Did the aging of Duncan give the Stewart family a new lease of life?

[beau_t]

I'm guessing that was the intention of the writers. Did it work?

[CaptainHulk]

To a degree. Alf and Ailsa needed to focus more on their own child after taking Foster kids (Blake, Karen, Sarah, Curtis, Aaron, etc).

Duncan was a toerag throughout most of 1999, Calmed down a bit in 2000 but after Ailsa died it all went Pete Tong in 2001.

That said some memorable stuff happened, the bombs, Aila's car crash,  Duncan planting the meat cleaver on Joey when he, will and Hayley stayed with the Stewarts.

[Blaxland 89]

I'm never a fan of ageing characters up. I feel it distorts the whole time line of the show. And if it was to give a new lease of life in my opinion that what be very lazy writing. There should be enough creativity to make it interested with the age he was and as he eventually got to the age it would make the stories more credible. I might be a sour puss but I just don't like things being changed when they have already been written in stone. He was born in 1989 and it was 1999. Just deal with it. They've rewritten it. One of the reason Sally has such a rich history is because they didn't do that with her. And I liked Sam gradually growing too. 

[Blaxland 89]

1 minute ago, Blaxland 89 said:

 

 

[beau_t]

1 hour ago, Blaxland 89 said:

I'm never a fan of ageing characters up. I feel it distorts the whole time line of the show. And if it was to give a new lease of life in my opinion that what be very lazy writing. There should be enough creativity to make it interested with the age he was and as he eventually got to the age it would make the stories more credible. I might be a sour puss but I just don't like things being changed when they have already been written in stone. He was born in 1989 and it was 1999. Just deal with it. They've rewritten it. One of the reason Sally has such a rich history is because they didn't do that with her. And I liked Sam gradually growing too. 

Interesting point of view, and you're right about Sally (and Sam).

[Red Ranger 1]

I don't think it was entirely necessary. The Rosses worked without Christopher being aged up (at least until 2003). It added a different dynamic to Alf and Ailsa looking after a problem child that they couldn't send back, and the idea that they'd neglected their own child by focusing so much on the foster children (a common problem with the show focusing more on the teenage foster children than the younger biological ones, to the extent that you wonder why it doesn't come up more often), but I think they'd have been fine without it.

[rachel1990]

not really. I preferred Alf and Alisa before Duncan was aged. As other users have mentioned with Sally and to an extent Sam and Chris it was great watching kids just growing up normally. 

[Trudy Heine]

Is it just me, or does Duncan remind anyone else of Bart Simpson?

[CaptainHulk]

Bart knew when to draw a line!

Though, I get your meaning.

If Alf had gone "Why you little..." and started choking him, a lot people would have cheered!

[Homeandawayfan.]

I am not a fan of SORASing births that took place onscreen. Martha Mackenzie and Duncan Stewart being fine examples. Born during the shows run but altered to 1986 and 1987 respectively.