Summer Bay News > Issue #4 1 May 1997

EDITORIAL!

Hello and welcome to issue #4 of Summer Bay News. I've been told that you enjoy my short 'editorial' at the beginning. Alan Shade says its nice to have a summary of whats in the newsletter. Well, there are the results of the second opinion poll which are quite interesting as one character has taken a rather large lead. It just happens to be my favourite character ever but don't go accusing me of rigging it, I kept to three votes and they were all for different characters. This just shows that this character is an all time favourite! Also in this issue there's a lot of opinions about Donald's mother and even some more about Donald! And to top it all there's a rather amusing top ten list. However, I have no top ten lists or profiles left!! PLEASE send them, along with everything else to this address...

This issue's quote come from Isobel when she first arrived at Don's town house and got Rebecca playing the piano and Marilyn jiving! Well, what a lot has happened since issue 3! In England Jenna arrived on the scene. When Curtis saw her he had a flashback and saw Laura's death. This was a bit pathetic as ITV (TV station in England) cut this entire scene out when it was first shown. More about that later! And of course in Australia (I'm going on what I've been told here!) there was that dramatic episode in which Rebecca and Marilyn jumped out of the plane, Donald saved Marilyn, Pippa got her memory back and Kelly left! Well, I'll have more to say at the end, but here's issue 4...

OPINION POLL #2 RESULTS

So, bobby is the clear winner. Alan Shade and I have been discussing Bobby. We think it is such a shame that she was 'killed off' because Nicolle Dickson obviously wanted to return, otherwise she would never have filmed that fridge scene. If Bobby had been left alive she could have come back for more than two minutes and met up with all her old friends.

Here are some long replies I had about the poll:

WILLIAM McDONALD: OK, First, I would like Dodge back. Dodge comes back to Summer Bay and kills Jesse McGregor. 2. Sgt Chris Hail. He is reinstated as the Summer Bay police sergeant. His name is cleared. He launches an investigation into an old case where an unknown person has been killing old ladies, and Jesse is found to be the No.1 suspect. This lands Jesse in jail for life. The authorities find something out about Jesse we never knew before - before he came to Summer Bay, Jesse was a serial killer and most of his victims were elderly. Jesse's evidence against Chris Hail is found to be all a pack of lies. 3. Greg Marshall comes back to Summer Bay and takes Sam away for good.

JEN TILL: ok, my answer to who i would like back...i want ruth, alfs daughter back..my fav episodes of all time come from the love triangle between her, frank and bobby...bring frank back too :} as embarassing as it is,i actually bought a home and away book that was about the episodes where ru had her baby....did any one else ever invest in these books based on the series??

KERRY BARKER: There are many characters I would like to asee return. The three iwould like to see the most would be Carley & Ben (who married and moved to Perth) and their little baby, and Lyn. Carley & Lyn were two of the original foster children that Tom and Pippa had when they moved to thebay. I'd like to know where their lives have gone since leaving the Bay. We occassionally hear a mention of Carley & Ben but the first reference to Lyn was when Sally was showing Pippa photos in the hospitalto help with her memory.

EDITOR: Alan Shade wanted to hear what my choices were. Ok, well Bobby Simpson was my all time favourite character, as I'm sure you have realised by now, so she was obviously one of them! Another was Lynn Davenport. I don't really remember her much but as she was the first to leave it would be nice to see her reaction to how much things have changed. My third choice was Morag Bellingham. She was a horrible person but a very interesting character. Home And Away could do with another old 'bag' like her!

ISOBEL DU PRÉ

BEX DOWNEY: Isobel couldn't be anymore ridiculous than she is. Why on earth did they hire Shirley from A country Practice to impersonate an English accent! It's completely preposterous to someone like myself who lives in England.

KERRY BARKER: I think the character of Donald Fisher's mother was great but Lorrae Desmond's portrayal of the role was a shocker!!!! She was worse than anamateur. Shirley Gilroy (Lorrae's character in 'A Country Practice')would role in her grave if she was to see that effort. I thought it was extremely embarressing.

Isobel is dying of Cancer. Rebecca found her pills in her bag and confronted her with it.

ADELE: I like Isobel. I reakon she'd be the same if Donald wasn't married toMarilyn. But she would have never come if Marilyn wasn't there 'cause sheinvited her to see Donald.

ALAN SHADE: I think she is a bit wierd personally. I don't really like hercharacter, she is far to over the top and la-de-da for my liking. I feltshe was a bit harsh when she spoke to Donald about Alan and Bobby aswell...she is not a very understanding mother. I don't blame Donald for being a bit upset about her. But, maybe she'll improve...I often findthat I don't like a character at first and then I eventually come to like them (for example, Teigan).

JEN TILL: ok, well Donald's mother..I think Rebecca's assessment of her as a tornado is spot on..just like an older version of marrylin actually which ithink fits in well with the whole donald/marrylin affair..a bit of background as to why on earth he would go for someone like marrylin in the first place..i guess she could be seen as a bit over the top and therefore annoying..but there r really people like that out there so why not in Summer Bay???!!!

