The most prominent player of the large supporting cast being Joe Lando, who portrayed Byron Sully, Dr. Quinn's most frequently featured companion, and potential love interest.
Plot
The series begins in 1867. Centering on a proper and wealthy female physician from Boston, Massachusetts: Dr. Michaela Quinn (Jane Seymour), familiarly known as "Dr. Mike.". Born February 15, 1833,. Graduating from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania around 1858. Then working alongside her M.D.father, Joseph Quinn, until his death in 1866.
Then setting out for the small wild west town of Colorado Springs, to set up her own medical practice. Making the difficult adjustment to life in Colorado's more rugged territory. With the aid of several kind locals including rugged outdoorsman and friend to the Cheyenne, Byron Sully (Joe Lando). And a midwife boarding house ma'am Charlotte Cooper (played by Diane Ladd).
After getting bitten by a rattlesnake, Charlotte asks Michaela on her deathbed to look after her three children::Matthew (Chad Allen), Colleen (Erika Flores, later Jessica Bowman), and Brian (Shawn Toovey). as Dr. Mike essentially settles into home, in Colorado Springs. Adapting her new life as Mother, with the children, while learning domestic 'Homemaking' and other life skills. As a friendship builds between she and Sully. Who teaches her many ways including the care of, and support of, both medically and personally, with the local Cheyenne. Becoming friends with their honored medicine man- and Sully's best friend and brother Cloud Dancing (Larry Sellers). and loud Dancing's wife-mate Snow Bird (Tantoo Cardinal)
Essentially finding true love with Sully, despite them coming from different worlds, Michaela becomes a one-woman mission convincing the Colorado Springs townspeople that a female doctor can successfully practice medicine.
Nancy Youngblut as Claudette, one of Michaela's older sisters (episodes 2.6, 7)
Production
Production notes
The pilot episode was shot in early 1992 and aired in a two-hour television special on New Year's Day 1993. CBS airing a second, hour-long episode the next night to attract and maintain the audience's attention. The pilot serving more as a made-for-television movie – or mini-series suggestion – which could either be developed later into a full series, or remain as a stand-alone two-hour movie. CBS ordering the show picked up immediately, for the full season.
The show making some imperative casting changes, following the Pilot. With several leads, and a few of the supporting cast, replaced. With Henry Sanders recast as Robert E. in place of Ivory Ocean -as a less folksy hard-nosed working man. Orson Bean replacing Guy Boyd -as a more fatherly, cynically-comical Loren Bray. And Colm Meaney replaced by Jim Knobeloch -as a younger, more contemptuously stoic Jake Slicker.
Larry Sellers's character, the Cheyenne brave called Black Hawk, listed in the closing credits as such - who played an auxiliary role as one of Chief Black Kettle's aides, and spoke only their language. Was quietly retooled 'Cloud Dancing', Sully's blood brother and a major recurring character. Who, in addition to aiding Black Kettle, played a large role in quelling the tribulations of the Cheyenne and other neighboring tribes. He also acquired the ability to speak English, allowing him to act as a liaison alongside Sully. His character's name never spoken on-screen during his first appearance. Which can cause viewers to inadvertently re-interpret this look-alike as Cloud Dancing's first appearance before his formal debut.
Filming
Dr. Quinn was largely filmed at the Western set on Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills. Fans of the show able to visit the sets, talk to the actors, and watch episodes being shot, during its six-year run. Since the series ended, the ranch has been used numerous times for other filming projects. Many buildings, including the church, Sully's homestead, the school house, and the Spring Chateau Resort, leveled soon after things folded. However, the entire town still remained.[4] Despite minor changes over the years, the area was still recognizable as the Dr. Quinn set. Becoming a popular tourist attraction for many fans -until the entire set got destroyed in the Woolsey Fire in late 2018.[5]
Other areas used throughout the series were the back lot at Universal Studios in Hollywood, including the New England street as the location of the Quinn family home. With the New York streets, doubling as the streets of Boston and Washington. The setting of Boston in the final movie being filmed in Canada, using locations in Old Montreal.[citation needed]
Music
William Olvis wrote the underscoring music for the series,[6] except for a few episodes in season one (where he either alternated with Star Trek spin-off series composer David Bell, or co-scored with Bell) and the Revolutions movie.[citation needed]
Veteran actress Jane Seymour, labeled 'The Mini-Series "queen"', was a last-minute casting choice for Michaela Quinn. Having read the script only days before production began on the pilot. Instructed beforehand to review the script, and make a decision of whether or not she felt the role was right for her -and, if so- truly wanting to commit to a strict contract, that Sullivan demanded for the title character. The next day Seymour attending the wardrobe fittings for Dr. Mike.
