Steven Flanagan
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Lives in NE England. Posts mostly about comics, Doctor Who, other old TV and films and random stuff. He/him
Lives in NE England. Posts mostly about comics, Doctor Who, other old TV and films and random stuff. He/him
![Passage from Wikipedia, reading:
Plot
Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes), a brilliant and successful vascular surgeon at Imperial College London,[5] develops haemophobia – a fear of blood – forcing him to stop practising surgery. He obtains a post as the sole general practitioner (GP) in the sleepy Cornish village of Portwenn, where he had spent childhood holidays with his Aunt Joan (Stephanie Cole), who owns a local farm. Upon arriving in Portwenn – where, to his frustration, the locals address him as "Doc Martin" – he finds the surgery in chaos and inherits an incompetent receptionist, Elaine Denham (Lucy Punch). In series 2–4, she is replaced by Pauline Lamb (Katherine Parkinson), a new receptionist, and later also a phlebotomist. In Series 5, Morwenna Newcross (Jessica Ransom) takes up the post.
The programme revolves around Ellingham's interactions with the local Cornish villagers. Despite his medical excellence, Ellingham is grouchy and abrupt, and lacks social skills. His direct, emotionless manner offends many villagers, made worse by his invariably unpleasant responses to their ignorant, often foolish, comments. They perceive him to be hot-tempered and lacking in a bedside manner.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:blwrkq67goummw3ykpipksqs/bafkreig6obzj3woewz37v2hjn6dtyzwhwq3hrmtd3kx2ixqzd6jubfynve)
![Screen capture from Doctor Who: Boom. The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) looks unhappy. The subtitle reads, "[groans] Capitalism."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:blwrkq67goummw3ykpipksqs/bafkreiecdqgq35zwwakwmwc6llfvdedeqo4fboweb5s67njvodfkzbclme)
