# Doctor

Doctor or The Doctor may refer to:

## Personal titles

* Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree
* A medical practitioner, including:
** Physician
** Audiologist
** Dentist
** Optometrist
** Surgeon
** Veterinary physician
* Other roles
** Doctor of the Church, a title given to those with great contribution to Christian theology or doctrine
** Doctor of Sacred Theology (Courtesy church title)
** Doctor of Ministry
** Doctor of Divinity (Courtesy church title)
** Doctor of Nursing Practice
** Doctor of Pharmacy
** Doctor of Philosophy

## People

* The Doctor (nickname), people with nickname or stage name of "Doctor" or "The Doctor"
* Doctor Willard Bliss (1825–1889), American physician
* Doctor Greenwood (1860–1951), English footballer
* Sean Doctor (born 1966), American football player
* List of physicians

## Arts, entertainment, and media
### Characters

* The Doctor, the main character of the BBC series Doctor Who
* Doctor, a character in the 1998 American comedy movie My Giant
* Doctor (Black Cat), a character in the Manga series Black Cat
* Doctor (Hellsing), a character in the Manga series Hellsing
* The Doctor, the main antagonist of the video game Cave Story
* The Doctor (Star Trek: Voyager)
* Doctor Scalpel or "The Doctor", a character in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
* The Doctor or Cobra Commander, a character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
* The Doctor, an antagonist in Little Nightmares II
* List of fictional doctors

### Films

* Doctor (film series), a popular British hospital comedy films of the 1950s–1960s
* Doctor (1963 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film by M. S. Mani
* Doctor (2013 film), a South Korean film
* Doctor (2021 film), an Indian Tamil-language film by Nelson Dillipkumar
* Doctor (2023 film), a Russian film
* The Doctor (1991 film), an American drama film
* The Doctor (2013 film), a TV film

### Music
#### Groups

* Doctor (band), founded by Daniel Greaves

#### Albums

* The Doctor (Beenie Man album)
* The Doctor (Cheap Trick album)
* The Doctor (Thomas Nöla et son Orchestre album)
* Doctor (soundtrack), a 2021 soundtrack album to the Tamil-language film Doctor

#### Songs

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

### Television
#### Series

* The Doctor (1952 TV series), an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1952 to 1953
* The Doctors (1963 TV series), an American soap opera that aired on NBC from 1963 to 1982
* The Doctors (1969 TV series), a British medical drama that aired on BBC from 1969 to 1971
* Doctors (2000 TV series), a British soap opera that began airing on BBC One in 2000
* The Doctors (2016 TV series), a South Korean drama
* The Doctors (talk show) (2008–2022), an American talk show featuring medical advice
* Doctors (2024 TV series), an Indian medical drama that began airing on JioCinema in 2024

#### Episodes

* "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

* The Doctor: A Study from Life, an 1899 novel by Henry de Vere Stacpoole
* The Doctor: A Tale of the Rockies, a 1906 novel by Ralph Connor
* The Doctor, a 1936 novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart
* The Doctors, a 1970 novel based on the NBC TV series by Michael Avallone
* Doctors (novel), a 1988 novel by Erich Segal
* James Miranda Barry, a 1999 novel by Patricia Duncker, published in the United States as The Doctor
* The Doctor, a 2001 novel by Laura Spinney

### Other arts, entertainment, and media

* The Doctor (painting), a 1891 painting by Luke Fildes
* The Doctor (play), a 2019 play by Robert Icke
* "The Doctor", the third installment of the animated short series DumbLand (2002)

## Other uses

* Doctor (cocktail), a family of mixed alcoholic drinks
* DOCTOR, a script for Joe Weizenbaum's program ELIZA, simulating a Rogerian psychotherapist
* Fremantle Doctor or the Doctor, a Western Australian afternoon sea breeze
* Doctores metro station, in Mexico City, Mexico
* Photograph manipulation, in which manipulated photographs are often referred to as "doctored"