Hey, did anyone else watch Doc Martin last night? I can't help feeling a bit dissappointed with the new series so far. I know that losing Katherine Parkinson (Pauline) and Stephanie Cole (Aunt Joan) was always gonna change the dynamic but it just doesn't feel right to me. They didn't even bother to explain where Pauline went to, just that she's gone, but viewers cared about her as a character and surely deserved to know where she went even if it was one line to the effect that she had gone to medical college or something. Also I'm sure the Doc is in need of a diagnosis himself as in the most recent episode he barely called the minor characters by the same name twice. Mrs Dunwich became Mrs er ....., then Mrs ...Thing, and then for no apparent reason Mrs Winchelsea. Even more strange was Morwenna's grandfather who has the same surname as her, Mr Newcross, who when he had a heart attack suddenly was addressed as Mr Dunwich, surely a close relative of a (new) major character must have a clear and consistent name even if we write off the Mrs Dunwich/Winchelsea one as a minor character that we'll not see again.

On the plus side I do like Aunt Ruth, I could even see series 6 being Doc Ruth if she takes over the storyline the way she did in yesterday's ep.

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One of ITV's biggest dramas, 'Doc Martin', returns tomorrow for it's 7th series, following the last series two years ago. The show stars Martin Clunes as a grumpy and socially awkward doctor in a small village in Cornwall. He's currently married to a local schoolteacher, Louisa, as played by Caroline Catz.

 

As seen in the picture above, Hollywood actress Sigourney Weaver is also set to guest star later on in the series after declaring herself to be a big fan of the show!