WILLIAM McDONALD: Silly old woman... May be funny at times, but it sux how she ran that drama class which got Liam and Stephanie kissing and the way she could pretend tohave a teenage "romance" with Bert. I woulda thought by the time someone was HALF their age, they would have grown out of the "kiddy romance" stage.

DONALD FISHER

I've certainly started something big asking what you think about Donald Fisher. Will the replies still be coming in issue #50?!

WILLIAM McDONALD: I'll comment on Don Fisher: I wish he found a better wife than Marilyn.She's so silly... She makes him look like a joke rather than a serious headmaster. I also feel sorry for Don, for having a mother as silly as Isobel. (Although I did find a *couple* of things funny, like when Isobel rode that motorbike past him).

ALAN SHADE: I've just remembered I actually like Don and Maz being together, ohwell, they just couldn't be a soap couple without having at least twoaffairs each - a stable relationship just does not make good TV in myopinion!

TOP TEN LISTS

THE TOP 10 GUEST STARS I WANT ON HOME AND AWAY by Josh Darvill

10- Xena and Hercules - A little extra power to help Teri Garner when fighting crooks.

9- The cast of Freinds - Now they can hang out at the Diner.

8- The Power Rangers - Who knows? Maybe some monsters do hang out inSummer Bay.

7- The X Files Cast - To see what all that was about with Stephanie in the begining of her stay in Summer Bay.

6- The Neighbours Cast - They could hang out in the pub and the H&A crew can hang out in Lou's Pub.

5- Sabrina the Teenaged Witch - She could cast a spell on Travis...

4- The Brady Bunch - Pippa will have a rival, both wanting more kids.

3- The Nanny - She could look after Pippas mob while she's inhospital.

2- Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman - She could replace Kelly.

1- Alfred Hitchcock - He could film a sequal to 'The Birds' called 'The Travis'. Even Alfred's dead, the Travis would be about a stuck-up, over acting and just plain annoying man who clones himself Ahhhhhhhh!

PROFILES

This issue's profile is of Josh Darvill.

INTERNET NAME: None Really, I don't use IRC that much but when I do, just Josh

REAL NAME: Josh Darvill

SEX: Male

LOCATION: Queensland, Australia

BIRTHDATE: 03/08/85

OCCUPATION: School Student

HOBBIES: Music, Internet, HTML Writing, TV

FAVOURITE HOME AND AWAY EPISODE: I have many, but my sure winner is the very 1st episode ever, I have it on video and I've watched it so many times!

FAVOURITE HOME AND AWAY QUOTE: "Thats Crap and You Know it!" - Travis, when Stephanie died

FAVOURITE HOME AND AWAY CHARACTER: Shannon

WORST HOME AND AWAY CHARACTER: Travis and Donald

Profiles and top ten lists are urgently needed! Just to make things easier, here's another e-mail link so you can send it right now!

THE WORLD OF HOME AND AWAY!

Here's some info about Home And Away in other countries from Nicholas_UK.

Neighbours is called Naeborn in norway and Grannar in sweden, Home and Away is called Borte Bra!

I dont think they are using the new theme tune on H&A yet, I think it changed shortly after Bobbys ghost came for the day, well it did on the Irish TV, Donna is still in it on TV2 so it should change in a few weeks.

TRIVIA ANSWER

The answer to #3's trivia question is Bobby Simpson and Ailsa Stewart originally set up the Bayside Diner. Correct answers came from BEX DOWNEY, KERRY BARKER, WILLIAM McDONALD, ALAN SHADE, JUDI, HELEN JONES and GRANDMA.

RYAN WEBSTER guessed it was Tom and Pippa Fletcher. Not bad as Ailsa, Tom and Pippa talked about setting up a cafe in episode 1 and Pippa still bakes for the Diner!

GRANDMA sent a correct answer to #2's trivia, the person in the photo was Nick Parrish.

NEW TRIVIA QUESTION

Here's one to get you thinking! Can you name all four of the Stewart brothers/sisters? The clue for this one is the first letters of their names - A, C, M and B. But remember that the females have different surnames now. If you know, send your answer to the normal address.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?

Well, here's a new idea for Summer Bay News that you will hopefully all reply to and have fun with. The idea is that there is a question that you can invent a funny answer to. As I have previously mentioned Laura's death scene was cut out in England a couple of years ago but they showed it in full in Curtis' flashback. How do you explain that? Please, don't be serious, funny answers only! It'll be interesting to see what we can come up with! Send them to... well, you know the address by now!

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW

Well, that wraps up another issue of Summer Bay News. Hope you've enjoyed it. Remember to keep the e-mails coming in. I need profiles, top ten lists, can you explain that? answers and trivia answers as well. In issue 5 there'll be new poll and trivia questions, along with whatever else you send me! General comments would be appreciated too. Keep watching!

Jeremai Smith

Editor, Summer Bay News