I found all 4 seasons on Netflix and spent an entire weekend
watching all 30 episodes.
Dr. Martin Ellington is a very successful surgeon from London,
who develops a phobia to blood.
He opens up a general practice by
the sea in the tiny hamlet of Port Isaac in Cornwall.
Martin's entire wardrobe consists of suits and shirt;
the only time he is not in a suite is at bedtime
and will even wear suits on his day off.
The town is filled with the usual English cast of characters including:
His Aunt Joan, who raised Martin. and still runs her farm
by the sea with a vengence.
A love interest in the Head Mistress at the
village school.
A plumber who opens a restaurant...and he wasn't a
great plumber, so this is better than it sounds.
His son who is so sweet and funny.
Local folks with ailments you have never heard of
who find their way
to Doc Martin's cottage on the bluff.
A previous colleague who worked with
him in London.
The pharmacist who has a huge crush on the Doc.
His receptionist is the BEST!
This is the law in town...sweet, but...
But, as i said, the interior of his office really kept me
looking for new details with each show.
Doc Martin's surgery office is painted one overall
deep gray/green color.
It certainly makes the furnishings pop.
I love the buddha in the background.
It moves to different spots in the office.
Of course, he is totally obsessive and it shows in every
aspect of his character.
Isn't this a terrific desk?
I think the windows are prefect.
The contrast of these prints matted in the soft orange warms
brilliantly with the wall color.
I have not found out yet, may never know, where his
Chinese influence comes from but it is
very apparent.
The doorways are so low that
he has to stoop to get through them throughout older section
of the house.
His private area is very smart.
The typical English wallpaper in his waiting room, but it looks great with
the paint color and details. The chairs are just
inspiring with the wall lantern fixtures.
After learning that his hobby is repairing clocks, they
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to
work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
W. Somerset Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", 1915
of great actors; Tyronne Powers, Gene Tierney, Herbert Marshall
as Mr. Maugham and the wonderful Edmund Goulding as Elliott Templeton.
"The Moon and Sixpence" is loosely based on the life of Gauguin,
again Herbert plays Mr. Maugham's character.
But this!!! Miss Davis in "The Letter".
All the while he traveled the world, Maugham rubbed shoulders
with the richest and the most famous people of the day,
put together a private art collection of Impressionist paintings
that was the envy of all who saw it, and
observed the human condition in all its myriad forms.
And, of course, we all know that even though he was a homosexual, he married one of the first interior designers of the last century, Syrie Maugham and had a child.
Take some time and read/listen to a few of his short
