 There was a lot of speculation when Tom King returned to Emmerdale earlier this year. The character had left the show in 2013 after making Chas Dingle's life hell over the death of his father Carl (Tom Lister). Would he feel he had scores to settle? Would he be accepted back into the village? Tom King returned from a number of years living in Saudi Arabia quite a changed man. He was played by a different actor, for a start, with James Chase taking over the role from Mark Flanagan. He was also now a qualified vet and was soon working alongside Rhona (Zoe Henry) and Paddy (Dominic Brunt) in the village, despite carrying out unauthorised surgery on Zak Dingle (Steve Halliwell)'s dog Monty beforehand. He picked up his relationship with Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper), and eventually became reconciled to the rest of his family, including uncle Jimmy King (Nick Miles). He seems to have settled into the village well, and in fact has been a lot more in the background than we expected him to be when he came back to the show. That's set to change in upcoming episodes when Tom finds himself at the centre of a very frightening incident when he's attacked. Belle starts to worry that her relationship with Tom isn't as secure as she hoped it was when he says he's thinking of moving away from the village. She's even more worried when she notices that there's a great rapport between Tom and Dawn (Olivia Bromley), who also works at the vet's. Belle's unimpressed when Tom offers to take Dawn for a ride in his fancy new car. Tom started a relationship with Belle shortly after his return (Picture: ITV) Dawn notices that Belle is a bit put out, and attempting to make peace she invites Belle and Tom on a double date with her and Billy. It's a nice idea but it doesn't work at all, as Belle is tense and defensive and it's not long before she's making her excuses to leave. Tom is following her when he gets a call about a sick animal needing his professional){kind=link}
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There was a lot of speculation when Tom King returned to Emmerdale earlier this year. The character had left the show in 2013 after making Chas Dingle’s life hell over the death of his father Carl (Tom Lister). Would he feel he had scores to settle? Would he be accepted back into the village?
Tom King returned from a number of years living in Saudi Arabia quite a changed man. He was played by a different actor, for a start, with James Chase taking over the role from Mark Flanagan. He was also now a qualified vet and was soon working alongside Rhona (Zoe Henry) and Paddy (Dominic Brunt) in the village, despite carrying out unauthorised surgery on Zak Dingle (Steve Halliwell)’s dog Monty beforehand.
He picked up his relationship with Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper), and eventually became reconciled to the rest of his family, including uncle Jimmy King (Nick Miles). He seems to have settled into the village well, and in fact has been a lot more in the background than we expected him to be when he came back to the show.
That’s set to change in upcoming episodes when Tom finds himself at the centre of a very frightening incident when he’s attacked.