Doc Martin is one of ITV1’s most successful comedy dramas to date, having first started in 2004 – but do you know all the brilliant guest stars in the TV series?
Fans will probably be able to tell you that Hollywood actress Sigourney Weaver has appeared in TWO episodes of Doc Martin.
But what about the others?
Here are our top guest stars who have appeared in Doc Martin from 2004 to the final ever series in 2022.
Doc Martin guest stars: Sigourney Weaver played Beth Traywick
Sigourney Weaver guest starred in Doc Martin season 7 and 8.
Yes, you DID read that right!
The Hollywood actress, famed for her roles in Alien, Ghostbusters and Gorillas in the Mist, first played Beth Traywick in the episode entitled Facta Non Verba.
Although, at the time, her character was simply billed as “American Tourist”.
In 2015, Sigourney Weaver turns up in Portwenn as a stubborn American tourist.
She demands prescription-only medicine at the pharmacist – but Mrs Tishell refuses to comply.
Pushy Beth then takes her demands to Doc Martin and, well, you can imagine what happens next!
American tourist Beth returned a year later in 2017, in the episode All My Trials.
She arrives in the village and flatters Mrs Tishell into helping her trace her family tree.
Actress Sigourney, 72, was persuaded to take the role by her good Selina Cadell, who plays Mrs Tishell.
The two met as girls at drama school in London during 1972, and have stayed friends ever since.
By chance, Sigourney also appeared on The Jonathan Ross Show with Martin Clunes and told him she had always meant to visit her friend in Cornwall.
Martin’s producer wife Philippa Braithwaite then asked Sigourney if she’d like a cameo.
Sigourney also admits that “Avatar reworked their schedules so I could be there”.
Sigourney has British heritage in real life, too.
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