be a bit impossible, given she’s rumoured to be leaving…
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DS Foy may be a huge hit on screen at the moment, but it’s not the first time actor Robert Cavanah has appeared in Emmerdale – he also played Ian Chamberlain in 2014
In fact, he was instrumental in a big storyline featuring the legend that was Val Pollard.
Ian Chamberlain in Emmerdale
In 2012, Val Pollard had a week-long holiday fling whilst she was in Portugal. But it was in January 2014 when this came back to haunt her.
The man in question, Ian Chamberlain, was played by Robert Cavanah. He arrived to give Val the news he had contracted HIV. He got it from a woman he had a fling with prior to Val and may have passed it on to her. Ian insisted Val needed to get a test as his wife had left him and wouldn’t let him see his kids until she knew Val’s results.
When he returned later that month, Val lied she was all-clear and told him never to contact her again.
However a while later she did contact Ian again when she discovered she was HIV positive and arranged to meet him. Ian turned up and got a punch from her husband Eric for his trouble.
Val and Ian get together
But Ian and Val began to bond and, after confiding that his family still weren’t speaking to him, he confessed he was starting to like Val. Val then broke the news to Eric she and Ian were together – but on her part it was purely a bid to make Eric jealous. It worked and he struggled to see them together.
Things weren’t right for Val and Ian though. He liked Swedish films and Val, well, she did not! After a few days, Val decided she was going to dump Ian. But he then booked them a holiday and she decided not to!
Eric, thinking he still had a chance to reconcile with Val, was heartbroken to catch the pair of them kissing. Val was pleased to have made him jealous.
But the whole relationship was starting to feel uncomfortable for Val. She didn’t want to be intimate with him and he was getting on her nerves. She did decide to end it and he left the village. Meanwhile, Pollard and Val reunited and the rest, as they say, is history – until her death in 2015, of course.
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