Doctor Detective

Doctor Detective (Korean: 닥터 탐정; RR: Dakteo tamjeong) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Park Jin-hee, Bong Tae-gyu and Lee Ki-woo. It aired from July 17 to September 5, 2019 on SBS.^[1]

Doctor Detective
Promotional poster
Also known as	Dr. