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Fronken

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Dr. Travis Stork, Dr. Jim Sears, Dr. Lisa Masterson and Dr. Drew Ordon are my personal favourites of all the "doctors" on tv, why?, because they are actually real doctors.

That and i sincerely hate both House and Dr. Cox, both of them are so extremely overly arrogant and it really gets tired after about an episode or so, i've never been able to watch more than 1 episode all the way through because i get annoyed at how shallow and badly written the characters are.
 

pilf

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Oh tough one. Probably the Doctor but, im not sure with incarnation of him I like the most.
Frasier Crane comes close second
 

Orange Monkey

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Hmm Well I suppose thats true.

But in that case Martha Jones! She WAS a medical student before meeting The Doctor
 

Inverse Skies

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House, House House House!

But my interest in that show has been waning since season five, it's a shame as the character of House is still one of the more complex, rounded and imaginative on tv - it's just the plot lines which are becoming stupid and needlessly complex.
 

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Inverse Skies said:
the character of House is still one of the more complex, rounded and imaginative on tv .
Bwahahaha!

I'm not saying that the show isn't hugely entertaining, but come on. He's not particularly complex or rounded, even if he is great fun.

These doctors will operate on your funny bone! Ha ha! Dr. Nick, Dr. Hibbert, Dr. Zoidberg have to be said. Dr. Tobias Funke and Dr. Wordsmith. Also, a nice little shout out for Dr. Leo Spaceman.
 

Inverse Skies

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fedpayne said:
Bwahahaha!

I'm not saying that the show isn't hugely entertaining, but come on. He's not particularly complex or rounded, even if he is great fun.

These doctors will operate on your funny bone! Ha ha! Dr. Nick, Dr. Hibbert, Dr. Zoidberg have to be said. Dr. Tobias Funke and Dr. Wordsmith. Also, a nice little shout out for Dr. Leo Spaceman.
He's miserable, lonely, misanthropic, was beaten as a child and is in constant pain whilst still managing to be one the premier doctors in the country. He wants relationships but can't handle them, and uses humour and sarcasm as an escape from the pain he suffers everyday, what is not complex or rounded about that?
 

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Inverse Skies said:
fedpayne said:
Bwahahaha!

I'm not saying that the show isn't hugely entertaining, but come on. He's not particularly complex or rounded, even if he is great fun.
He's miserable, lonely, misanthropic, was beaten as a child and is in constant pain whilst still managing to be one the premier doctors in the country. He wants relationships but can't handle them, and uses humour and sarcasm as an escape from the pain he suffers everyday, what is not complex or rounded about that?
Because sarcastic, misanthropic loner-genius characters aren't particularly a) realistic b) rare. What is complex and rounded about it? House is not a rounded character because he never develops, he just rides off into the sunset at the end of the episode. They can't make House a rounded character without changing the whole format of the show. Sure, we sympathise with him but that's because his bad traits are immediately explained away as part of his pain, or played for gags - House is a pretty shallow programme overall. Like I said, though, it's just great fun, and I love it (as long as I don't watch too much in a short space of time; it's like sweeties).
 

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fedpayne said:
Because sarcastic, misanthropic loner-genius characters aren't particularly a) realistic b) rare. What is complex and rounded about it? House is not a rounded character because he never develops, he just rides off into the sunset at the end of the episode. They can't make House a rounded character without changing the whole format of the show. Sure, we sympathise with him but that's because his bad traits are immediately explained away as part of his pain, or played for gags - House is a pretty shallow programme overall. Like I said, though, it's just great fun, and I love it (as long as I don't watch too much in a short space of time; it's like sweeties).
Ummm... Beethoven would have been considered a misanthropic genius. So would Van Gogh - you don't cut off an ear for nothing. Also in the show it's explained he used to act the same way before the incident with the leg indicating he's a character who has hard such a hard time adjusting to society and the fact he's in constant pain doesn't make it any better.

He does grow as a character because he becomes attached to the team as he works with them more, and although he would never admit it because of his fear of relationships and being hurt again, he does miss them and doesn't want to see them go. He just has trouble expressing himself and is a akin to a lonely, sad child. He's a realistic character in the idea of his depression and sadness, something a lot of characters on shows don't have - deep character flaws and traits. He is not shallow by any stretch.