Melody Bell
| Melody Bell | |||||||||
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| Doctors character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Elizabeth Bower | ||||||||
| Duration | 2007-09 | ||||||||
| First appearance | 31 July 2007 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | 4 June 2009 | ||||||||
| Introduced by | Peter Eryl Lloyd | ||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||
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| Occupation | General practitioner | ||||||||
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Dr. Melody Bell was a fictional character in the soap opera Doctors. She was played by Elizabeth Bower and made her first appearance on 31 July 2007. She left in June 2009.
Storylines
Melody arrived at The Mill, as the new GP Registrar. Melody was mentored by Dr. Joe Fenton. In Series 10, it showed that her good friend and colleague Ruth Pearce was suffering from a nervous breakdown when she kept pretending andpsychotically declaring that she was Michelle Corrigan. Due to this, Melody felt it would be best to refer Ruth to a mental health facility, where she was later sectioned under the Mental Health Act from endangering herself and other people. Melody felt guilty for what she had done to her best friend and went to visit Ruth, but she wasn't eager to see her and berated her to leave. After this, Melody called for Michelle's help - she was also shocked by what had happened (due to them discovering Ruth in bed with Michelle's half brother Adam) and told Melody that she was selfish because she knew that Melody would have felt guilty for referring her best friend Ruth to a mental health institution; Michelle told her that it was her problem to deal with. On 20 May 2009, Melody had to assess Ruth, to see if she was fit enough to come back to work. Ruth passed the assessment.
In June 2009 Melody was on call overnight, during which she was unexpectedly called to the house of a man, Terry, who had visited her earlier with a pregnant girl, Kim. Once in the house Melody discovered Kim and another girl, Alicia, were both giving birth. Melody insisted the girls needed to go to hospital to continue the birthing, but Terry refused to let any of them leave. It was revealed that the babies were to be sold to cover debts. Kim gave birth but bled severely and Melody begged Terry to take her to a hospital, which he agreed to do. When taking them, Terry realised he is being pursued by a colleague of Melody's and pulled into a scrapyard. Terry took the baby and handed it to a man at the scrapyard and signalled for his van to be crushed, with Melody and Kim still locked inside. Melody's colleague witnessed the van being crushed and screamed in terror, only to see Melody and Kim emerge. How they escaped was never revealed. In June 2009, Melody received her test results which would determine whether or not she would be able to ed a look in the envelope, to find she had passed and planned a small celebration for her. With these results Melody phoned to confirm acceptance of a job she was offered and left The Mill.