The Doctor (Doctor Who)
The Doctor is the title character in the long-running BBC science fiction television programme "Doctor Who". Since the show's inception in 1963, the character has been portrayed by thirteen lead actors. In the programme, "the Doctor" is the alias assumed by a centuries-old alien—a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey—who travels through space and time in the TARDIS, frequently with companions. The transition to each succeeding actor is explained within the show's narrative through the plot device of "regeneration", a biological function of the Time Lord race that allows a change of cellular structure and appearance with recovery following a potentially fatal injury.
Doctors (2000 TV series)
The current cast consists of GP & Police Surgeon Jimmi Clay (Adrian Lewis Morgan), Leading Partner, GP & Cosmetics Surgeon Daniel Granger (Matthew Chambers), Senior Receptionist Karen Hollins (Jan Pearson), Partner & GP Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh), Police Sergeant Rob Hollins (Chris Walker), Practice Manager Mrs Tembe (Lorna Laidlaw), GP, Police Surgeon & Lead GP in elderly and LGBTQ care & Lead GP for PPG group Emma Reid (Dido Miles), Receptionist Valerie Pitman (Sarah Moyle), GP Al Haskey (Ian Midlane), Practice Nurse Ayesha Lee (Laura Rollins), GP, Head of Minor Surgery Unit Sid Vere (Ashley Rice) and Sister & Midwife Ruhma Carter (Bharti Patel).The show has been nominated for and won a variety of different awards. As of January 2017, "Doctors" has been nominated for 227 awards and of those nominations has won 26.