Get to know the real-life doctor who inspired FOX’s hit medical drama DOC! Discover the extraordinary true story behind the show, highlighting their groundbreaking work, resilience, and how their life and career shaped the beloved on-screen character. This is a journey of hope, dedication, and the power of the human spirit that brings authenticity to every episode of DOC.
DOC Cast:
Molly Parker, Omar Metwally, Amirah Vann, Jon Ecker, Anya Banerjee, Scott Wolf and Patrick Walker
Watch DOC Season 1 now on FOX and stream on Hulu!
DOC Cast:
Molly Parker, Omar Metwally, Amirah Vann, Jon Ecker, Anya Banerjee, Scott Wolf and Patrick Walker
Watch DOC Season 1 now on FOX and stream on Hulu!
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00:00So, one of the exciting things about Doc is that it is based on a true story.
00:06It is a pretty far-out scenario, but it turns out there is a doctor in Italy.
00:11He lost, I believe, 12 years of memory of his life.
00:18My name is Pierdante Piccioni.
00:20I am a doctor.
00:22This new Fox drama, Doc, is inspired by my life.
00:27I had a car accident, and I lost 12 years of memories completely.
00:34You have partial retrograde amnesia.
00:36I was the chief of an emergency department in a big Italian hospital, and I became in
00:42an instant a patient.
00:46I think that must be such a terrifying place to be.
00:50When I woke up, in my mind, my children was 8 and 11 years old.
00:57Two adults of 20 and 23 came to me and they said, Hi, Papi.
01:04I didn't recognize them.
01:07That was very, very terrible.
01:08I cried a lot.
01:10What would it mean to any of us to lose a decade and not be connected to anything that
01:16happened during that time or who you are right now?
01:19I asked to my wife, why my mama isn't yet come to visit?
01:26Your mama has died three years ago.
01:28What are you saying?
01:29My mama is alive.
01:32No, no.
01:34No.
01:35You've not only missed what's happened in the world, you've missed who you've become.
01:42The first question every morning after the accident in the mirror when I look to myself
01:48was, what do you want to do in your life?
01:51Like Emi, my passion was to be a doctor.
01:55You know, there's this question of identity that comes up.
01:58Who am I if I can't remember?
02:00To try to understand who I was, I read 65,000 emails that I received and I sent and read
02:09that I was really very cold, a big bastard.
02:13You can't speak to people like that.
02:16Do I want to be that person they're all telling me I was, or can I be someone different?
02:22I think that God gave me a second chance.
02:26I became more empathetic.
02:28The accident has given you something the rest of us never get.
02:31It's a chance to do things differently.
02:34To watch the show inspired by my story was very, very emotional.
02:40It was like to open my scars again.
02:44The similarities between my story and Emi's story, before I was more like a machine.
02:52Now I'm more like a person.
02:54Molly Parker's performance reminds me of myself.
03:00Molly Parker is me.
03:02I will be a doctor again.
03:04I hope when people watch Doc, they feel like they should never give up.
03:10It's a story of hope.