Scripted series · SBS
Doctor X
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Doctor X actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Doctor X reads strongest on Tension, Cliffhanger Intensity and Serialized.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The story
What it's about
Genius surgeon Gye Su-jeong joins Guseo University Hospital and quickly proves her brilliance while challenging flaws in the medical system, all while navigating complex relationships with the hospital’s director and an intern.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Lee Jae-wooProducer
Direction
- Lee Jeong-limDirector
Where to watch
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