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Edit Did You Know? Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page. Marlon was rushed to hospital and made a full recovery. Marlon is put in the paper as a hero. Marlon is filled with guilt when the grateful bookie turns up to give him his winnings and when Donna even praised him for stopping the robbery.
However, Marlon later told Donna the truth and although she was very angry, quickly forgave him. Eli started blackmailing them. He got Donna to use her position in the police force to allow him to break into a warehouse. While at the warehouse, Marlon got cold feet and warned Eli that it was a trap. Eli was angry, but Donna had informed Zak of everything that had happened and a furious Zak confronted Eli and kicked him out of Donna and Marlon's house. However, far from it all being over, Marlon set off to work only for Eli to kidnap him.
Bundled into the back of a van, Eli drove him to the top of a multi-storey carpark, where he pretended he was going to throw him off the edge of the building to punish him for his 'betrayal'.
Marlon was terrified, unsure of what his volatile brother was capable of, but asked what he had ever done to Eli? Eli revealed that he had always resented his older brother because everybody loved him and nobody had ever loved Eli.
Marlon eventually managed to get free and the brothers had a fight which ended with Eli toppling over the edge of the building and only hanging on by his fingertips.
Marlon tried to save him - offering his hand - but Eli refused to be rescued. Eventually, Donna arrived and helped Marlon haul him to safety, but Eli ran off, apparently upset at being saved. Marlon broke down in tears and later confessed to Donna that he had considered allowing his younger brother to die and he thought that made him a terrible person.
He warned Donna that being with him might only cause her trouble, but Donna reassured him it would be OK. In , The Woolpack was entered in a magazine Pub of the Year competition.
Val bribed Jasmine Thomas to tell her when the judge was coming. Diane, Val and Marlon went frantic with Marlon trying to create a gourmet menu. Diane reminded him that they were a traditional pub and not to get worked up about it. Unbelievably, they discovered they made it to the finals.
Antony Worrall Thompson was discovered to be the celebrity judge. This coincided with Val's surprise wedding to Eric. Anthony was impressed with Marlon's cooking and asked Marlon to call him.
When Marlon summed up the courage to call, Marlon was invited to a local television audition. A camera crew arrived at The Woolpack to record a programme featuring a special from Marlon. Marlon was later approached by the owner of Malt , The Woolpack's rival pub. He offered Marlon a better job with better pay but Marlon declined, wanting to stay in Emmerdale. Donna's mother, Viv, was arrested for fraud. However, Viv had been framed by Freddie Yorke. Donna found it hard, knowing her colleagues knew about her family situation.
Wanting to prove her mother's innocence, she started going on unofficial stakeouts with colleague Ross Kirk. After some time searching, they discovered where he lived. Donna tried to apprehend him but Freddie escaped but Donna followed closely at high speed. Unfortunately, she lost control of the car and crashed. Ross got them out of the car before it exploded and Donna spent months in hospital learning how to walk again.
She became convinced she was a laughing stock at the station and decided to resign. Marlon was thrilled but when Donna came home, he saw she was miserable. He told her that he'd support her if she wanted to return to work.
In September , Donna and Marlon attended a police comedy night. Marlon's cousin Chas, Ross's date, got into a fight with the comedian. Marlon defended her and the fight ended with Marlon and Chas being thrown out.
Marlon took Chas home, leaving Donna with Ross. Donna and Ross shared a night of passion in Donna's hotel room which Donna regretted afterwards. She and Marlon decided to go on holiday. When they returned, Marlon announced he and Donna were planning to start a family but Ross tried to convince Donna that would be a mistake. He also told her that she had got married too young. In January , Donna told Marlon of her affair with Ross.
Marlon had suspected it but was still devastated, especially when Donna said she loved Ross and Marlon. Hellbent on revenge, Marlon went to the police and implicated Ross in the murder of Shane Doyle. He gradually started to warm to Donna and was considering taking her back, although Zak warned him against it.
After a conversation with Eli, who reminded him that Donna had forgiven Marlon for the raid on the bookies, Marlon agreed to give his marriage another go - on the condition that she never saw Ross again. Donna agreed, but she was certain that Ross was innocent and broke her promise to Marlon, visiting her ex-lover in prison. Meanwhile, the other Dingles remained hostile towards her and she got a very cold reception at Zak's birthday party. Surprisingly, Eli came to Donna's defence, for which Marlon was grateful.
