233:(Paul Ellis), who had appeared in several episodes in late 1995, impressed producers and he was rewritten so as to be David's estranged son. Elliot was protective of his character and would change lines and object to storylines so as to best suit how he thought David would act. This led to a conflict with the production staff due to what Elliot believed was an inaccurate portrayal of men on the soap opera. He had a "worry that there was nothing on television that young males could see that was in any way a positive role model." In 1999, Elliott's contract was not renewed. He was "outraged" and "upset", but later was happy to have had the ability to work in other roles. Elliott believed himself to be "bitter and tired and worn out" at the time of the axing believing that he had left "under a bit of a cloud ... I felt the powers that be had betrayed me. I felt a bit sold out." The character made his last appearance alongside screen wife Ellen, in November 1999. Elliott reprised his role for cameos in 2020, and in May 2022 for the show's 30th anniversary. Several months later Elliott was invited back in an extended stint, debuting in November 2022 and believed due to his previous axing he had, "carried a lot of baggage around that for quite some time. That’s been largely healed by being invited back". He signed an initial contract until early 2023.
372:) just in time. Due to the tenderness of the storyline, it was continuously pushed back until the stage where it was nearing the point of improbability. The plot was ultimately scheduled to air in the last possible week with the potential of cot death to occur. In February 1998, Ellen and David were shocked to discover her baby daughter Rose, had died in her sleep. The scene was shot with the baby's actress but Malcolm was directed to quickly pick her up and then the shot was changed to a close up, to avoid any movements from the child. The couple's devastation at Rose's death saw them break up and date other characters. However, over a year later they finally put Rose to rest and reconciled. The storyline landed Malcolm with her first ever television acting nomination. The subject of a child's death was dealt with once more in the soap, 5 years later in the death of
360:'s (Lyentte Forday) birthday. Producers encountered a problem when developing the storyline, when they realized they had accidentally over run Ellen's pregnancy. A quick fill in story was devised where Ellen was nervous that the baby was so late. In the casting of Ellen and David's child, the daughter of the show's medical adviser was chosen. Having set the storyline up to unfold in 1998, crew members began to get cold feet due to the uneasiness of shooting the scene using one of their co workers own children and the fact that two of the storyliners had fallen pregnant. On screen, Ellen had an unscheduled birth, giving birth to
296:). However, as the year ended he realised he still loved Ellen but Bridget's diagnosis with a brain tumour led him to stay with her. In 1999 David and Ellen began an affair and Bridget soon left him. The happiness was short lived however when David was diagnosed with a rare disorder that would leave him blind. He retired and the couple decided to move to a lifestyle block in the
356:) lead to Ellen thinking the two had reconciled, causing her to flee to Fiji. In a specially shot episode in the country, David tracked her down and the two reconciled, only for Ellen to announce she was pregnant. The couple decided to marry to support the child and lured their friends to the ceremony under the pretense that it was
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319:) and father were divorcing as Susan had been having an affair. Inviting the new man to his wedding, Boyd was introduced to David whom Susan was now in a partnership with. David returned in a documentary style reappearance in 2022 reminiscing on his time as head of the then private clinic he part owned.
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Zealand’s most successful television drama .... It is a lovely challenge to play someone who is straightforward and charming because I’m so used to being the nasty guy." David arrived to screens with the producers intending to expand
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