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''Doctors'' is a British daytime [[Soap Opera]] set in a doctors' surgery. Debuted in 2000. It is set in the fictional Birmingham suburb of Letherbridge.
The setting of a GP's practice means that the series cast is based around 4 or 5 doctors, a nurse and a reception. The actual characters have had a fairly high turnover with most of the current cast only having a 1 or 2 year history on the show but the size of the cast keeps it to a similar sort of format with [[Two Lines, No Waiting]] for one line of plot dealing with some interpersonal problems between the doctors and another plot line often dealing with some [[Patient of the Week]]. These latter plot lines often opened themselves up for some topical issue taking up the [[Ripped
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* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Lauren Porter was a classic example. Marina Bonnaire is a rather more complex case; it's not clear how genuine the nice part of her personality is.
* [[Blonde Brunette Redhead]]: Imogen Hollins is doing a very good job of fulfilling this entire trope on her own.
* [[Brother
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* [[Casting Gag]]: They once had a Patient Of The Week who was an actor best known for his role as a mysterious time-traveller in a decades-old children's programme. He was played by Sylvester McCoy, a.k.a. the Seventh [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor]].
* [[The Charmer]]: Dr. Jimmi Clay which is an rare combination with a character with OCD.
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* [[Handsome Lech]]: Daniel Grainger.
* [[Honey Trap]]: An old friend of Julia's asked her to try to seduce her fiancé to prove he was loyal. Unfortunately, Julia got the wrong man.
* [[Insult to Rocks]]: An ex of Daniel's left a [[Moses in The
* [[Power of Trust]]: A terminally ill woman and her son successfully use this on the woman's homeless brother to persuade him to look after the boy whe she dies.
* [[Reformed but Rejected]]: An example in the episode on 8 October 2010: a previously abusive mother managed to turn her relationship with her daughter around, but was still regarded with suspicion by her own mother, who eventually abducted the child on the strength of this.
* [[Romance On the Set]]: Has happened a number of times, most recently with Sean Gleeson and Stirling Gallacher.
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: Zara
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]: Zara Carmichael.
* [[Twofer Token Minority]]: A job that tends to befall the nurses, that of being a black woman with a slightly thicker regional accent surrounded by white middle class doctors.
* [[Vanity License Plate]]: Vivian had to take a driving test and as is natural she had to read out a license plate from twenty feet: X565 BUM. Cue embarrassment.
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