In a 2015 feature on National Public Radio, Seymour said that she signed her contract for the show, including both the TV-movie/pilot, and a five-year series commitment. Because she had just discovered that her then husband/business manager had lost all her money and gotten her $9 million in debt. Telling her agent that to avoid losing her house, and to protect her two young children, she would do any TV project available, no matter what it was. Dr. Quinn the first one offered to her.
Colleen portrayer changes
The series underwent casting changes of minor characters during the Pilot and after. The most controversial taking place during the show's third season, when the character of Colleen Cooper got recast halfway through. Unlike the other actors, who'd signed five-year contracts. Erika Flores had asked to be offered a contract of less than five years. Rumors circulating that her real-life father gave her an ultimatum to end the lengthy contract, unless producers offered her more money, or else be cut off financially. Flores denying such rumors, stating that she'd left for other personal reasons and opportunities. Creator Beth Sullivan deciding she'd wanted Colleen's character to continue instead of being killed off or sent away. Recasting Jessica Bowman as the new Colleen, in Flores's place. Some of Erika Flores's fans were quite vocal in anger over the change and wrote to CBS demanding why Flores had been replaced. The producers felt that Jessica Bowman had the ability to successfully recreate the Colleen character on her own.
Other cast changes
Numerous cast changes duly occurred throughout the series, though none were quite as significant. Most notable being the replacement of Jane Wyman as Michaela's mother, Elizabeth Quinn. Wyman who'd signed on to play the role for the third episode of Dr. Quinn in season one. Later declining for second guest appearance in season two, as she had retired from acting by this stage, and felt she had not really 'blended' aesthetically with the rest of the cast, including Seymour. Reports stating she and Seymour didn't exactly 'bond' as series mother and daughter. Wyman's previous appearance in season one, marking her final acting role into retirement. Georgann Johnson hired to replace Wyman in the role, and continuing throughout the series, making a few guest appearances each season, and appearing in the final Dr. Quinn television movie.
Michelle Bonilla, who had originated the role of Theresa Morales in season five, was replaced by Alex Meneses in season six. Bonilla abruptly leaving for reasons that she'd felt she never quite 'blended' with the rest of the cast nor with Seymour. Meneses's portrayal being well received, and featured throughout the remainder of the series, as her character accepted love from Jake Slicker, essentially marrying in a quaint ceremony outside the town church.
The role of Anthony (Grace and Robert E.'s adopted son) was played by Brenden Jefferson for four episodes in season four. Replaced by Brandon Hammond, who'd continued the role in seasons five and six.
Jennifer Youngs replacing Ashley Jones.as Ingrid, in the show's first season, until the character's unfortunate demise in the series third season.
Themes
Dr. Quinn was arguably known for its large supporting cast and high-concept storytelling. The series often using its semi-historical setting as a vehicle for addressing issues of gender and race within the community. Example, one episode taking on homophobia when poet Walt Whitman (Donald Moffatt) came to town.[8] Religion playing a somewhat minor role in the series, but used to address certain issues and newer ideas.
In the season-three finale, "For Better or Worse", Michaela and Sully were married in a special two-hour, two-part episode. With season four revealing Seymour's real-life pregnancy, written into the show, with the birth of Michaela and Sully's daughter Katie.
