Tom Carter (1996 character)

"Not to be confused with Tom Carter (actor)"

Tom Carter was the son of Terry Woods. Terry's then girlfriend Elaine Carter dumped Terry when she discovered she was pregnant, in favour of someone better to father her child (which she hadn't told Terry about). Tom was brought up under the belief that Ted Carter was his biological father, which Ted also believed too.

Terry, Ted and Elaine met up in May 1996, and Terry and Tom met in June. At this point, all Tom knew of Terry is that he was rubbish at rugby. Elaine then dropped hints and eventually confessed to Terry that Tom was in fact his son, not Ted's.

Either Elaine never told Tom the truth about his paternity or Tom decided against going back to the village for Terry's funeral in January 2011.