However, during a conversation with Eli, Donna noticed a vital piece of evidence that could clear Ross's name and she shopped her brother-in-law to the police. When Marlon realised that she had betrayed both him and his family in order to free Ross, he dumped her and later asked for a divorce.
They might have reconciled, even so, had not Donna caught Marlon in a drunken clinch with his cousin Chastity. Following this, Donna departed the village - seemingly for good - leaving behind a devastated Marlon. To make matters worse, Marlon's best friend Paddy who was in love with Chas also found out about the kiss and the two of them fell out for quite a while.
Following a period of depression, Marlon then dedicated himself to helping little brother Eli, who had been disowned by the rest of the Dingle clan after his confession led to the arrest of Debbie Dingle. The two of them came up with several plots to try and set her free. Faced with Debbie's release, Eli went missing for a time, but Marlon eventually found him sleeping rough and managed to convince his wayward sibling to come home. The two brothers lived together until Eli's departure in , along with Lizzie Lakely , a blind woman who Marlon befriended who also happened to be Lisa's cousin.
Lizzie upset Marlon when she preyed on his gullibility by pretending to be a psychic, causing Marlon to spend a fortune on phone bills pouring his heart out to her.
He got his revenge by tricking her into paying back his money. His life was going smoothly until Moira Barton began to work in the Woolpack. Marlon had had a confrontation with Moira when she criticised his cooking and he didn't like her. The two argued furiously at work as Marlon felt that she was invading his domain and finding fault with his food on purpose.
It reached boiling point and Moira quit, leaving behind an upset Diane and a guilty Marlon. Marlon apologised and Moira returned to work, but she immediately put her foot in it by telling him that what happened with Donna might've been the reason why he had been off with her. Marlon explained that since Donna left him, his job is the one area in his life where he felt in control and Moira had threatened that. They reached an understanding and became friends.
When Marlon received a letter from Donna, saying that she had met someone else and wanted him to file for divorce, a devastated Marlon found himself turning to Moira as a shoulder to cry on.
Because of this, he developed romantic feelings for her and convinced himself that she felt the same way. Going against Paddy's advice, Marlon finally confessed to Moira that he thought he was falling in love with her, leaving her shocked. She let him down and Marlon was left feeling humiliated, but after a long heart-to-heart, she convinced him that she was flattered and that he would one day meet the right woman. Alongside this, Marlon also took in his cousin Charity and her young son Noah after the family turned against her for trying to steal Cain 's money.
When Zak and Cain found out, they were angry and Cain punched Marlon in the stomach. In , Rhona Goskirk returned to the village.
She and Marlon rekindled their relationship, until Rhona expressed an interest in Paddy. She split up with Marlon, and began a relationship with Paddy, much to Marlon's despair. It was later revealed that Rhona was expecting Marlon's baby, while she was still with Paddy.
Marlon was very upset and told Rhona he did not want to be the part of the baby's life. He refused to go to Rhona's first scan too. In December, it was also revealed that there is a possibility that Marlon and Rhona's baby may, unfortunately, suffer from Down syndrome.
It was later confirmed that this is definitely true. Rhona decided she was going to go ahead with the pregnancy, and Marlon and Paddy backed her up happily.
The trio are all now good friends again. Marlon admitted to his housemate and colleague Bob Hope that his and Rhona's baby was sadly going to suffer from Down's syndrome. Soon after this, he told his friend Laurel Thomas about the baby's Down syndrome. Marlon, Rhona and Paddy went for a scan of the baby, and this showed that its heart rate was healthy. Rhona went on to give birth to their son Leo Goskirk in May Also in , Marlon's uncle Shadrach was kicked out of the Dingle family home when he flooded the bathroom and went to stay in Mill Cottage with Chas and her boyfriend, Carl King.
However, Carl became impatient with Shadrach and argued with Chas about letting him stay. Shadrach overheard this and decided to leave. After buying a bottle of wine, Shadrach staggered into the road and was run over by Marlon. Marlon accompanied Shadrach to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with liver failure and a perforated ulcer, due to his drinking, and the only thing that would make any difference was to stop drinking.
Despite that, Shadrach didn't listen and continued to drink but when Marlon found out, he demanded Shadrach stop and got rid of all alcoholic drinks.
