Dr. Martin Ellingham quotes from Doc Martin

Dr. Martin Ellingham

Treat yourself to a noun.

Dr. Martin Ellingham

Whose is this sodding dog?

Dr. Martin Ellingham

Right. You(To Bert Large), hold that and shut up. You(To Al Large), get off the phone and find the stopcock and you(To Elaine Denham), either go back to Delabole, wherever that may be, and don't come back, or find a mop and work out how to use it! (to dog) and as for you.

Dr. Martin Ellingham

I'm not interested in your opinion as to whether I seem a bit lonely or a bit Bodmin or how far it is to Delabole. It's just a dog.

Dr. Martin Ellingham

How much HRT cream can one woman use?

Dr. Martin Ellingham

Good afternoon, Elaine. You're looking efficient. Enjoy your tea.

Dr. Martin Ellingham

If there's anyone who hasn't come to gawp, drink tea or otherwise waste my time, put your hand up.

Dr. Martin Ellingham

Is there anyone here who has a genuine medical problem?

Dr. Martin Ellingham

Thank you. Goodbye.

Dr. Martin Ellingham

Put your tea cups down and leave.

Dr. Martin Ellingham

Mr Fenn, there is a high probability you have a cancer of the larynx. You'll need surgery and you may well lose your voice, which has a certain appeal, now you may not care about this but unfortunately I'm paid to

Dr. Martin Ellingham

(On telephone) Richard Edgerton, ENT. Dr Ellingham, I have a patient who needs an urgent laryngoscopy. I'd say it was a carcinoma of the larynx. Yes, that is my opinion.

Dr. Martin Ellingham

Stop it. Stop it! Well, because I'm a doctor he's a smoker with a lump in his neck. Would you like the tumour to write to you?

Dr. Martin Ellingham

(Shouts) Will you get out of that bin!

Dr. Martin Ellingham

Louisa! You're looking...

Dr. Martin Ellingham

...Straight through me.

Dr. Martin Ellingham

Well, Caroline, it seems to me you have about a thousand locals who do nothing but talk about themselves. Why don't you interview one of them?

Dr. Martin Ellingham

I try to remain current - I find I kill fewer patients that way.

Dr. Martin Ellingham

Bert, it's been a long day. Take two aspirin and insult me in the morning.

Dr. Martin Ellingham

I'm only going to say this once. Firstly, antibiotics don't touch viruses. Secondly, even if you had a bacterial infection you'd be well advised to try and fight it on your own to build up some kind of natural immunity. Thirdly, we are noticing some bacterial strains becoming resistant to antibiotics in common usage due to the widespread over prescription by doctors like the late great Jim Sim dishing out antibiotics in all probability to whingers like you.

Dr. Martin Ellingham

Well, there's the mystery of medicine. Everyone comes to you for an opinion but when you actually give them that opinion nobody really wants it.