Martin Clunes is turning a blind eye to the Doc Martin “stalker” who
lurks in the choir stalls of St Nonna’s, a pretty Norman church in the
Cornish village of Altarnun. While he poses for pictures with his co-star,
Caroline Catz, the matronly gatecrasher – who has flown in from Texas to
loiter around the set – is trying to merge into the background.
“Don’t say anything,” Clunes whispers. “She’s not doing any harm.”
Later, as we sit in the pews together, he explains his tolerance of
rubber-neckers. “As long as they don’t get in the way of filming, it’s not a
problem. And without the fans, where would we be?”
Doc Martin appears to attract an extreme kind of fan, and the fishing
village of Port Isaac (doubling for the fictitious Portwenn) where the show
is mostly filmed, is running alive with them. They applaud when Clunes
arrives, and shop for syringe-shaped pens and mugs decorated with a shot of
the grumpy medic at a Doc Martin store.
“People come from all over the place – Australia, New Zealand, Canada,
America. I think it’s wonderful that they have such a strong reaction to the
show.”
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