 A scene from the programme, which was set in the future, showed a grey-haired Kathy Beale selling fruit and veg from Mark Fowler's stall with produce all priced with barcodes.Kathy, along with an elderly version of Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard), featured in promotional pictures with the Third Doctor, played by Jon Pertwee, and the "Children in Need" mascot, Pudsey Bear.Kathy became one of the longest running characters on the show and Taylforth was the first cast member to appear in a total of 1,000 episodes.