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Dr Macartney or Dr Mac is a character in the British sitcom ''Green Wing'', played by Julian Rhind-Tutt. == History == Often simply referred to as "Mac", Dr Macartney is a surgeon working in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. His early life is not well known - quite a lot about it is a total mystery, and even his first name is unknown (though in series 2, episode 4, his former girlfriend Holly reveals that her nickname for him was once "Paul", while Mac's nickname for Holly was "John", as in Paul McCartney and John Lennon). His relationship with Holly lasted for six years, but they split up four years prior to the beginning of the series when she told Mac that she was going to abort their baby as it would be a "spanner in the works". She has since got married and is expecting a child. However, Holly has now left her husband and has returned to the hospital as a paediatrics registrar. She also tried to get back into a relationship with Mac by lying about her abortion, claiming that she never had it. She also tells Mac that that they now have a son, Mackenzie, who is four years old and has the same kind of hair as Mac. This was later discovered to be false, as Mackenzie was not Mac's son, and Holly had dyed Mackenzie's naturally dark hair red. Mac is noted for his kindness - he is always willing to help anyone out of a tight spot. If there is a fight, he will always be the one to break it up. If someone is upset, he will try to cheer them up. If someone is being victimised, he will stand up for them. He often has to stand up for junior doctor Martin Dear, who is often bullied by his half-brother Guy Secretan, one incident even resulting in Mac chasing Guy throughout the hospital and hitting his head against a locker in order for him to apologize. He is also very professional, and does not like his team - Guy and the new surgical registrar Caroline Todd - being disturbed. He has shoulder-length, strawberry blonde hair that one member of staff, Sue White, calls the "Lion's mane". Guy often mocks it, saying that the reason he has it long is to "hide his large ears." Sue is just one of the many female members of staff who are attracted to him. Others include Caroline and Emmy, a physiotherapist working in the hospital. Mac is also noted for his dry sense of humour, a contrast against Guy's outrageous, crude and immature persona. He has a quick wit and is known for his comebacks, namely towards Guy, Caroline and Alan, who clearly does not approve of his sarcasm. Fluent in French, Mac enjoys intimidating Guy by explaining the history of specific terms including ''cassoulette'' and sabot. In series one, Mac is offered a position as a consultant in Sheffield and was intending to move up there with Emmy; however Caroline manages to win him over. Later that same night however, Mac tries to stop an intoxicated Guy who joyrides an ambulance and eventually crashes it over a cliff, putting Mac into a coma that lasts over two months. When he finally awakens he has completely forgotten the 24 hours before the incident and has no memory of the feelings he had for Caroline. During the coma, Sue White lies to the hospital in Sheffield and tells them that Mac has died, taking away Mac's precious job opportunity. She also "experiments" and takes some of Mac's semen during his coma and impregnates herself with it through injection, later claiming to be pregnant with Mac's child (she announces this by sawing her way through a table in an Indian restaurant where some of the hospital staff are having dinner). However, the baby turns out to be a lion, probably due to the Lion's mane. In his spare time, Mac likes to ride his Ducati SuperSport 1000DS motorbike (which he apparently keeps in a hospital lift after placing an "Out of Order" sign on the Call button), but he does have the odd habit of riding it around naked. He also collects Evel Knievel memorabilia. He is a big fan of The Kinks. Another habit he has is making bets with Guy, and constantly proving that he is better than him. He is also known to like Goths, saying what he likes about them is the fact that "they try to pretend to be ugly on purpose." He is also against plastic surgery for reasons of vanity, but not for those people who have had accidents. Mac has also been best man at seven weddings. His parking space is A3, right next to the hospital, but he does not use it. This angers Alan who only has a reserve parking space away from the hospital, despite his rank as consultant, but nothing he says or does can change this. Mac is apparently entitled to the parking space because he is a surgeon, even though he does not use it. He fills it with sand and has a beach barbecue there with Guy and two bikini-clad women, much to Alan's chagrin. He was told at the end of the second series he was dying (the name of the cause was later revealed to have an A and an E in it). He was given a month's leave, and when he returned he learned of Caroline and Guy's engagement. However, Guy then allowed Mac to marry Caroline before he died. At the wedding, everyone coughed when Mac's real name was mentioned during the vows, much to Martin's disappointment. One of the few facts known about his childhood, according to ''Green Wing - The Complete First Series Scripts'' was that he watched ''Fraggle Rock''. His favourite character was called Red, because both characters had similar coloured hair. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mac (Green Wing)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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