The show moves at a rather glacial pace, celebrating life’s small moments and inevitable trials and tribulations.ĭespite its slower pace, I find Doc Martin incredibly appealing and watchable. Everyone you might find in your own dysfunctional family. The pair have an off-again on-again relationship because of their glaring personality differences.ĭoc Martin also boasts a quirky cast of characters: a bird-brained receptionist with a good heart, a bumbling police chief, a nutty pharmacist, moonshine brewers, and a host of other interesting characters. She’s a smart, independent woman with a passion for vintage clothing. His love interest is Louisa Glasson, headmistress of the local elementary school. We love him because he’s somewhat tormented, with a not-so-easy life.ĭespite these character flaws, once in Portwenn, Ellingham manages to fall in love, get married, and have a child. Beneath his stern exterior lies vulnerability and a painful awkwardness that’s both appealing and relatable.
But the doc is a classic British anti-hero. You’d think the Ellingham character would be entirely unlikeable. On the surface, he’s a miserable git who even hates dogs. There’s no mollycoddling he’s blunt and gets right to the (sometimes embarrassing) point. Though a medical genius, the doc is a difficult man - eccentric, irritable, routinized, and intolerant. The villagers don’t know quite what to make of Ellingham at first.
He decamps to the quaint hamlet of Portwenn on the coast of Cornwall and becomes the local GP. After developing a phobia of blood, he quits his prestigious job as a surgeon in London. Martin Clunes stars as the title character, Doc Martinĭoc Martin stars Martin Clunes as the cranky and stiff local doctor, Martin Ellingham.
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