from Grundy to join the show. Dorothy's storylines were written to include a mixture of comedy and drama. Dorothy lived on Ramsay Street alongside her niece Tiffany (Amber Kilpatrick) and nephew Ryan McLachlan (Richard Norton). In 1993, Dorothy meets Tom Merrick (Robert Essex), a school inspector who comes to evaluate Erinsborough High and they fall in love. This leads to her departure alongside Tom. Eddie Buckingham Edward "Eddie" Buckingham, played by Bob La Castra, made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 2 April 1990. La Castra created the character for himself after he was told that casting him the soap would be difficult because of his ethnic background. He auditioned for Neighbours via video tape. La Castra was written out of Neighbours in October 1990 along with a series of characters, so the producers could make a return to focusing on family-oriented drama. Eddie departed on 28 September 1990. Boof Gary "Boof" Head, played by Stephen Hall, made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 19 April 1990. Caron Eastgate from TV Week reported that Boof would be responsible for the breakdown of Todd Landers (Kristian Schmid) and Melissa Jarrett's (Jade Amenta) relationship. Melissa's mother would ban her from seeing Tood after Boof convinces him to break-in a local car crushing office. The two characters burgle the office and take spare parts to repair their bikes with. Hall had guested on the serial the previous year as Angus Owens. Boof is introduced during a bike race alongside established characters Todd, Melissa, Ryan McLachlan (Richard Norton), Josh Anderson (Jeremy Angerson) and Cody Willis (Amelia Frid). He purposely knocks Cody off her bike and she injures her knee. He then teases Ryan about Cody. The race upsets local pensioner Lester Cooper (Roy Baldwin) who tells them off and orders them away from his land. Boof begins to threaten Lester and pushes him over. Ryan stands up to Boof for bullying a pensioner. Kerry Bishop (Linda Hartley-Clark) becomes annoyed at Boof for vandalising the park and shouts at him. Boof gets his friends to hang around Ryan's work. They begin to smash plates and threaten to beat Ryan up. Boof begins spending time with Todd and gets him to break in the local car crushing office. They are caught, arrested and given a court date. Boof is later sent to juvenile detention and Todd is free to leave