During its entire run on CBS, the show aired from 8–9pm Eastern time on Saturday nights. Becoming the last successful TV Western drama series to air on a major broadcast network to date. And one of the last original series to find long-term success in a Saturday Prime timeslot.[citation needed]
Syndication
The show has enjoyed strong ratings in syndicate and streaming reruns. Dr. Quinn being one of the rare instances of a show entering rerun syndication in the middle of a TV season. Debuting reruns in most American markets on Monday, December 30, 1996, just two days shy of the show's 4th anniversary. With 4 seasons being the minimum requirement for syndication pickup, Dr. Quinn reruns could've started at the more traditional launch date of September 1996, but the show's distributor, like many, had an additional minimum episode limit, for the show to be eligible for syndication. This episode count not reaching until several episodes into the series fifth season (1996–1997) Since stations had already purchased it at the start of that season. The distributor deciding not to hold off until the following fall, allowing the stations to being airing reruns immediately.
When PAX TV launched in August 1998, it acquired reruns of current family-friendly series from CBS, including Dr. Quinn. Because dedicated Dr. Quinn fans were angered by the show's cancellation, by CBS that year. These national reruns via PAX helping relieve the blow, especially in markets where local stations were not airing reruns in syndicate.
Until late 2005, the Hallmark Channel aired it daily, but in late 2005, removed Dr. Quinn from its lineup. Citing a drop in viewership. It is also believed that the high cost in Dr. Quinn distribution rights played a role in its removal. Dr. Quinn continuing to be seen throughout the world - translated to several languages.
Starting June 2009, the Gospel Music Channel began airing the series, weekdays at 5:00 and 6:00. More recently Vision TV Canada airing Dr Quinn week nights at 6PM AT. Also airing on CHNU10 in the Lower Mainland of BC, Canada, at 3 PM PST Weekdays. Additionally shown continuously in Denmark since 2001, with plans on to keep it at its daily broadcast time of 1:00, Monday to Friday, on Danish TV station, tv2.
Since the last movie in 2001, the show's core cast expressed interest in reprising their roles, hoping to do another reunion movie, or revised version of the series. Jane Seymour, Joe Lando, Chad Allen, and other cast stating they would all like to work together again Reprising their Dr. Quinn roles -if the opportunity arose.[citation needed][9][10] The show's creator, Beth Sullivan, also stating her interest in writing another Dr. Quinn movie.[citation needed]
In 2003, A&E Network managed to buy the distribution rights for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman from CBS. All six seasons plus the two made-for-TV movies getting released on DVD. The series appearing on the GMC Network. GMC airing all of the series episodes, including the season-six episodes not shown in a decade, during the summer of 2010. Joe Lando doing several teasers and promotions for the weekend marathons, stating he found GMC's ad campaign "funny" with "Truthfully, I haven't had that many opportunities to make fun of Sully. No one's really found me that funny. But it's fun to do it now. GMC came up with a great ad campaign. My kids were entertained by it and my wife got a kick out of it."[11]
Start TV aired reruns of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman every Monday through Saturday at 5 & 6 A.M. as well as Sundays at 7 A.M. through June 2024.[12]Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman no longer appeared on the Start TV schedule as of July 2024. When Hallmark Drama was relaunched as Hallmark Family in 2024, the series appeared as part of their start-up schedule.
Home media
Amazon Prime Video began releasing seasons 1-4 in 2012, for viewership streaming, as viewers began taking notice. Essentially adding seasons 5 and 6 for series competion. Not yet repackaging the series for the more modernized wide screen viewing. [13]
A&E Home Video released all six seasons of Dr. Quinn on DVD in Region 1. Thus releasing the two television movies made after the series cancel.
In Region 2, Revelation Films released all six seasons on DVD in the UK. The two TV-movies released separately, the first entitled Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman – The Movie and the second entitled Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman – The Heart Within.
