Doc Martin: Difference between revisions

* [[Dropped a Bridge On Her]]: Aunt Joan. Killed off offscreen with a heart attack in her jeep, which was found crashed into a gorse thicket.

* [[Dr. Jerk]] [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|With A Heart Of Gold]].

** The [[Dr. Jerk]] is played straight in the 4th series with the character of Dr. Edith Montgomery, who not only shares Martin's lack of bedside manner but has even less care or empathy for her patients.

* [[Express Lane Limit]]

* [[Long List]] : The list of medications Dr Dibbs prescribed for herself is insanely long.

* [[Misery Builds Character]]: Martin was brought up by emotionally distant and borderline [[Abusive Parents|abusive]] parents who resented having a child at all.

* [[Moment Killer]]: Martin manages to muck up the moment with Louisa repeatedly.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: A deliberate part of the format, with a dark and light story winding around each other every episode.

* [[Your Head Asplode]]: Ellingham diagnoses one patient with [[wikipedia:Exploding head syndrome|Exploding Head Syndrome]], the patient assumes it is a literal description fearing this trope.

* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: What is the reaction to a man holding a baby, giving a testicular exam to a policeman, in a public lavatory?

'''Nigel:''' All right. }}

* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Almost. Ellingham and Louisa had a difficult on-again-off-again relationship, conceived a baby, almost married, and reconciled in the final episode of season 4.