 Dr Alex Ferrenby (Frank Middlemass) died by drowning; Dr Kate Rowan (Niamh Cusack) died of leukaemia-related pneumonia; Dr Neil Bolton (David Michaels) died in a house fire; Dr Tricia Summerbee (Clare Calbraith) died in a horse riding accident; and Dr Helen Walker (Sophie Ward) died in a bomb explosion that flattened the Police house.This leaves Dr Liz Merrick (Aislín McGuckin), see above description, and the very short-serving Dr James Alway (Francis Matthews) as the only characters to serve as the doctor in Aidensfield, and lived to tell the tale.The Aidensfield Arms, the village pub, was originally owned by Lord Ashfordly and run by George Ward.