You know, in playing a role like this, you really want to get it right, because this is a person who was revered by so many doctors, women doctors especially.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you're working on 'Doctor Who,' you've got to be the Doctor. So yeah, I think they need a woman Doctor, and that's who I'd like to be.
Doctors are human; they make mistakes, and you have to stay on top of them. You have to ask the second question, the third question, the follow-up to the fourth question.
I do think it's well over-time to have a female Doctor Who. I think a gay, black female Doctor Who would be the best of all.
A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more even than the whole man - he must view the man in his world.
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.
I think it's not misplaced in 'Doctor Who' to have someone who is little bit edgy and maybe a little volatile and dangerous.
I've learnt some important lessons: I never rely on the opinion of one doctor alone. I do my own research; I read up and am ready with questions I need answered.
I really admire medical people. They have a great sense of humour, and they just have to get on with it.
I hadn't realised what an institution 'Doctor Who' is.
Increasingly we know that we're going to have multiple medical conditions, and the person who's got the greatest incentive to manage those conditions is the patient him or herself.
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