File:Dot Cotton (television character).jpg

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Summary

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Dot Branning
Description	June Brown as Dot Cotton in the BBC One EastEnders episode broadcast on 4 July 1985.
Source	Screenshot personally acquired by GSorby.
Article	Dot Branning
Portion used	Cropped.
Low resolution?	Yes, so as not to violate copyright laws.
Purpose of use	The image serves as the primary means of visual identification of the subject, illustrating a single educational article. It is not otherwise possible to accurately describe the appearance of the character solely through a textual medium sufficient to create a picture in one's mind, so the image is significant in illustrating the subject of the article, facilitating critical commentary as it provides an immediate relevance to the reader more capably than the textual description alone. The image is being used to portray the character as she appeared during the start of her (as of 2011) 26 year stint in EastEnders, in addition to portray the visual differences in the character over that course of time. Dot's appearance is discussed with sources in the texts. Of particular note is Dot's hairstyle, which at the beginning of the programme was the actresses own hair styled in Dot Italian Boy hairstyle. As Brown aged, Brown was unable to style her own hair and subsequently uses a wig, the infobox image and the early image serves as comparison to the visual differences and similarities of the character's appearance for over a quarter of a century.
Replaceable?	As a promotional (nonfree) image, the image is not replaceable by free content; the copyright holders have not released similar images into the public domain or allowed free use of existing copyright images, and any other screenshot would be similarly copyrighted. While a free image of the actor could be found, any such version is not true to the original character as the subject of this article and would be inadequate for identification or commentary.
Other information	Use will not affect the value of the original work that has been published elsewhere on the Internet or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the video.
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File history

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:04, 3 January 2018		280 × 356 (12 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	21:06, 4 June 2012	No thumbnail	305 × 388 (24 KB)	Bluebolt94 (talk \| contribs)	Mouth shut and showing her full hairstyle. 4 July 1985.

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Dot Cotton
File:Dot1985.jpg (file redirect)