Summer Bay residents Alf Stewart, Floss and Neville McPhee, Bobby Simpson, Donald Fisher, Ailsa Hogan, Martin Dibble, Lance Smart and Matt Wilson also made their debuts.
After Carly Morris (Sharyn Hodgson) is raped and Nico is institutionalised for attacking Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn), Lynn who is a Christian begins to lose her faith in God but later regains it.
Scott reluctantly agrees and brings his wife Anna (Kate Turner) and Ben to spend the day on the beach with Neville and Floss and the family put the past behind them.
When Floss returns to Summer Bay in 2000, ahead of Sally's wedding to Kieran Fletcher (Spencer McLaren), she tells her Neville died four years earlier after leading a happy and full life.
Coburn's long-running portrayal of Fisher earned him a place in the 2002 Guinness World Records alongside cast mates Ray Meagher and Kate Ritchie.
[42] Clive Hopwood wrote in his book Home and Away Special that Lance lacked enough intelligence that he had "difficulty knowing which way round to sit on a bicycle.
[48] Andrew Mercado described Roo as Alf Stewart's (Ray Meagher) "Minxy teenage daughter" in his book, Super Aussie soaps: behind the scenes of Australia's best loved TV shows.
[59] In the book Home and Away: Behind the Scenes; James Oram said that "special episodes" were promoted via "intensive campaigns" on the channel, with the most successful being a domestic violence storyline which featured Kerry.
Brett then tells Roo that a recent case of the mumps has left him infertile and conspires with her aunt Morag Bellingham (Cornelia Frances) to get custody of the child.
Morag hosts a dinner party and Brett tries to get Alf and his sister Celia Stewart (Fiona Spence) onside with a business proposition for an investment into a development his family are planning.
Brett then decides he wants custody of his daughter Martha MacKenzie (Burcin Kapkin) and blackmails Roo into handing her over by threatening to stop the development meaning, Alf and every other investor in the Bay will lose their money.
The book is later published and finds its way onto the Syllabus at Summer Bay High in 1999 and Donald is approached by producer Roger Lansdowne (Tony Bonner) about selling the film rights.
In 2001, Seb Miller (Mitch Firth), a teenager arrives in Summer Bay after learning from his mother, Anna (Elizabeth Maywald) that Alan was his father and Donald is his grandfather.
[75] Harrison told Kesta Desmond and David Nicholls for their book Home and Away Annual that the worst thing about the serial was his character's nickname "Revhead".
[73] Harrison said that Revhead's father, Alec (David Baldwyn) used to give him plenty of attention, then his mother died in an accident and his sister, Julie (Naomi Watts) was left "crippled".
The character "didn't do anything by the book, so his head nearly exploded" when he discovers that his sister Julie is having a relationship with police officer Nick Parrish (Bruce Roberts).
Revhead then returns with his friends and begins hassling Roo Stewart (Justine Clarke), Bobby Simpson (Nicolle Dickson) and Carly Morris (Sharyn Hodgson).
Bobby then devises a plan to stall Revhead and Skid at the diner and has Lance Smart (Peter Vroom) and Martin Dibble (Craig Thomson) fix the dent in the car in secret.
[79] Series producer Alan Bateman told Kesta Desmond for his Home and Away Annual that "we’ve been trying to introduce elements that will appeal to the eighteen plus age group".
His death affected many of the residents of Summer Bay, including Carly Morris (Sharyn Hodgson) and Bobby Simpson (Nicolle Dickson); who Philip had helped through their issues.
When Gary is cornered, he plays a suicide trick on them by pretending to jump off a cliff and takes the story to the local papers and paints Philip and Stacey in a bad light.
Christopher becomes friends with Duncan Stewart (Lewis Devaney) and they both get into scrapes together, including a situation where both explore a derelict building which is unstable following a recent earthquake.
[85] In the Home and Away Annual, Kesta Desmond said that as the children of Gordon Macklin (Ron Haddrick), Stacey and her brother Brett (Gerry Sont) were in charge of negotiating the rights to build in the area.
She approaches Lance Smart (Peter Vroom), Martin Dibble (Craig Thomson) and Marilyn Chambers (Emily Symons) and they form a band named Image.
Gary's true nature is uncovered when he conducts dodgy business deals and cons several Summer Bay residents out of their money, including Lance Smart (Peter Vroom).
[93] The character appears when Bobby Simpson (Nicolle Dickson) and Frank Morgan (Alex Papps) visit him in prison to discuss her paternity, after Al reveals that she is not his daughter.
After his release he tracks down his teenage daughter Sophie Simpson (Rebekah Elmaloglou), who is the product of an extramarital affair, and removes her from her foster home.
[94] In his book Home and Away Special, Clive Hopwood described Al as Bobby's missing "father" who "crosses words" with Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn) because he knows a "dark and murky secret" about him.
It soon emerges that Morag Bellingham (Cornelia Frances) and Donald Fisher are Bobby's biological parents and Al and late his wife, Doris illegally adopted her.
When Al holds Sophie, Bobby and Matt hostage overnight, they are found by Tom Fletcher (Roger Oakley) and Detective Hunt (Kim Knuckey).