Graham Elton

Graham Elton
Doctors character
Portrayed by	Alex Avery
First appearance	"A Prescription for Murder: Part Two" 3 June 2024 (2024-06-03)
Last appearance	"One Day Like This" 14 November 2024 (2024-11-14)
Classification	Former; recurring
Introduced by	Mike Hobson
In-universe information Occupation General practitioner Surgery partner Wife Katie Elton (separated) Sons Jay Elton

Dr. Graham Elton is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera Doctors, portrayed by Alex Avery. Avery's casting was revealed by the media on 27 May 2024, with Graham's first appearance airing a week later. He was introduced as a former colleague of Michelle Walton's (Joanna Bending), who suggests that he comes to work at the fictional Mill Health Centre as a doctor and partner due to the surgery's funding issues. Throughout Graham's tenure, he was developed to be an antagonist, holding homophobic, ableist and other bigoted views. He pushes Kirsty Millar (Kiruna Stamell) out of the surgery for being disabled, targets Luca McIntyre (Ross McLaren) for being gay, dismisses Michelle Walton (Joanna Bending) for declining his advances and assaults Scarlett Kiernan (Kia Pegg) since she does not respect him.

Avery was completely unaware that he was cast as an antagonist until a makeup artist asked him if he was a villain. He wondered if Graham was homophobic due to being closeted, but learned that Graham was just a natural bigot. Despite Doctors being cancelled by the BBC in 2023, the character of Graham was always set to be introduced to attempt a takeover on the Mill. However, the cancellation meant the storyline had to be paced much faster. He appeared until the final episode, when he is fired by Zara. The Spectator described Graham as a "rotten bigot" and called his views "awful and unsound".^[1] The Daily Record wrote that as a villain, he had "marked a significant shift" and "caused quite a stir" on Doctors.^[2]