Doctor

Doctor or doctors may refer to:

• Doctor (title), a title of respect. It comes to English from Old French and is the agent form of the Latin verb docere, "to teach".
• Doctor of the Church, a title granted by the Roman Catholic Church to a small number of its saints.

Professions

• A person who holds a research doctorate (e.g. Ph.D.) in an academic discipline
• Physician, a medical doctor (MBChB, MBBS, MD, DO)
• Surgeon, see surgery
• Dentist, see dentistry
• Optometrist, see optometry
• Veterinarian, an animal doctor
• Doctor of Chiropractic
• Doctor of Jurisprudence
• Doctor of Ministry
• Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
• Doctor of Osteopathy (DO)
• Doctor of Pharmacy
• Doctor of Physical Therapy
• Doctor of Podiatry, see podiatrist
• Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Persons

• Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer nicknamed The Doctor

Fictional characters

See also: Doctor (comics)

• Doctor (Doctor Who), the principal character of the BBC television series Doctor Who
• Doctor Dolittle, a guy who talks to animals
• Doctor (Star Trek), the holographic chief medical officer on Star Trek: Voyager
• Doctor (Wildstorm), a comic book superhero
• Il Dottore, a figure in Italian commedia dell'arte
• The Doctor, a character from Cave Story
• The Doctor (Hellsing), a villain from the Hellsing manga

Film, television, literature, art and music

• The Doctor, a famous Victorian painting by Luke Fildes that shows a physician sitting at the bedside of a child
• Doctors (novel), a 1988 novel by Erich Segal
• The Doctor (film), a 1991 film starring William Hurt and Elizabeth Perkins
• The Doctors (1963 TV series), an NBC television series which aired 1963–1982
• Doctors (BBC soap opera), a BBC drama series which first aired in 2000
• The Doctors (BBC TV series), a BBC television series from 1969–1971
• The Doctor (album), a 1986 album by Cheap Trick
• Doctor (band), a Canadian rock band

Other

• Doctor (children's game)

See also

• Doc, a common abbreviation (along with "Dr.") for doctor