Councillor Charlie Aindow, in a new love interest for Dolly Skilbeck began appearing in August and Peter Whiteley, son of established characters Pete and Lynn was born in the same month.
Dan and Gary then play a prank on Sarah Connolly by sending her an anonymous Valentine's card but their sniggering gives them away.
Elsa Chappell (née Feldmann) first appeared in 1990 with her mother Elizabeth and brother Michael after they were being evicted from their house by Frank Tate.
Following the death of her mother in the plane crash in December 1993, Elsa returned to Emmerdale for her funeral and tried to get custody by spreading rumours that Nick and his best friend, Archie Brooks, were gay.
During Elsa's absence, Nick was imprisoned for manslaughter after killing a poacher and Alice went to live with his sister, Kathy Glover.
In 1992 Michael takes part in an armed robbery of Home Farm, which leaves Joe Sugden badly injured and fighting for his life.
It transpires that Elizabeth had uncovered evidence of Eric committing cheque fraud, for which he had framed Michael, and was about to report him to the police when she was killed by falling plane debris.
Elsa arrives and Michael takes advantage of the distraction to shove Eric, who hits head on the coffee table.
Val supports her husband, obtaining a copy of the coroner's report, which confirms Elizabeth was killed by falling debris.
Elizabeth Pollard (previously Feldmann), played by Kate Dove, arrived in the village with her son Michael and daughter Elsa in 1990.
He tried to dissuade her, saying that if she reported him, she herself would face prosecution for her role in the theft of antique vases, however, Elizabeth admitted that her own imprisonment would be worth that of Eric's.
Her son, Michael, however, as well as a majority of villagers, believed that Eric had actually murdered her in order to stop her from exposing his fraudulent activities.
Nearly seventeen years after her death, in December 2010, Eric started to receive notes, messages and Christmas greetings, signed from Elizabeth.
Originally believing them to be from Amy Wyatt (Chelsea Halfpenny), it later transpired that Elizabeth's son Michael had been sending the notes and returned to the village after 16 years of absence, in order to make Eric pay for the murder of his mother.
Eric told Val on 3 January 2011 about the night of the plane crash 17 years before and stated the events leading up to her death such as about the cheque fraud and stolen Roman bracelet.
He then stated that he went round to see her then after a brief row she had stormed out of the house and he followed her, caught up with her and tried to get her to listen and that she had run off into the night screaming but a tree near her burst into flames as plane wreckage shot down and the sky lit up.
On 4 January 2011, Eric's current wife Val Pollard (Charlie Hardwick) obtained the coroners report into Elizabeth's death which confirmed she had been killed by falling debris from the plane.
In October 2015, Lawrence White (John Bowe) threatens Eric with legal action over his past if he gives evidence against Chrissie Sugden (Louise Marwood) in court.
Lawrence tells Eric that he will get his lawyers to dig up dirt on his past, including "an ex-wife who died in mysterious circumstances" before saying "What was her name, Elizabeth?"
His threat leads to Eric not giving evidence against Chrissie in court, suggesting that he may have had a more guilty role in Elizabeth's death than stated back in 2011.
Martin Bennett, played by John Pickles, is a veterinarian who hires a recently graduated Zoe Tate to work for him.
Zoe finds the job enjoyable at first but when her friends, Archie Brooks, Michael Feldmann and Rachel Hughes discover that Martin has signed a contract with Skipdale Laboratories, allowing them to experiment on animals.
Fran Carter, played by Heather Wright, is an old school friend of Kate Sugden who she invites to stay with her family at Emmerdale Farm.
Shortly after arriving, Charlie falls for feisty barmaid Dolly Acaster, whose ex-husband Matt Skilbeck has just left the village, leaving her depressed.
Tony Charlton, played by Stephen Rashbrook, is a newly ordained Vicar who arrives in Beckindale to begin Ministry at St. Mary's Church.
On the night of the plane crash, Lynn left Peter with a babysitter whilst she went to The Woolpack and Whiteley's Farm was hit by falling debris from the plame and set on fire.