Doctor most often refers to:

  • Medical doctor, a person who is qualified to practice medicine
  • Doctor (title), an academic title granted to holders of a doctorate

Doctor, Doctors, The Doctor or The Doctors may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

  • The Doctor, the main character of the BBC series Doctor Who
  • List of fictional doctors
  • Doctor (comics), several fictional characters
  • Doctor, in the film My Giant
  • Doctor, in Black Cat
  • The Doctor, in Hellsing
  • The Doctor, in video game Cave Story
  • The Doctor (Star Trek)
  • The Doctor, or Scalpel, in the Transformers film series
  • The Doctor or Cobra Commander, in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
  • The Doctor, in Little Nightmares II
  • Minoru Kamiya, also known as Doctor, in YuYu Hakusho
  • The Doctor (Squid Game), also known as Byeong-yi or Player 111

Film

  • Doctor (film series), British comedy films of the 1950s–1960s
  • Doctor (1963 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film
  • Doctor (2013 film), a South Korean horror film
  • Doctor (2021 film), an Indian Tamil-language film
  • Doctor (2023 film), a Russian drama
  • The Doctor (1991 film), an American drama
  • The Doctor (2013 film), about basketball player Julius Erving

Music

Groups

  • Doctor (band), founded by Daniel Greaves
  • Die Ärzte (German, 'The Doctors'), a German rock band

Albums

  • The Doctor (Beenie Man album), 1999
  • The Doctor (Cheap Trick album), 1986
  • The Doctor, a 2005 album by Thomas Nöla
  • Doctor (soundtrack), from the 2021 film

Songs

  • "Doctor" (Loïc Nottet song), 2017
  • "The Doctor" (Mary Wells song), 1968
  • "The Doctor" (The Doobie Brothers song), 1989
  • "Doctor (Work It Out)", a song by Pharrell Williams sung by Miley Cyrus, 2024
  • "Doctor", a 2018 song by Chanmina
  • "Doctor", a 2008 song by Cute Is What We Aim For

Television

Series

  • Doctors (2000 TV series), a British medical soap opera
  • Doctors (2024 TV series), an Indian medical drama
  • The Doctor (1952 TV series), an American medical anthology series 1952–1953
  • The Doctors (1963 TV series), an American soap opera 1963–1982
  • The Doctors (1969 TV series), a British medical drama 1969–1971
  • The Doctors (South Korean TV series), 2016
  • The Doctors (talk show), 2008–2022

Episodes

  • "Doctors" (Soupy Norman), 2007
  • "The Doctor", Alcoa Premiere season 1, episode 16 (1962)
  • "The Doctor", Bill the Minder episode 7 (1986)
  • "The Doctor", Bluey, season 1, episode 18 (2018)
  • "The Doctor", Broken Arrow season 1, episode 19 (1957)
  • "The Doctor", InSecurity season 1, episode 1 (2011)
  • "The Doctor", Lawman season 4, episode 34 (1962)
  • "The Doctor", Motive for Murder episode 4 (1957)
  • "The Doctor" (Once Upon a Time) season 2, episode 5 (2012)
  • "The Doctor", Ready Eddie Go! episode 19 (2023)
  • "The Doctor", Spyforce episode 22 (1972)
  • "The Doctor", The Adventures of Robin Hood season 3, episode 28 (1958)
  • "The Doctor", The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp season 6, episode 2 (1960)
  • "The Doctor", The Secret World of Alex Mack season 4, episode 11 (1997)

Literature

  • Doctors (novel), by Erich Segal, 1988
  • Doctor (novel series), comic novels by Richard Gordon
  • The Doctor: A Study from Life, an 1899 novel by Henry de Vere Stacpoole
  • The Doctor, a 1906 novel by Ralph Connor
  • The Doctor, a 1936 novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • James Miranda Barry, published in the US as The Doctor, a 1999 novel by Patricia Duncker
  • The Doctor, a 2001 novel by Laura Spinney

Other uses in arts and entertainment

  • The Doctor (painting), by Luke Fildes, 1891
  • The Doctor (play), by Robert Icke, 2019
  • "The Doctor", a 2002 episode of Internet animated short series DumbLand

People

  • The Doctor (nickname), including a list of people with nickname or stage name of "Doctor" or "The Doctor"
  • Doctor Willard Bliss (1825–1889) (given name Doctor), American physician
  • Doctor Greenwood (1860–1951) (given name Doctor), English footballer
  • Sean Doctor (born 1966), American football player

Other uses

  • Doctor of the Church, prominent theologian in Catholic church
  • Doctor (cocktail), a pre-prohibition era cocktail
  • DOCTOR, a script for Joe Weizenbaum's program ELIZA, simulating a Rogerian psychotherapist
  • El Doctor, a mountain range in Mexico
  • Fremantle Doctor, or the Doctor, a Western Australian afternoon sea breeze
  • Photograph manipulation, in which manipulated photographs are often referred to as "doctored"
  • The Doctors, a lifeboat at Anstruther Lifeboat Station 1965–1991

See also

  • Doctor Doctor (disambiguation)
  • DR (disambiguation)
  • Doc (disambiguation)
  • Docter (disambiguation)
  • Doktor (disambiguation)
  • El Médico (disambiguation)
  • Daktari, an American family drama TV series 1966–1969
  • Doctores metro station, in Mexico City, Mexico