A character that fans "loved to hate", Darryl was introduced as the antagonistic son of receptionist Marj Neilson (Elizabeth McRae) and paramedic Tom Neilson (Adrian Keeling).
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These included attempting to rape Kirsty Knight (Angela Dotchin), drugging Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) so that he missed his wedding day, faking the abduction of his own children, distributing dodgy drugs, stealing Grace Kwan's (Lynette Forday) egg cells and eventually drowning after attempting to murder Kirsty.
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Darryl sacrificed his kidney for his dying father and desperately tried to separate his mother Marj (Elizabeth McRae) from her lover Laurie (Chic Littlewood) through blackmail.
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When she reconciled with Chris Warner (Michael Galvin), Darryl drugged Chris and locked him in a barn; preventing him from attending his wedding and causing Alison to flee the country.
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He returned to Ferndale again several months later and began to flirt with Waverley Wilson (Claire Chitham).
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Upon the show first airing, audiences struggled to relate to the character of Marj Neilson (Elizabeth McRae), a character played largely for comic relief.
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However Tom soon learnt this was not the case and the true father was Tom and Marj's (Elizabeth McRae) manipulative other son, Darryl (Mark Ferguson).