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Line of Duty cast gets FaceApp treatment and fans think Vicky McClure looks like 'Dot Cotton' (no, not that one)

No-one is safe from the internet's latest viral craze with the Line of Duty cast the latest celebs to fall victim to FaceApp's ageing filter treatment.

Intended to give an insight into what a person may look like in 50 years' time, the results have been clogging up social media feeds all this week.

So it was only a matter of time before Ted Hastings, Steve Arnott and Kate Fleming were picked on.

The doctored image was posted on the BBC's Twitter account yesterday (July 17) with the comment "Mother of God. Someone put the ageing filter on the AC-12 gang".

Many Twitter users couldn't help thinking 86-year-old Vicky McClure had an uncanny resemblance to another BBC character... EastEnders' Dot Cotton aka Dot Branning.

Twitter user Jamie Pragnell commented: "And there was me thinking there was only one Dot Cottan! Now there’s a Dot Cotton...." while Beth added: "Since when was Dot Cotton a copper?"

What do you think? Can you see a similarity?

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