In Australia (Region 4), Via Vision Entertainment released the individual seasons from September 2008 through until February 2012. The TV movies Collection - released in September 2016. The individual seasons then re-releasing with new artwork. Via Vision releasing six complete series box sets. The first being "The Keepsake Collection" with 39 discs - on April 17, 2013. The second version "The Hat Box Collection" with 39 discs on November 26, 2014. The third release, a repackaged version of "The Hat Box Collection" on November 4, 2015. The fourth release "The Complete Collection - The Complete Seasons One-Six" with 40 discs released on October 5, 2016. The fifth version under the same title as the fourth release - and with 43 discs, released on May 10, 2018. With the sixth release also under the same title as the fourth and fifth editions, with 40 discs released on November 18, 2020.
DVD name
Ep #
Release dates
Region 1
Region 2
Region 4
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Complete Season One
17
May 27, 2003
March 20, 2006
September 10, 2008
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Complete Season Two
24
September 30, 2003
June 19, 2006
February 18, 2009
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Complete Season Three
25
March 30, 2004
March 26, 2007
October 7, 2009
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Complete Season Four
27
October 26, 2004
June 18, 2007
September 1, 2010
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Complete Season Five
26
January 25, 2005
October 22, 2007
June 1, 2011
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Complete Season Six
22
July 26, 2005
March 10, 2008
February 8, 2012
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movies
2
June 27, 2006
March 8, 2010 July 19, 2010
September 7, 2016
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Complete Series
151
October 20, 2009
October 4, 2010
April 17, 2013 (Limited Edition)
April 11, 2018 (Re-Release)
November 18, 2020 (Re-Release)
As of 2025, the show is available for streaming on Paramount+ as well as Amazon's Paramount+ channel. In Spain, the series is available on Atresplayer, albeit in a remastered 16:9 format.
Reception
Dr. Quinn was one of the few dramatic shows that allowed fans to take full access of filming sets, at the Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills, California. Permitted, and often invited, to watch episodes getting shot each week. Cast members known to speak with the fans and sign autographs during shooting breaks. In the show's final season, an official website was established, which remains active. Two fans creating the Dr. Quinn Times newsletter, displaying interviews with the cast, producers, directors, and technical specialists. Distributing to fans, twice each year.
Awards and nominations
Seymour and Barbara Babcock were the only regular cast members to receive Emmy nominations for their work on the series. Seymour nominated in 1994 and 1998 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Babcock receiving a single nomination in 1995 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the episode entitled "Ladies' Night", with her character, Dorothy Jennings, undergoing a mastectomy. Diane Ladd receiving a nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 1993 as originator in the series Pilot, as Charlotte Cooper, birth mother of Matthew, Colleen, and Brian.
In 1996, Seymour won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama for her portrayal of Michaela Quinn and was nominated for the same award in 1994, 1995, and 1997. Duly nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series in both 1994 and 1996.
The show winning many technical awards, as well as hair and make-up honors.[citation needed]
The show was a major hit in the United States for CBS, drawing large ratings desptie it airing on Saturday nights. Unusual for a television Western Drama series of its kind.
Despite the high ratings, CBS claiming that the demographics had 'changed' during the show's run. The main event being actor Joe Lando's dealings with executive producer and show creator Beth Sullivan. As his character Sully went noticeably absent from the series continuing episodes in its fifth and sixth seasons, over contract and salary disputes. Replaced by John Schneider as Daniel, the recurring town sheriff and Sully's best friend. Fans protesting, even threatening boycotts if Sully didn't return. Lando essentially resurrecting in staggered episodes of seasons five and six as bruised, beaten Sully dealing run-ins with the aggressive Union Army over oppressive Cheyenne negotiations.
During its final season, the majority of Dr. Quinn's viewers were women aged 40 years and older. Not the male and female 18-to-49 audience demographic the networks opted to reach. In response, CBS ordered the writers to give the show a slightly darker feel than in previous seasons.[14]
As a result, season six was darker than any previous season, with the death of several characters as well as some highly sensitive subject matter, including the painful miscarriage of Michaela's second child. Alongside an episode entitled Point Blank, where Michaela is shot by a stranger. Then later develops post-traumatic stress disorder. Fans liking the changes, while others feeling that the tensions and high drama actually benefited the show, following the overall pleasantries of past seasons.
