A major theme throughout the series is Ellingham's relationship with a primary school teacher (eventually school headmistress) Louisa Glasson ( Caroline Catz).

Dibbs' qualifications as a doctor are questionable, considering that she even mis-diagnosed her own Type 2 diabetes. Bert Large rents a spare room to Jennifer Cardew ( Annabelle Apsion), who is Portwenn's chemist in Mrs. While recuperating at Louisa's apartment, Martin pays a professional visit and awkwardly, following Auntie Joan's advice, tries to express sympathy for the patient. He also inadvertently uncovers an affair between a teenager and the wife of Colonel Gilbert Spencer ( Richard Johnson), leading to threats of a divorce, a reconciliation and then a punch on his nose. Pippa, the new headteacher at the local school, is enthusiastic over the – albeit unsanctioned – garden she has set up, when she develops a rash, and her health suddenly declines at an event at the school when learning many of the children have also.Two fishermen ( Julian Seager and Tony Cottrell) wake the Doc and Louisa at the crack of dawn, having discovered Robert Campbell ( Paul Moriarty) unconscious on the beach. Martin asks neighboring vicar Mr Porter ( David Bamber) to be the replacement, even though Porter has become disillusioned and cynical about weddings. The Martin Bamford character is friendly and laid-back, seeming to enjoy his retreat from the career pressures and conflicts he left behind in London. Doc Martin: Complete Series Nine All eight episodes from the ninth series of the ITV comedy drama starring Martin Clunes as the belligerent Dr Martin Ellingham, whose bad manners and unusual ways cause tension among the locals in the picturesque Cornish village of Portwenn. Counter ( David Ryall) has a drinking problem and later catches him with a bottle of whisky and tries to wrestle the bottle out of his hands.

Doc Martin is a British medical comedy-drama television series starring Martin Clunes as Doctor Martin Ellingham. Subsequent medical reports clear Joan of any blame for Theo's condition, saying the report results confirm that the child is afflicted with amoebiasis, from living in an environment with poor sanitation and hygiene.Her husband, Phil ( Roger Lloyd-Pack), is angry with the doctor and blames him for his wife's death.

Cronk gets on the wrong side of Morwenna, and is dismissed by Martin when he slams a book on the wrist of a woman to flatten a ganglion cyst. One year after Al and Morwenna’s wedding, the doc is mending old clocks and getting underfoot, caring for the new baby. Penhale is torn between being with her, since he still loves her, or straightening out her seeming lapse of memory of the past few years.Penhale does his best to issue formal warnings to keep the Doc away from a woman who is constantly tired and winds up in a car crash. Episodes are just under 50 minutes long, except for the 2006 TV film which is 92 minutes, and the 2022 Christmas special. Mrs Eddy ( Vilma Hollingbery) believes she has a melanoma, but Martin says it's a raised infected lymph node, brought on by an infected "Do Not Resuscitate" tattoo. Martin takes Pauline's mother Dawn ( Denise Black) off all medication and prescribes a change in diet.

Series 7 of Doc Martin was released on DVD/Blu-ray in Region 1 on 8 December 2015 and in the UK (Region 2) on 16 November 2015.When she dies after a heart attack, her sister Ruth ( Eileen Atkins), a retired psychiatrist, comes to Portwenn to take care of her affairs and eventually decides to use the village as a permanent retreat, offering Martin the support Joan had provided. Tishell finds herself falling in love with Martin all over again, and visits his office with her latest physical complaint, which Martin diagnoses as angina. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Ellingham's test finds a large amount of arsenic in her system, and alerts Constable Penhale that her son might be trying to harm her. Louisa and she have an argument about Eleanor's leaving her behind and moving to Spain when Louisa was 11 years old.