The following is a list of characters who first appeared in the Australian soap opera Neighbours during 2010, they are listed in order of their first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's executive producer, Susan Bower. The 26th season of Neighbours began airing on 11 January 2010. Comedian Peter Moon joined the cast as theatre producer in February. That same month saw , the show's first regular, gay male character, make his debut. Established character, Donna Freedman's father, joined in April and two new regular characters, and , began appearing from May. Former V actress, Jane Badler joined the show in June, playing businesswoman . June also saw the first appearance of builder, . Model and television presenter, Scott McGregor joined the cast as Detective towards the end of August. Gabriella Darlington and P. J. Lane made their acting debuts as and respectively. From December, Gemma Pranita began appearing as established character Sonya Mitchell's younger sister, .