Despite these opposing opinions, the ratings still proved to be steady and consistent, finishing at #51 for the year. Then undergoing unexpected cancellation in 1998 after its sixth season.[15] Despite the main and supporting cast apparently signing new, extended contracts for a seventh and eight season that would have escalated the series into newer territories, following the marriage of Colleen to Dr. Andrew Cook (Brandon Douglas) preparing embark on their new roles as Dr's Cooper-Cook, in Colorado Springs. And Matthew Cooper (Chad Allen) studying law.
There's still an active fan club "Hank's Hussies" in honor of William Shockley, who played Hank Lawson on the show. January 2014 attending a red carpet movie premiere together in Nashville for his new movie.
Post-series
Movies
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie
The cancellation of Dr. Quinn caused a massive fan uproar, the likes of which had not been seen since the cancellation of Star Trek in the 1960s.[16] CBS deciding that instead of producing another season with the cost deemed "too high" It would instead produce a TV movie. So in May 1999, a year after cancellation, CBS aired Dr. Quinn: Revolutions, a television movie special, set in 1877. However, the actual date should have been 1875, two years following the final episode, which would have been in 1873.
In this TV movie, Katie Sully, now age 4, is kidnapped. So Dr. Mike and Sully, with help from the townsfolk, embark on a desperate journey to find their missing daughter, in Mexico. Fans delighted that a special movie was produced. But the cast still not altogether, despite the overall concept. The movie being very different in tone from its original series, incorporating more guns and violence in weak effort to please the intended more youthful male audience demographics. Both Jessica Bowman and Chad Allen declining reappearance, due to the darker content. William Olvis' entire score scrapped in favor of more cost-effective music, completely unlike the original series.
Fans well shocked to find a Dr. Quinn episode that did not include the main title sequence or theme. The script, acting, and interpretations, unfamiliar. Most unlike their original portrayals in the series. Beth Sullivan furious with CBS's control over the whole project which got critically panned, and essentially failed in the ratings.
Following this backlash from having excessive creative say over the film, CBS profoundly softening its involvement with the next attempt to produce any TV movie.
Dr. Quinn: The Heart Within
In May 2001, a second TV movie aired, entitled Dr Quinn: The Heart Within. The movie set a year after Revolutions, making it nine years since the first episode of Dr. Quinn set in 1876.
This time around, CBS giving Beth Sullivan complete creative control. With some strong ground rules. To save money, it had to be filmed in Canada. And only the principal cast could be involved with Jane Seymour serving as an executive producer. The plot revolving around Michaela with Sully and the immediate family, returning to Boston, to attend Colleen's graduation from Harvard Medical School.
Later transferring from The Women's Medical College to a male-dominated university, following the series finale, Colleen meets harsh criticism from the board -and Andrew's father. Who resents the fact that she continues to pursue medicine, despite his misgivings. Michaela's mother Elizabeth fallen ill, due to a heart condition, and essentially passes. Leaving her entire estate to Michaela to establish a hospital, back in Colorado Springs. Echoing the demise of her late father at the original start of the series.
Colleen soon finding herself in a situation similar as her adoptive mother Michaela underwent, just nine years earlier–in the same Bostonian sector—not being respected or taken seriously as a woman doctor.
The movie setting a proper finale to the series. Depicting the now-adult Cooper children's farewell to Colorado Springs. Finding their new futures in Boston.
Michaela and Sully returning to Colorado Springs to begin a new chapter in their own, now older, adult lives.
While this movie was far better received by fans, they complained that more of the townspeople and original supporting cast were not involved, due to CBS's demands, as well as the last-minute absence of Chad Allen's Matthew. Allen had declined after learning that none of his original supporting costars were offered any appearances.
