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The Doctor is a 1991 American drama film directed by Randa Haines.It is loosely based on Dr. Edward Rosenbaum's 1988 memoir A Taste Of My Own Medicine. [1] The film stars William Hurt as Jack McKee, a doctor who undergoes a transformation in his views about life, illness and human relationships.
Outside of television many actors have played the Doctor on in various BBC-licensed spin-offs on television, stage, radio, film, audio plays, and webcasts. The character's ability to periodically regenerate appearance and personality has facilitated the ability of new actors to take over the role – in official and unofficial productions ...
This is a list of fictional doctors (characters that use the appellation "doctor", medical and otherwise), from literature, films, television, and other media.. Shakespeare created a doctor in his play Macbeth (c 1603) [1] with a "great many good doctors" having appeared in literature by the 1890s [2] and, in the early 1900s, the "rage for novel characters" included a number of "lady doctors". [3]
The Doctor is usually accompanied in his travels by one to three companions (sometimes called assistants). These characters provide a surrogate with whom the audience can identify, and further the story by asking questions and getting into trouble, (similar to Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.)
Actors who auditioned for the role in the 1996 film included Michael Crawford, Rowan Atkinson (who played a spoof version of the Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death), Liam Cunningham [27] (who appeared in the 2013 Doctor Who episode "Cold War"), Mark McGann (whose brother Paul McGann eventually got the role), [28] Trevor Eve, Michael Palin ...
When later asked by Wilfred who she was, the Doctor evades answering the question, making their connection unclear. In Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale – The Final Chapter, Russell T Davies states that the character was conceived as the Doctor's mother, but her identity was left ambiguous to allow viewers to make up their own minds. [12]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. Doctor or The Doctor may refer to: Personal titles Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree A medical practitioner, including: Physician Audiologist Dentist Optometrist Surgeon Veterinary physician Other roles Doctor of the ...
[62] [63] Capaldi made a cameo appearance in "The Day of the Doctor" and a guest appearance at the end of "The Time of the Doctor" after being cast in the role. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] He had also previously appeared in the Doctor Who episode " The Fires of Pompeii " and in the third series of spin-off series Torchwood , roles which were later connected ...