Boyd Hoyland is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Kyal Marsh.
When he first arrived in Ramsay Street he was something of a child genius and was placed in an accelerated learning programme at Erinsborough High.
[4] Boyd also has a big sense of responsibility, which led to a doomed relationship with Kayla Thomas (Virginia Ryan).
[5] Marsh told Inside Soap's Jason Herbison that Summer "freaks out" because their mother has been dead for years and when she tries to tell Boyd this, he does not listen.
"[5] Boyd's stepmother Stephanie Scully (Carla Bonner) is then forced to have him committed to a psychiatric ward.
Behind the scenes Marsh was furious over the storyline and criticised the producers and branded it as "stupid", also stating: "I absolutely hated my character at the end.
[7] Boyd is the eldest child of Claire and Max Hoyland (Stephen Lovatt) and brother to Summer (Marissa Siketa).
Claire died from an undiagnosed heart condition and Max left the children with their grandmother Rosie (Maggie Millar), while he worked on oil rigs in East Timor.
Boyd struggles socially and Libby Kennedy (Kym Valentine) gives him some extra tuition.
Max becomes friends with the team captain, Adam Stevens (Nicholas Colla) and Boyd wants his father to be impressed with him too.
Boyd spends a few weeks at a camp for gifted children and he returns with a girlfriend, Heather Green (Megan Harrington).
Heather likes the gesture and Boyd convinces her to go to Susan (Jackie Woodburne) and Karl Kennedy's (Alan Fletcher) wedding.
Boyd and Heather help Summer when she is bullied on her paper round by Jacinta Martin (Eliza Taylor-Cotter).
When Max begins a relationship with Stephanie Scully (Carla Bonner), Boyd expresses his disgust and acts up.
When Sky goes through the emotional trauma of confronting her mother's killer, Boyd offers his support, but he is unable to get through to her.
Max's friend, Gus Cleary (Ben Barrack) comes to stay and he becomes involved with Boyd's aunt, Izzy Hoyland (Natalie Bassingthwaighte).
After the Travis saga, Boyd attempts to reunite with Sky but cannot handle her revelation that Lana kissed her.
He takes a job at a local gym and becomes obsessive over fitness and body shape to the extent of purging, which alienates him from his friends and family.
Boyd later enters a body building contest, but when he sees his opposition, he begins to feel out of his depth.
Krystal, Boyd's boss offers him Human growth hormones, which later have an effect on his personality, causing out-of-character behavior.
Boyd begins displaying symptoms of Adolescent Schizophrenia and is sectioned He runs away and Sky finds him, they end up squatting in an abandoned house.
Kayla Thomas, a homeless single mother begins staying with the Hoylands and intends to give her baby up to Max and Steph, but Boyd offers to stand by her, even to the extent of moving in with her.
When Boyd joins Eden Hills university and spends much time with classmate Sasha Hennessy (Eloise Grace), Janae becomes jealous.
One night while working at the Scarlet Bar, Boyd is forced to eject a drunken woman, Sally Herbert, unaware that she is his new lecturer at University.
When a vial of morphine is found in Sally's bag, she threatens Boyd with the destruction of his career and later plants it on him.
When spiritualist Terrence Chesterton arrives claiming to be in contact with the recently deceased Stingray, Boyd is skeptical.
"[9] Of Boyd's time in the show, Daniel Kilkelly of Digital Spy wrote "Muscleman Boyd became one of Ramsay Street's most popular residents during his early years, but all of that goodwill was eroded when he cheated on his wife Janae towards the end of his time on the show.