Despite these criticisms, the movie was a success. Filmed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Reboot
On October 7, 2019, Jane Seymour announced in a television interview, her efforts toward a possible reboot of the series.[17][18][19][20]
Historical facts and filming information
While much of Dr. Quinn was fictional, nost of the events and people were based on historical fact:
The Battle of Washita River, depicted in the third-season as a two-part episode "Washita" and "Washita 2", was an actual historical event. In the series, the battle took place in 1869 Colorado, while the actual event took place in the fall of 1868 in Oklahoma territory.
People have often asked if Dr. Michaela Quinn was based on a historical person, such as Fraser, Colorado's "Doc Susie", Dr. Susan Anderson. In an interview in September 2013, the show's creator, Beth Sullivan, said that she knew nothing of real women doctors at that point in history. CBS had asked her to create a family drama for the eight o'clock time slot, and she asked if it could be a female lead in a period piece - and they said yes. She later said that she had always been interested in the post-Civil War period. The rest coming from her imagination, alllowing Dr. Michaela Quinn to become her own world view.
In what most considered the final episode of the series, the town's often-antagonist banker, Preston A. Lodge III, went bankrupt as a result of the great stock market crash, caused by the Panic of 1873, a historically accurate event. Lodge had lost much of the townspeople's money along with his own.
The episode "The Body Electric" featured Walt Whitman, a famous controversial poet and historical figure.
A major historical oversight of the show was that Colorado Springs was not technically founded until 1871 - by General William Palmer and was mainly a resort town. There were no saloons, as Palmer declared the area to be alcohol-free. The town staying "dry" until the end of Prohibition in 1933. However, nearby towns, including Old Colorado City and Manitou Springs had permitted saloons.
Starting season 4, several episodes featured real-world trivia relevant to the episode's actual context, usually about medical knowledge. These segments appearing at the end of the episode in the form of white text on a black background, narrated by Jane Seymour. In the episode "A Place to Die", the inclusion of the trivia was particularly significant because it revealed that Dr. Mike's practice was besieged by a staph infection. A malady completely unknown at the time. No one, including Dr. Mike had actually determined what was behind this mysterious blight, that killed several of her patients, and forced her to fumigate the building, cremating everything inside, including rreplaceable keepsakes.
Other media
Novels
There were several books based on the series written by as follows. Some of them were released abroad, including in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Poland.
The books by Dorothy Laudan were originally released in Germany and have never appeared in an English version. However, it was these books that were most commonly translated into other languages. The series of nine covers most of the series, although the episodes on which they are based were shortened and some scenes were left out or were mentioned only briefly.
based on the episodes: 1.01 "Pilot", 1.02 "Epidemic", 1.03 "The Visitor", 1.11 "The Prisoner", 1.06 "Father's Day" and 1.12 "Happy Birthday"
2.
Dr. Quinn – Ärztin aus Leidenschaft, Sprache des Herzens
1995
based on the episodes: 2.01 "The Race", 1.13 "Rite of Passage", 1.15 "The Operation", 2.02 "Sanctuary", 2.03 "Halloween", 2.04 "The Incident", 2.06–07 "Where the Heart Is" and 2.09 "Best Friends"
3.
Dr. Quinn – Ärztin aus Leidenschaft, Zwischen zwei Welten
1996
based on the episodes: 2.13 "The Offering", 2.15 "Another Woman", 2.16 "Orphan Train", 2.22–23 "The Abduction", 2.24 "The Campaign" and 2.26–27 "Return Engagement"
4.
Dr. Quinn – Ärztin aus Leidenschaft, Was ist Liebe?
1996
based on the episodes: 3.02 "Fathers and Sons", 3.03–04 "Cattle Drive", 3.09 "Money Trouble", 3.11–12 "Ladies Night", 3.14 "Indian Agent", 3.17–18 "Cooper vs. Quinn", 3.19 "What is Love?"
5.
