Jensen and Kristian Schmid (who played Todd Landers) had not met before or had any acting experience until they attended a drama class with the Actor's Training Studio in Melbourne.

[1] Jensen and Schmid attended an audition for the roles of regular characters, Katie and Todd, and following a screen test, they were cast.

[1] Katie and her brother Todd are the children of Adelaide couple Annette (Tania Uren) and Bob Landers (Robin Harrison/Bruce Kilpatrick).

[3] Katie developed a close friendship with Toby Mangel (Finn Greentree-Keane) and the BBC said that they "set about causing all sorts of mischief.

After the service, Katie and Todd run away but are eventually found by Scott (Jason Donovan) and Charlene Robinson (Kylie Minogue).

One day, Toby eats garlic before he has to kiss Katie in a school play and receives a black eye for his trouble.

After having dinner at the Mangels, Katie is alarmed to discover Joe has made rabbit stew and immediately assumes he cooked Rupert.