Doc Martin (TV Series)

Departure (2013)

Martin Clunes: Dr. Martin Ellingham

Quotes 

• [Martin's mother has come from Portugal, begging for him to give her money] 

  Margaret Ellingham : I have no home to go to. Your father died and left hardly any capital to speak of. I need some money, Martin. Just enough to buy a small apartment in Lisbon. Maybe £300,000. £200,000.

  Dr. Martin Ellingham : [coldly]  I don't think so.

  Margaret Ellingham : You would see me homeless, destitute, cast out in the streets?

  Dr. Martin Ellingham : Of course not.

  Margaret Ellingham : Well, thank you.

  Dr. Martin Ellingham : I *wouldn't* see you. I'd have no further contact with you at all.

• [Martin is about to operate on a blood vessel in Louisa's brain] 

  Dr. Martin Ellingham : I think I need your help.

  Louisa Glasson : If you need *my* help to perform an operation then we're *really* in trouble.

  Dr. Martin Ellingham : I don't need any help with this operation - I've done it seven times before. But I've never been married before. And I don't seem to be very good at it. I want to learn. Because I'd like to be much better at it.

  Louisa Glasson : And you tell me that just before you slice my head open?