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I was well aware of the fact that once you appeared in Doctor Who as something else, you were ruled out for the part of the Doctor: that was a kind of well known thing in the business.

I never quite envisioned myself a proper doctor under that white coat, but I was interested in the idea of healing and in the psychological dimension rather early on.

My vantage point on the world is the operating room where I see my patients.

You know what they call the fellow who finishes last in his medical school graduating class? They call him 'Doctor.'

I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in that. That's a great person; they're going to be a great doctor.

Doctors are kind of this shibboleth in our society. We know what they do, and we depend on them, but we don't know a lot about what it feels like from their side.

I hadn't realised what an institution 'Doctor Who' is.

My doctor is wonderful. Once, in 1955, when I couldn't afford an operation, he touched up the X-rays.

My dad was a doctor, but he was just always, like, going from hospital to hospital for some reason.