Doctor Detective Explained

Alt Name:	Dr. Detective
Native Name:	Hangul: 닥터 탐정
Genre:	Drama
Creator:	Park Young-soo (SBS Drama Division)
Director:	Park Joon-woo
Music:	Kim Seung-yeol
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean
Num Episodes:	16
Camera:	Single-camera
Runtime:	70 minutes
Company:	The Story Works
Network:	SBS TV

Doctor Detective is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Park Jin-hee, Bong Tae-gyu and Lee Ki-woo. It aired from July 17 to September 5, 2019 on SBS.^[1]

Synopsis

The story of doctors who try to uncover the truth behind industrial accidents. It also factors in real life occupational hazard events that happened to real South Korean citizens by tailoring the drama to the real life event.

Cast

Main

• Park Jin-hee as Do Joong-eun^[2]
• Bong Tae-gyu as Heo Min-ki
• Lee Ki-woo as Choi Tae-yeong^[3]

Supporting

Undiagnosed Disease Center

• Park Ji-young as Gong Il-soon
• Lee Young-jin as Byeon Jeong-ho
• Mina Fujii as Seok Jin-i
• Jung Kang-hee as Ha Jin-hak
• Lee Yeong-seok as Mr. Go

TL Medical Center

• Ryu Hyun-kyung as Choi Min
• Lee Chul-min as Mr. Kwon
• Choi Kwang-il as Mo Seong-gook

Others

• Park Joo-hyung as Im Gook-sin
• Jung Soon-won as Team leader Jeong
• Kwon Hyuk-bum as Kim Do-hyeong
• Bae Noo-ri as Park Hye-mi
• Moon Tae-yu as Kwon Jun-il
• Kim Min-ho as Kwon Do-yoon
• Chae Yoo-ri as Choi Seo-rin
• Park Geun-hyung as Choi Gon
• Shin Dam-soo as Mr. Go
• Lee Yoon-sang as President
• Cha Soon-bae as General manager
• Noh Haeng-ha as Kim Yang-hee
• Park Sung-joon

Special appearances

• Kwak Dong-yeon as Jeong Ha-rang^[4]
• Hwang Jung-min as Ha-rang's mother
• Oh Dong-min as Bakery president
• Jang Won-hyung
• Yoon So-yi as Yoon Si-wol

Original soundtrack

Doctor Detective OST
Type:	Soundtrack
Artist:	Various artists
Released:	2019
Genre:	Soundtrack
Label:	Blending Co., Ltd. SBS Content Hub

Part 3

Ratings

• In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.
• Each night's broadcast is divided into two 30-minute parts with a commercial break in between.

! ! Original broadcast date! Nationwide
(AGB Nielsen)^[5]

1	July 17, 2019	4.6%
2	July 18, 2019	5.1%
		5.2%
3	July 24, 2019	4.6%
		5.0%
4	July 25, 2019	5.0%
		5.1%
5	July 31, 2019	3.7%
		4.3%
6	August 1, 2019	4.3%
		3.8%
7	August 7, 2019	4.4%
		4.8%
8	August 8, 2019	4.0%
		4.0%
9	August 14, 2019	4.0%
		4.4%
10	August 15, 2019	4.4%
		4.1%
11	August 21, 2019	3.5%
		4.0%
12	August 22, 2019	3.1%
		3.5%
13	August 28, 2019
		3.1%
14	August 29, 2019	2.8%
		2.8%
15	September 4, 2019	3.0%
		3.4%
16	September 5, 2019	3.9%
		3.9%
Average

Notes and References

1. Web site: '닥터탐정', 믿고 보는 사회 고발 드라마 예고…'그알' PD 연출. July 4, 2019. Sports Seoul. Naver. ko. September 14, 2019.
2. Web site: '닥터탐정' 걸크러시 터지는 女캐릭터들의 워맨스를 기대해. July 9, 2019. Sedaily. Naver. ko. September 14, 2019.
3. Web site: 이기우, SBS '닥터 탐정' 출연 확정..박진희와 호흡(공식). 22 March 2019. MK Sports. ko. Kim Na-young.
4. Web site: Kwak Dong Yeon to star in "Doctor Detective" as a cameo. 25 June 2019. Newsen. en. 14 September 2019. 24 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024183507/https://channels.vlive.tv/B938BF/vtoday/0.11319581. dead.
5. Web site: Nielsen Korea. Nielsen Korea. ko. July 17, 2019.