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Colin Taylor
Neighbours character
Portrayed by Frank Bren
Duration 1994–1995
First appearance 27 January 1994 (1994-01-27)
Last appearance 3 November 1995 (1995-11-03)
Introduced by Alan Coleman
Classification Former; recurring
Profile
Occupation Interpreter
Newsagent assistant
Home China
Len Mangel
Neighbours character
Portrayed by John Lee
First appearance 16 March 1994 (1994-03-16)
Last appearance 28 April 1994 (1994-04-28)
Introduced by Alan Coleman
Classification Former; recurring
Profile
Occupation Con-artist
Sally Pritchard
Neighbours character
Portrayed by Brenda Webb
First appearance 23 March 1994 (1994-03-23)
Last appearance 12 May 1994 (1994-05-12)
Introduced by Alan Coleman
Classification Former; recurring
Profile
Occupation Language teacher
Katerina Torelli
Neighbours character
Portrayed by Josephine Mitchell
First appearance 18 April 1994 (1994-04-18)
Last appearance 24 May 1994 (1994-05-24)
Introduced by Alan Coleman
Classification Former; recurring
Profile
Occupation Charity fundraiser
Zac Willis
Neighbours character
Portrayed by Jay Callahan
First appearance 25 July 1994 (1994-07-25)
Last appearance 17 October 1994 (1994-10-17)
Introduced by Stanley Walsh
Classification Former; regular
Profile
Home Darwin
Shane Rebecchi
Neighbours character
Portrayed by Greg O'Meara (1994–1995)
Nicholas Coghlan (2017–)
Duration 1994–1995, 2017–
First appearance 8 September 1994 (1994-09-08)
Introduced by Stanley Walsh (1994)
Jason Herbison (2017)
Classification Current; regular
Profile
Occupation
  • Salesman
  • Inventor
  • Waiter
Home 32 Ramsay Street

Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera created by Reg Watson. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the serial in 1994, by order of first appearance. Until May, characters were introduced by the soap's executive producer, Alan Coleman. Thereafter, they were introduced by his successor, Stanley Walsh. The 10th season of Neighbours began airing from 20 January 1994. Frank Bren began appearing as Colin Taylor in same month. Bren also played Colin's twin brother Alf. March saw the arrivals of Len Mangel, Sally Pritchard and Stonefish Rebecchi. Katerina Torelli made her first appearance in April, while Sam Kratz was introduced in June. His grandmother Marlene Kratz began appearing in July. That month also saw the births of Louise Carpenter and Zac Willis. Serendipity Gottlieb made her debut in August. Stonefish's brother Shane Rebecchi arrived in September. He was followed by the first two members of the Kennedy family: doctor Karl Kennedy and his youngest son Billy. Karl's wife Susan and their elder children Malcolm and Libby followed in October. November saw Bianca Zanotti and Ling Mai Chan make their debut appearances.

Colin Taylor, played by Frank Bren, made his first appearance on 27 January 1994. The character was described as an "incurable chatterbox" and "irritating as hell" by a writer for Inside Soap. Writers later paired Colin with established character Marlene Kratz (Moya O'Sullivan). O'Sullivan said the pair "seem to hit it off in a big way" and that it was "definitely love". Marlene and Colin share similar interests and O'Sullivan thought it was nice that Marlene had someone of her own that cared for her.

Colin introduces himself to Philip (Ian Rawlings) and Julie Martin (Julie Mullins) when they arrive at their holiday bungalow in Queensland. The Martins find Colin friendly, but his tendency to ramble irritates them. Colin reappears several months later as Doug Willis's (Terence Donovan) room mate at the hospital. Colin takes a job at Philip's newsagency and competes against Karl Kennedy (Alan Fletcher) at the auction for Number 28 Ramsay Street. Colin makes several changes to the newsagency, and he forms a Barbershop Trio with Philip and Vikram Chatterji (Nigel Rodrigues). Colin moves into Number 30 with Mark Gottlieb (Bruce Samazan) and Cody Willis (Peta Brady). Colin's twin brother Alf (also Bren) comes to visit him. When Colin pursues a relationship with Marlene Kratz, he believes Alf is also trying to making advances towards her and they fight. Alf then admits that he is not interested in Marlene, as he is gay. Colin proposes to Marlene. They argue about what type of ceremony to have, as Marlene is Catholic and Colin wants a civil ceremony. Shortly after, Colin is offered a job as a translator by the curator of the Modern Ceramics exhibition, which is going on a world tour. Marlene ends their relationship, as she does not want to leave her family. Colin then leaves for Argentina, after his friends throw him a leaving party.


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