List of Doctors characters (2024)

Doctors is a British medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff and patients of the Mill Health Centre, a fictional NHS doctor's surgery, as well as its sister surgery, the University of Letherbridge Campus Surgery. Head of St. Phils' gynaelogical department Ed Jordan (David Bark-Jones) was the first to debut in the year. He was followed by Joanna Bending, who joined as doctor Michelle Walton in March. Additionally, multiple other characters appear throughout the year.

Ed Jordan
Ed Jordan, portrayed by David Bark-Jones, first appeared on 9 January 2024 and appeared until 29 January 2024. He was introduced as the head of the gynaecological department at St. Phils Hospital, as well as the former fiancé of established character Nina Bulsara (Wendi Peters). He is first seen in scenes where Nina arranges a meeting with the head of department to spark an investigation into the pain women are facing under his doctors' care. Nina "gets a blast-from-the-past" as she is unaware that Ed runs it. Ed shuts down Nina's claims of women's painful experiences and tries to say she is causing trouble due to him walking out on her without an explanation years prior, which infuriates Nina.

Ed invites Nina to dinner, which makes her hold off on sending a formal complaint. He tries to kiss her after dinner, to which she walks off. He soon arrives at the Mill Health Centre when she is seeing patients, trying to talk to her, which she also dismisses.

Maria Jaziri
Maria Jaziri, portrayed by Laila Zaidi, first appeared on 29 January 2024 and made her final appearance on 15 February 2024. She was introduced as the best friend of established character Luca McIntyre (Ross McLaren) who briefly studied nursing alongside him. She recounts when she quit the course to Kirsty Millar (Kiruna Stamell), explaining how Luca was the one who consoled and supported her. She begins staying with Luca at his house that he shares with Emma Reid (Dido Miles). Together, they approve a lodger, Joel Tanner (Alexander Lincoln). Both of them begin having sex with Joel, unbeknownst to the other, until Luca informs Maria of their fling. They "confront love cheat" Joel and he leaves the house.

Michelle Walton
Dr. Michelle Walton, portrayed by Joanna Bending, first appeared on 5 March 2024. Bending's casting was announced by her acting agency on 13 September 2023. Debuting six months later, her character was brought in as a temporary replacement for Emma Reid (Dido Miles), who is in Australia amidst Michelle's hiring. Her backstory involves knowing established characters Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh) from a conference in their youth and Luca McIntyre (Ross McLaren) from a medical course.

Michelle comes from Oldham and has remained in loose off-screen contact with Zara over the 20 years that they have been friends. In a video filmed for Doctors' social media platforms to introduce the character to fans, Bending revealed that she was friends with Walsh at drama school so felt that their characters being connected was "serendipitous". Bending opined that Michelle is a very kind doctor and someone who other characters will use as a "good shoulder to cry on". She also revealed that Michelle is set to introduce an ex-partner to the Mill as a doctor to further help Zara.