RM>> I think I suspected this a long time ago but it was mentioned
  >> on one of the entertainment sites that the pharmacist lady that
  >> wears the neck brace, only does it because she has a crush on
  >> the Doc and is looking for attention/sympathy from him..

MP>That could have been.  Slight spoiler but what wound up happening was that
  >Martin was convinced she didn't need it, and either he (or his Aunt Ruth,
  >also a doctor) convinced her to go without it.  She then had a serious
  >problem whereupon it was realized that she did need it!

Yes, I don't think I remember seeing that episode..

MP>The cop, Mark Milo, is radically different.  He reminds me a little more
  >of Penhale (the second cop) but he is a lot different than him still.

Yes, I thought the same thing. No comparison.

MP>I don't think the couple that runs the Salty Breeze had any real parallel
  >characters in the original, either.

I sort of half wondered if they weren't put in to replace the
older fisherman and his son who had a tiny restaurant mostly on
a sidewalk by the water. Totally different characters of course.

MP>I think they have changed it a lot for the American audience.  In the
  >original, Martin seems to have an issue (maybe slightly on the autism
  >spectrum) that makes him oblivious to social cues.  This version seens to
  >be capable of picking up cues but just doesn't like being social.

Yes, I'd say so too..

MP>Very little of what happens reminds me of the original.

Yes, they may borrow a few ideas, more-so at the start to attract
old Doc Martin viewers, but then they will wander off into their
own ideas more and more.

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