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 located at a nearby university campus. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in Doctors in 2017, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the programme's executive producer, Mike Hobson. (Neal Barry) was introduced as a love interest for Mrs Tembe (Lorna Laidlaw) in February. (Rachel Bell), the mother of Al Haskey (Ian Midlane), began appearing in March. March also sees the arrival of (Jimmy Roye-Dunne), the brother of Ayesha Lee (Laura Rollins). Psychiatrist (Ritu Arya) is introduced in April as a love interest for Sid Vere (Ashley Rice). (Aruhan Galieva) also began appearing in December. Additionally, multiple appear throughout the year.