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==Cast and characters==
===Final main cast===
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* [[Martin Clunes]] as Martin Ellingham – village GP "Doc" Martin has no bedside manner. He despises small talk and is straightforward with patients, delivering his diagnoses and advice without trying to protect their feelings, though he is genuinely concerned about their health. Clunes also plays Martin's father in a [[flashback (narrative)|flashback]] to Martin's childhood in one episode.
* [[Caroline Catz]] as Louisa Ellingham (née Glasson) – teacher at Portwenn Primary School, later becomes school headmistress, eventually Dr. Ellingham's wife.
* [[Ian McNeice]] as Bert Large – plumber and local entrepreneurial businessman who tries and fails at numerous [[get rich quick scheme]]s.
* [[Joe Absolom]] as Al Large – Bert's son, who works in a variety of jobs during the series.
* [[Selina Cadell]] as Sally Tishell – a pharmacist, who overtly displays unrequited romantic feelings for Ellingham.
* [[John Marquez (actor)|John Marquez]] as Joe Penhale (series 3–10) – police officer Penhale greatly admires Ellingham, and believes they have a great working relationship, an optimistic assessment not shared by the doctor. Penhale has proudly referred to Ellingham and himself as "The Dynamic Duo". Ellingham focuses on Penhale's bumbling manner, but Penhale often shows surprising insight into the town's interpersonal dynamics.
* [[Eileen Atkins]] as Ruth Ellingham (series 5–10) – retired [[forensic psychiatrist]], who is also one of Martin's aunts.
* [[Jessica Ransom]] as Morwenna Large (née Newcross) (Series 5–10) – surgery receptionist.

===Previous main cast===
* [[Stephanie Cole]] as Joan Norton – Martin's aunt (series 1–4)
* [[Stewart Wright]] as Mark Mylow – police constable, later promoted to sergeant (series 1–2, one episode in series 9)
* [[Lucy Punch]] as Elaine Denham – the original surgery receptionist (series 1)
* [[Katherine Parkinson]] as Pauline Lamb – surgery receptionist (series 2–4)

