Every night we find ourselves tuning in to another episode of this BBC series set in beautiful Portwenn (which we know from Google is really Port Isaac), located on a gorgeous, sun-drenched harbor in the south of Britain.
Wikipedia tells me that five Doc Martin series have aired between 2007 and 2011. So we arrived late to the Doc Martin party.
My daughters are hooked on "The Walking Dead" (too scary) and my friend Karen swears by "Parenthood" (hits too close to home). But we fixate on this odd man who is awkward and rude, unfriendly and blunt.
The actors are exceptionally British in look and manner and fashion choices. Even the lovely star Luisa (or Lou-EEE-zer if you're really British) wears white babydoll shoes with her blue jeans in winter. They live in houses with low ceilings and tiny refrigerators. They wear neck collars or suspenders or sensible shoes or horrendous platform heels with orange, lace-trimmed socks.
Maybe it's the contrast of lifestyles that draws us in. Maybe we've just become friendly Anglophiles thanks to our Canasta-playing British friends, Helen and Nick.
Whatever ... it's a nice quick trip from our reality to theirs.
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| Doc Martin and his lovely and goofy receptionist, Pauline |
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