Doc Martin Christmas special forced to halt filming after Martin Clunes smashes car into tree | The Sun
DOC Martin Christmas special has had to pause filming after Martin Clune had an accident on set.
Doc Martin will air its final episode on Christmas Day after it was announced the series was coming to an end earlier this year.
Martin Clunes will return to the role of the grumpy doctor one final time on Christmas day as fans are treated to a festive special.
The actor recently appeared on The One Show with hosts Alex Jones and Harry Judd where he shared details on an accident he had on set.
After discussing the iconic ITV series coming to an end, Harry asked about the upcoming Christmas special.
The McFly star asked the ITV actor what he could share with fans about the final episode, and Martin replied: "Very little I'm afraid."
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Martin then revealed that he had "accidentally crashed" a car on set, as he told Harry that the new series is like a "Marvel movie".
The actor shared: "There is a grumpy doctor, there is a lot of snow, and there's a real turkey! It is like a Marvel movie! There's a stunt, I crashed a car by mistake."
A curious Harry then asked: "Do they use that in the episode?"
Martin then explained what happened: "Well, I was supposed to drive towards the camera, they abandon the camera and I was supposed to turn out of that shot.
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"And then the next shot they cut too would be a stunt man driving into the tree, but I turned, in the fake snow, I had no traction.
He added that the camera wouldn't stop and he just "glided into the tree", but he reassured Harry that he was absolutely fine as he admitted that he "kind of saw it coming and it was all ok".
Alex continued: "This episode is everything you would want for a finale on Christmas day, but of course, Doc Martin comes along and ruins the Christmas spirit."
The Christmas special will see the grumpy GP close down the grotto because he fears Santa has something contagious, upsetting the children, including his own son James (Elliott Blake).
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