===Other previous cast===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable";"
|-
! Actor
! Character
! Duration
|-
! scope="row" | [[Ben Miller]] 
| Stewart James (the local park ranger who has a giant squirrel friend named Anthony) 
| series 1, episode 4 "The Portwenn Effect" and series 2, episode 7 "Out of the Woods", Series 10 (episode 3)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/doc-martin-cast-including-special-24955942|title=Doc Martin cast including special guests: Who is starring in the last ever series?|website=walesonline.co.uk|date=7 September 2022 |accessdate=8 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Rupert Young]] 
| Adrian Pitts (a young, arrogant doctor) 
| series 1
|-
! scope="row" | Kurtis O'Brien
| Peter Cronk (schoolboy)
| series 1–2
|-
! scope="row" | Preston Nyman
| Peter Cronk
| series 7
|-
! scope="row" | [[Mary Woodvine]]  
| Joy Cronk (Peter's mother)
| series 1–2, 7
|-
! scope="row" | [[Vicki Pepperdine]]
| Mrs Richards 
| series 1–2
|-
! scope="row" | [[Celia Imrie]]  
| Lady Susan Brading
| series 1, episode 1 "Going Bodmin"
|-
! scope="row" | [[Richard Johnson (actor)|Richard Johnson]]  
| Col Gilbert Spencer 
| series 1, episode 1 "Going Bodmin" and "On the Edge" [[List of Doc Martin episodes#TV film (2006)|TV film]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Finlay Robertson]] 
| Ross 
| series 1–2
|-
! scope="row" | [[Vincent Franklin]] 
| Chris Parsons
| series 1, 4–5, 8, 10
|-
! scope="row" | [[Jeff Rawle]] 
| Roger Fenn (retired schoolteacher)
| series 1–3
|-
! scope="row" | [[Felicity Montagu]] 
| Caroline Bosman
| series 1–2, 6–7
|-
! scope="row" | [[Angeline Ball]]
| Julie Mitchell (girlfriend/fiancée of PC Mark Mylow) 
| series 2
|-
! scope="row" | [[Kenneth Cranham]]
| Terry Glasson (Louisa's father)
| "On the Edge" [[List of Doc Martin episodes#TV film (2006)|TV film]] and series 10, episode 5 
|-
! scope="row" | [[Chris O'Dowd]]
| Jonathan Crozier
| [[List of Doc Martin episodes#TV film (2006)|TV film]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Jonathan Aris]]
| Gavin Peters  
| [[List of Doc Martin episodes#TV film (2006)|TV film]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[John Woodvine]] 
| Christopher Ellingham (Martin's father)
| series 2 
|-
! scope="row" | [[Claire Bloom]]
| Margaret Ellingham (Martin's mother)
| series 2, 6, 10
|-
! scope="row" | [[Tristan Sturrock]] 
| Danny Steel (former boyfriend of Louisa)
| series 2, 7 
|-
! scope="row" | [[Joseph Morgan (actor)|Joseph Morgan]]
| Mick Mabley 
| series 3 
|-
! scope="row" | [[Lia Williams]]
| Dr. Edith Montgomery Martin's ex-girlfriend
| series 4
|-
! scope="row" | [[Malcolm Storry]]
| Clive Tishell (Sally's husband)
| series 4–5, 7–8
|-
! scope="row" | [[Angela Curran]]
| Caitlin Morgan (napkin lady and shop owner)
| series 4, 8–10
|-
! scope="row" | [[Louise Jameson]] 
| Eleanor Glasson (Louisa's mother)
| series 5
|-
! scope="row" | [[Julie Graham]]
| Maggie Penhale (Joe's ex-wife)
| series 5
|-
! scope="row" | Buffy Davis
| Pippa Woodley (school teacher)
| series 5-9
|-
! scope="row" | [[Annabelle Apsion]] 
| Jennifer Cardew (pharmacist)
| series 6
|-
! scope="row" | [[Felix Scott]] 
| Michael Pruddy 
| series 6 
|-
! scope="row" | Rosie Ede
| Mel Hendy
| series 6, 8, & 9. (The actress also played the mother of a patient, Cameron Paris, in series 2 episode 2 "In loco".)
|-
! scope="row" | [[Caroline Quentin]]
|Angela Sim (vet and daughter of Martin's predecessor, the late Dr. Jim Sim)
|series 7-9
|-
! scope="row" | [[Robyn Addison]]  
| Janice Bone (nanny)
| series 7–10 (played for two episodes in series 6 by Katie Moore)
|- 
! scope="row" | [[Emily Bevan]] 
| Dr. Rachel Timoney (psychiatrist)
| series 7
|-
! scope="row" | [[Sigourney Weaver]] 
| Beth Traywick (American tourist)
|series 7, 8
|-
! scope="row" | [[John Hollingworth (actor)|John Hollingworth]]
| Professor Sam Bradman 
| series 8,<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Hollingworth|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3227473/|access-date=2021-04-27|website=IMDb}}</ref> 9
|-
! scope="row" | [[Olivia Poulet]]
|Julia Pote
|series 9
|-
! scope="row" | [[Fay Ripley]]
|Abigail
|series 10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/tv/doc-martin-itv-who-is-in-the-cast-of-series-10/|title=Doc Martin on ITV1: Who is in the cast of series 10 opposite Martin Clunes?|website=entertainmentdaily.co.uk|accessdate=8 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Angus Imrie]]
|Max Foreman
|series 10, episode 2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/tv/doc-martin-angus-imrie-related-celia-imrie-family/|title=Doc Martin on ITV1: Is Max Foreman star Angus Imrie related to Celia Imrie?|website=entertainmentdaily.co.uk|date=14 September 2022 |accessdate=15 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | James Puddephatt
|Ron Pickford
|series 10, episode 3<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1671873/doc-martin-season-10-episode-3-cast|title=Doc Martin season 10 episode 3 cast: Who stars in the next episode?|website=express.co.uk|date=21 September 2022 |accessdate=22 September 2022}}</ref>
|}

=== Original character ===
Martin Clunes originally played a character called Dr. Martin Bamford in the comedy film ''[[Saving Grace (2000 film)|Saving Grace]]'' (2000)—written by Mark Crowdy and [[Craig Ferguson]]—and its two made-for-TV prequels, [[Saving Grace (2000 film)#Spin-offs|''Doc Martin'' and ''Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie'']], which were made by [[British Sky Broadcasting]] (BSkyB). The prequels show Bamford as a successful [[obstetrician]], rather than a surgeon, who finds out that his wife has been carrying on extramarital affairs behind his back. After confronting her with his discovery, he escapes London and heads for [[Port Isaac]], a small coastal town in Cornwall that he remembers fondly from his youth. Shortly after he arrives, he is involved in the mystery of the "Jellymaker" and, following the departure of the village's resident GP, decides to stay and fill the vacancy. In these three films the village is not known as Portwenn.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

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. He [[Alcoholic beverages|drinks]] and [[Smoking|smokes]] carelessly, including a mild illegal drug, and has no problem getting his hands and clothes dirty by temporarily working as a lobster and crab fisherman aboard a local boat.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

The original deal had been to produce two television films per year for three years, but Sky Pictures folded after the first two episodes were made, so Clunes's company tried to sell the franchise to [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. The new network felt that the doctor character should be portrayed as a "townie", a fish out of water who is uncomfortable in the countryside. They also wanted something darker, so Clunes suggested that the doctor be curmudgeonly, socially inept, and formal. The new doctor's surname was changed to Ellingham, an [[anagram]] of the last name of the new writer, Dominic Minghella, who was brought in to rework the doctor's background and create a new cast of supporting characters.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Apart from Clunes, the only actors to appear in both versions of ''Doc Martin'' are [[Tristan Sturrock]] and [[Tony Maudsley]].{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}