danny taurus (real name danny travis), played by billy boyle, first appears on 5 january 1993 and leaves on 1 june 1993. danny, an east end rock and roll singer, uses the stage name danny taurus, and was nearly famous locally when pete (peter dean) and pauline beale (wendy richard) were teenagers. in 1993, danny visits pete and invites him to a gig. he is more than a pub singer, who dreams of making a comeback. danny is pleased to meet pauline again, as he always fancied her when they were at school. pauline is flattered by the attention and she and danny go on a few platonic dates—pauline's motive being to see if arthur might respond to a bit of competition—but danny takes it seriously and asks pauline to go away with him. pauline is tempted, but she eventually turns danny down and he goes off in search of his big break.