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LogDog75

(676 posts) Tue Jul 1, 2025, 12:37 AM Jul 1

Name a TV doctor you'd want as your doctor

Martin Ellingham in Doc Martin. He's rude, aloof, has a poor bedside manner but he's great at diagnosing what's wrong with you. He doesn't put up with fools or idiots even if they're his fellow doctors but he does care about is patients even if he doesn't show it.

I've had a number of doctors being in the military and being retired receiving my medical care at a Navy clinic. Most have been very good and there's been one or two who hardly talked to you. The one I have now is great! I can put up with rudeness if the person is good at their profession and cares.

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Name a TV doctor you'd want as your doctor (Original Post) LogDog75 Jul 1 OP
Hawkeye and BJ Skittles Jul 1 #1
They'd keep you in stitches. Harker Jul 1 #11
heh Skittles Jul 2 #21
Dr Bashir, markodochartaigh Jul 1 #2
Yes, either him or maybe Kate Pulaski! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jul 1 #16
Dr. Gregory House Tarzanrock Jul 1 #3
My choice, as well. Mad_Dem_X Jul 2 #22
Hawkeye Pierce johnp3907 Jul 1 #4
Marcus Welby M.D. LSparkle Jul 1 #5
Dr. Katz JoseBalow Jul 1 #6
Marcus Welby. greatauntoftriplets Jul 1 #7
ME TOO!! some_of_us_are_sane Jul 1 #17
He was so kind and fatherly. greatauntoftriplets Jul 1 #19
Doctor Who nuxvomica Jul 1 #8
Dr. Shaun Murphy (The Good Doctor) Emile Jul 1 #9
The crew from St. Elsewhere no_hypocrisy Jul 1 #10
I'm rewatching St. Elsewhere right now. greatauntoftriplets Jul 1 #20
I rewatched it over the winter. milestogo Jul 2 #23
They're all so young! greatauntoftriplets Jul 2 #24
Hard to believe its the same guy. milestogo Jul 2 #25
On Fridays, there's a TV station called Heroes & Icons that shows old episodes of Hawaii 5-0. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2 #31
I didn't know that. milestogo Jul 2 #32
Can't remember how I found it. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2 #33
House -- he'd find out what was wrong with me and fix it within an hour. catbyte Jul 1 #12
If he doesn't kill you in the 2d act! Wounded Bear Jul 1 #14
Just a simple country doctor... Harker Jul 1 #13
Dr. Jack Shepard Niagara Jul 1 #15
Dr. Ken is an actual MD: sl8 Jul 1 #18
Dr. Mark Green BigMin28 Jul 2 #26
Siddiqi from the Walking Dead.... FarPoint Jul 2 #27
Dr. Johnny Fever Ptah Jul 2 #28
What? No one is going to pick Quincy? FSogol Jul 2 #29
That was one Annie Moosee Jul 3 #35
Dr Who or Dr Welby TommieMommy Jul 2 #30
Life on the line? Dr. House. Iggo Jul 2 #34

LSparkle

(12,082 posts)
5. Marcus Welby M.D.
Reply to LogDog75 (Original post)
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 01:16 AM
Jul 1

Robert Young as a kindly mature doctor ... with a hot young partner (my introduction to James Brolin when he was sooooo attractive back in the 70s!).

nuxvomica

(13,491 posts)
8. Doctor Who
Reply to LogDog75 (Original post)
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 01:38 AM
Jul 1

Like if I fell from a tree and broke my leg we could go back in time and stop me from climbing the tree, for example.

no_hypocrisy

(52,387 posts)
10. The crew from St. Elsewhere
Reply to LogDog75 (Original post)
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 06:16 AM
Jul 1

Dr. Mark Craig (William Daniels)
Dr. Philip Chandler (Denzel Washington)
Dr. Daniel Auschlander (Norman Lloyd)
Dr. Donald Westphall (Ed Flanders)

milestogo

(21,400 posts)
23. I rewatched it over the winter.
Reply to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #20)
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 12:28 PM
Jul 2

Loved Dr Fiscus (Howie Mandel) and Boomer (David Morse). First big break for a lot of these guys. Mark Harmon and Denzel too.

milestogo

(21,400 posts)
25. Hard to believe its the same guy.
Reply to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #24)
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 12:40 PM
Jul 2

David Morse has had a lot of roles. He never became an A lister, but he's a very good actor.

greatauntoftriplets

(177,992 posts)
31. On Fridays, there's a TV station called Heroes & Icons that shows old episodes of Hawaii 5-0.
Reply to milestogo (Reply #25)
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 01:33 PM
Jul 2

Ed Flanders appears in several episodes. That man was an excellent actor, so it's sad that he committed suicide.

catbyte

(37,402 posts)
12. House -- he'd find out what was wrong with me and fix it within an hour.
Reply to LogDog75 (Original post)
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 06:24 AM
Jul 1

And bedside manner is overrated anyway.

Niagara

(10,804 posts)
15. Dr. Jack Shepard
Reply to LogDog75 (Original post)
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 08:37 PM
Jul 1

I couldn't find any short clips that I liked of Jack performing his medical duties before or after the flight crash.

I'm going to share a heartfelt exchange between Sawyer talking to Jack about Jack's father.

FarPoint

(14,128 posts)
27. Siddiqi from the Walking Dead....
Reply to LogDog75 (Original post)
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 12:44 PM
Jul 2

He rose up to serve the best he could with what he had to use....

Annie Moosee

(174 posts)
35. That was one
Reply to FSogol (Reply #29)
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 12:18 AM
Jul 3

that occurred to me...

He was the medical examiner, right? Making sure my 50+ brain is remembering correctly.

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