List of Doctors characters introduced in 2000

Dr. Helen Thompson, portrayed by Corrinne Wicks, first appeared on 26 March 2000 and made her final appearance on 16 December 2005. Before the series began, Helen married Phil (Mark Adams), with whom she had two children; son Dan (Joshua Prime) and daughter Claire (Tara Coleman-Starr). At the start of the series, Helen seems to have it all: a successful career, two children and a doting, stay-at-home husband. But, Helen begins to get bored with married life and, after fighting temptation for a while, has an affair with Steve Rawling’s brother, Chris, which nearly costs her her marriage. Phil throws Helen out, and she moves in Chris. Eventually, Helen and Phil reconcile. However, their happiness is short-lived. In 2002, Helen becomes a widow when Phil is killed in a car crash. However, at the time of the crash, she is in bed with colleague Marc Eliot (Tom Butcher). She is riddled with guilt until she discovers that Phil was also guilty, hiding the fact he had a second family. Helen eventually returns to work, but Marc persuades her to leave Riverside and set up a new practice with him, much to Mac’s fury. Helen and Marc set up Best Practice together, employing Helen’s university friend, George Woodson, and Kate, after her marriage to Mac breaks down. After a while, Marc and Helen start a relationship. Over time, Helen grows to dislike Marc and claims she is not in love with him anymore and Marc leaves to build orphanages in Kosovo. In 2004, Helen falls in love with Dr. Jack Ford (Steven Hartley) and he proposes to her, with Helen agreeing. However, Jack is murdered by his former wife Ria (Mandana Jones), devastating Helen. The next year, Marc returns with a new fiancé, Bella Forest (Sharon Maharaj). However, Marc and Helen realise that they still have feelings for each other, so the pair leave Letherbridge together.

Helen's character profile on the ''BBC'' website described her as an "extremely capable doctor and well-liked by her patients and colleagues", but "despite being strong and confident, she sometimes found it hard to show her feelings". In November 2005, ''Digital Spy'' Kris Green reported that Wicks would be departing from ''Doctors'' alongside Tom Butcher. Green commented that Helen has "been the unluckiest person in love for the last five years" and was glad that she was "finally" getting a "Prince Charming". Her final episode was an hour-long special. In real life, Wicks is married to Butcher, with Green commenting on this saying, "Interestingly, for Corrinne and Tom, it’s life imitating art as they are, in fact, a couple in ‘real world’ – I do sometimes find it hard to distinguish between the two...". Andrea Green who played Sarah Finch opined that her most memorable scene was "the very final scene of ''Doctors'' shot at Pebble Mill – it was with my friend Wicks", commenting that it was "weird". Provided by Wikipedia