List of Doctors characters introduced in 2007–2008
July 2007 saw the arrival of both Daniel Granger (Matthew Chambers) and Melody Bell (Elizabeth Bower).
Archie Hallam (Matt Kennard) and Eva Moore (Angela Lonsdale) were introduced August and October 2007, respectively.
Selina Chilton made her debut as Ruth Pearce in April 2008, with doctors Heston Carter (Owen Brenman) and Lily Hassan (Seeta Indrani) joining in October 2008.
When Vivien wants to start driving again because she is fed up with using buses, she persuades Jimmi Clay (Adrian Lewis Morgan) to help her choose a car at an auction.
Jimmi suggests that he could tell his girlfriend, DI Eva Moore (Angela Lonsdale) about what has happened, but Vivien is adamant she does not want the police involved.
She is seen a week later on a DVD message to George (Stirling Gallacher) and Ronnie Woodson (Seán Gleeson), saying that she is enjoying Bermuda and passes her best wishes to them both.
Vera and Tony (Ian Blower) are the parents of Michelle Corrigan (Donnaleigh Bailey), a nurse at the Mill Health Centre.
Michelle asks colleagues Heston Carter (Owen Brenman) and Lily Hassan (Seeta Indrani) for their medical opinion, to which they both say it could be cancer.
Dr. Daniel Granger, portrayed by Matthew Chambers, was introduced as a general practitioner at the Mill on 9 July 2007.
[5][6] His storylines in the programme have included his on-off relationship with Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh), becoming a father, briefly going to prison and becoming a partner at the Mill.
He begins a relationship with Melody Bell (Elizabeth Bower), but the pair split up with her after he tells the police about her brother dealing drugs from her apartment.
Archie finds out information regarding the Trelawney Wells Drug Trials along with his girlfriend and he is suspended from the Mill by practice manager Julia Parsons (Diane Keen).
Eva is the girlfriend of Jimmi Clay (Adrian Lewis Morgan) and a detective inspector with Letherbridge Police.
Upon Lonsdale's casting, Digital Spy described Eva as "a sassy and ambitious woman who is keen to make her mark in the male-dominated world of policing".
[11] Her initial storyline sees Eva "thrown in at the deep end" with a fatal strain of cannabis making its way around Letherbridge.
She billed her "a feisty northerner in leather boots, a regular Angelina Geordie" and hoped that the audience would take to her.
It's great to have such a talented, committed and fun person around on set, traits that she is bringing in spades to her on-screen character.
[13] For her portrayal of Ruth, Chilton received a longlist nomination for the British Soap Award for Best Actress.
[17] Paul Daverson, a mental health nurse, was impressed with how accurately Doctors covered Ruth's psychotic breakdown.
He praised the writers for creating a brave depiction since it aired in the 2000s, a time he felt it was rare for mental health to be portrayed correctly.
His storylines in the series involved being abused by Marina Bonnaire (Marian McLoughlin) and marrying his colleague Ruhma Hanif (Bharti Patel).