Shadrach took advantage of this and moved in with Marlon. Marlon helped Shadrach realize the good things he had in his life. Shadrach gave up for a few days but on his 62nd birthday, Marlon threw him a party with the whole family invited, having forgiven him for the flooding. However, Shadrach couldn't face his family and went on a drinking binge, much to Marlon's disgust.
He threw Shadrach out and told him that he didn't care if Shadrach drank himself to death. Tragically, while Shadrach went out on a walk, he bought a six pack of beer and while walking over a footbridge , he staggered in pain caused by his liver condition and dropped his cans in the river.
When trying to retrieve them, Shadrach lost his balance due to another sharp pain from his liver and collapsed. He was later found face down in the river by Marlon and Rhona, and was dragged out of the water but they were unable to save him.
Marlon held his uncle's body in his arms, crying. Marlon went to tell the family that Shadrach was found dead. The devastated Dingles were further shocked when Marlon revealed that Shadrach had in fact been ill for several weeks after Zak showed no sympathy.
Zak was angry that Marlon didn't tell them, but Marlon promised Shadrach that he wouldn't. Marlon wouldn't stand being blamed for Shadrach's death, leading to an argument between him and Zak; Marlon retorting that he actually bothered to take care of Shadrach unlike everyone else and stormed out after. In Autumn , Marlon's friend Laurel started developing feelings for him. This caused major problems for Laurel's marriage to Ashley, so to test her test Laurel's commitment to him, Ashley asks Laurel to renew their wedding vows.
Ashley started abusing his father Sandy as a result of the stress of trying to make the marriage work. When Laurel discovered this, it signalled the final blow for the couple. With Marlon, Laurel was now maintaining a friendship with Ashley. Marlon let Ashley move in with him after he had nowhere else to go, having moved out of the marital home, where Laurel remained with Sandy and the kids. While this was happening, Marlon became involved in a bitter row and custody battle with Paddy and Rhona, who wanted to move to New Zealand for a couple of years, with Leo.
Paddy spitefully revealed that Marlon and Laurel were a couple, which Ashley was devastated to hear about Marlon discovered what they were planning through Pearl Ladderbanks. Marlon went to confront Paddy and Rhona and a fight between Marlon and Paddy resulted in a police officer getting assaulted by Paddy, and the two were arrested.
Paddy urged Rhona to go to New Zealand without him and she left with Leo. Marlon then conducted some research and explained to Paddy that he must call Rhona to tell her to return, otherwise he will inform the police who will force her to bring Leo home.
Paddy and Marlon resumed their friendship but kept it a secret from Laurel and Rhona. Eventually, the two couples reconciled completely and have stayed on good terms. The children struggled to cope following the recent events, particularly Gabby, whose biological mother Bernice returned in November. Cameron pushes Marlon down the stairs. In October , he is attacked by serial killer Cameron Murray and is knocked out cold in the flooding Woolpack cellar during Cameron's siege at the Woolpack.
Cameron later takes people hostage but eventually lets them go except for Chas and Debbie. He later escapes from the cellar and holds Cameron at gunpoint while Chas and Debbie attempt to escape. Marlon then ran to the cellar, which was by now flooding to the top, but Cameron followed.
After nearly drowning the three, Cameron was electrocuted. Marlon was put in the paper as a 2nd hero after what happened with Eli and the bookie years back. He later tells Laurel the truth; she is angry but later forgave him. In March , Marlon celebrated his 40th birthday.
Unbeknownst to him, though, Donna returned to the village just before with a little girl, April , in tow. April was nearly run over by Adam Barton while on his quad bike, but she was saved by Marlon. He was then stunned to see Donna back in Emmerdale and when he confronted her, she told him that April is his daughter.
Marlon subsequently got drunk and told Donna that he wanted nothing to do with April. Marlon eventually warmed to his daughter, and as Donna and April were leaving the village in Bob's car, Marlon stood in front of them, causing Donna to hit her head on the windscreen as Bob makes an emergency stop. Marlon didn't realise that Donna returned to the village because she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
When April fell ill, she revealed to Marlon that Donna takes pills that make her feel better. This concerned Marlon, so while he was looking after his son Leo, in Rhona's house, he searched Donna's bedroom. He found a memory box for April, with birthday cards for every year of April's life, photos of Donna and a teddy bear inside.
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