I know it was done as a device to let the viewing audience know what was going on but it did strike me as rather strange that you would take your passport out of your pocket and put it on the car seat next to you.
Anyway, it's all now getting very labyrinthine this back story about relationships before our time in Eastenders. Gavin, Phil and Claudette all getting roped in. Some very dark and dodgy doings in ye olde days obviously......