Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen began playing doctor Charlotte Adams in September, while Jim Tyler appeared at the end of the month.
November saw Daniel Collopy join the cast as Josh West and two births occurred; VJ Patterson and Lily Smith.
When Jude Lawson (Ben Steel) is accused of beating Kane up for harassing his girlfriend Shauna Bradley (Kylie Watson), Scott attacks him.
It emerges that he and Kane were involved in a service station robbery and held Tasha Andrews (Isabel Lucas) hostage.
When Scott comes to reclaim the money, Kane tells him it burned up in the Drop-in centre fire but he refuses to believe him and threatens to harm Tasha.
Scott refuses to tell him anything at first but agrees as long as Kane's lawyer Morag Bellingham (Cornelia Frances) helps him with his own upcoming appeal.
[15] Porteous admitted to feeling nervous on his first day on set and questioned if he remembered how to act, saying "But once I got there and realised the show used a lot of the same studios and much of the same crew as A Country Practice, I was immediately at ease.
[15] Jackie Brygel from the same publication criticised why every new character in the Bay had to be hiding a secret, writing "This week, it's Jim who decides to reveal his – yep, you guessed it – hidden and oh-so-mysterious past.
[16] Jim is found sleeping on the beach by Brodie Hanson (Susie Rugg) and Dani Sutherland) (Tammin Sursok).
Dani's father Rhys (Michael Beckley) invites Jim around for dinner in gratitude and offers him accommodation in a spare van in exchange for some odd jobs.
Jim falls sick and upon his release from hospital, principal Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn) recognises him as a qualified professor and asks him to cover some classes for a short while.
Jim's methods prove outdated and after being taunted by Nick Smith (Chris Egan), he suffers a nervous breakdown and is transferred to a city hospital.
In September 2001, Collopy successfully auditioned for the role of Josh and moved from Melbourne to Sydney to begin filming.
The serial's producers wanted to capitalise on the success of their stalker storyline, which pulled in high viewing figures, by creating a new mystery plot.
[23] Vincent "VJ" Patterson, Jr., played by Felix Dean, made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 30 November 2001.
[28] Twins Claudia and Olivia Jenkins assumed the role of Lily for one episode in 2003 and when the character returned to the serial in 2010, she was portrayed by Charlie Rose MacLennan.
Lily is seen again when her uncle Nick (Chris Egan) visits Will in Queensland after being accused of assaulting Angie Russell (Laurie Foell).
Lily meets VJ Patterson (Felix Dean), who was born on the same day as her and they make a plan to run away to see Elijah Johnson (Jay Laga'aia) in Africa.