![]() ![]() The magic in the world is left partly unexplained, but the character and action more than make up for that. There aren’t many special effects, but what is shown doesn’t look too corny. If you don’t like the characters at the beginning, they will feel like old friends by the 24th episode. ![]() The story drags a little at the end, but it’s mostly character driven with plenty of action. The show could have easily just run with the fish-out-of-water theme that it plays up in the first few episodes, but the writers smartly kept that to a minimum and focused more on the drama surrounding the king and queen and how the two protagonists deal with that and begin falling for each other.įrom the first episode to the last, the production of The Great Doctor is a stellar, movie-quality experience. In a happy coincidence, Choi Young enters the future in direct vicinity of a plastic surgeons convention and kidnaps a surgeon named Yoo Eun-Soo after giving her a practical test to gauge her surgical abilities. “Heaven” is actually modern day Seoul as the “gate” turns out to be a wormhole bending time and space. The gateway still exists and Choi Young is sent on a quest to heaven to find the great doctor. Only a powerful surgeon can heal her, and one of the king’s advisors suggests going to a place he knows of with a magic gateway to heaven where a famous ancient doctor is said to have gone. They are attacked during the journey and the new queen is wounded. They are led by weary warrior Choi Young who has been serving for royals for many years. The king and queen are being transported by a small group of royal guards called Woodalchi. The young king is returning with a new queen to his homeland after years of living as a hostage in China. The Great Doctor or Faith is a historical drama and romance set in the 1300s during a time when Korea or Goryeo is under the heavy thumb of the neighboring Chinese Yuan dynasty. Given that the stories have a definite end point instead of yearly “will they or won’t they” renewals and extra seasons, the writing, acting and storytelling are stellar and don’t suffer from consecutive seasons that become more mediocre after each year. The set up is a bit different than American TV shows, the episodes are an hour or more long, and there’s usually only one “season” or anywhere from 16-30 episodes in each drama. If you have not experienced the awesomeness of K-drama, or Korean TV dramas, I highly recommend giving them a view. ![]()
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