Dr. Quinn – Ärztin aus Leidenschaft, Auf immer und ewig
1996
based on the episodes: 3.20 "Things My Father Never Taught Me", 3.23 "The Permanence of Change", 3.24–25 "Washita", 3.26 "Sully's Recovery", 3.27 "Ready or Not", 3.28–29 "For Better or Worse"
6.
Dr. Quinn – Ärztin aus Leidenschaft, Die Geschichte von Sully und Abigail
1997
Michaela and Sully are finally happily married. It seems nothing will stand in their way until Michaela finds in their new house some old keepsakes from Sully's late first wife. Sully eventually decides to tell her about his dramatic childhood and what happened after his parents' death.
7.
Dr. Quinn – Ärztin aus Leidenschaft, Eine Frau geht ihren Weg
1998
Sully is worried about Michaela who clearly seems to be bothered by something. When all the children are out of the home, Sully makes her talk and she starts talking about her father and her former fiancé David.
8.
Dr. Quinn – Ärztin aus Leidenschaft, Ein neues Leben
1998
based on the episodes: 4.04 "Brother's Keeper", 4.06" Dorothy's Book", 4.10 "One Touch of Nature" and others
9.
Dr. Quinn – Ärztin aus Leidenschaft, Zeit der Erwartung
1999
based on the episodes: 4.11 "Hell on Wheels" and others
Young Michaela Quinn is determined to become a doctor, but she faces many obstacles in her hometown of Boston. Her perseverance will fuel her dreams throughout childhood and medical school. And one day it will even lead her to America's untamed frontier.
2.
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Bounty
1997
When scheming bounty hunter George Hagan returns to town in pursuit of a fugitive whom he claims is being sheltered by the local Pawnee, it is up to Michaela Quinn and her husband, Sully, who must confront his own past, to stop him before he ignites a war.
3.
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: Growing Pains
1998
Settling of the once-limitless West gives Colorado Springs a new problem—overcrowding. Boarding houses are overflowing, saloons are rowdier, and Dr. Quinn has too many patients to count. And because of this new flow of patients, she has to find someone to take care of her little girl. As arguments escalate over how to control the swarms of citizens without damaging new-found freedoms, Dr. Mike can tell that if the chaos isn't calmed soon, she'll have to find a cure for this town's growing pains.
Unable to understand why the troublesome Laura McCoy has been causing problems for her lately, Colleen Cooper tries to keep her distance, until both girls are thrust together in a strange town and forced to stick together.
2.
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, No 2: Queen of the May
1996
When Dr. Mike gets overly busy with seasonal flu cases, Colleen decides to keep her school problems to herself, a situation that teaches her a lesson in communication when things spiral out of control.
When David is wounded in the war, Michaela rushes to her fiancé's side to nurse him back to health. The happy couple soon marry and start a family in Boston, but David's battle scars go much deeper when he develops a powerful addiction to morphine. Michaela soon finds she and her young children are trapped in a cycle of terrible violence. The only way out could be to leave David forever and hide in a far-away land out West. Could a kind stranger and his young daughter be their only hope?
The show titled California -and only the pilot episode was filmed. Remaining unclear whether it has ever aired on television. Though later available on YouTube for a time. But since disappeared, except for a few clips.
Other appearances
In 1996, the British comedy duo French and Saunders did a spoof of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman for their BBC comedy sketch show, with the sketch titled "Dr. Quimn, Mad Woman" featuring Jennifer Saunders in the role of Michaela (parodying Jane Seymour).[28]
In the eleventh episode of the third season of The Nanny, protagonist Fran finds herself on the Dr. Quinn set, meeting Jane Seymour (who was visibly pregnant at the time) and Joe Lando, trying to film a scene as Dr. Quinn and Byron Sully.[citation needed]
Funny or Die parody with original cast
In 2014, Jane Seymour, Joe Lando, Orson Bean alongside numerous other cast members played their original roles in a brief parody of the series for the Funny or Die comedy website titled Dr. Quinn Morphine Woman in which Dr. Quinn has the whole town hopelessly addicted to morphine.
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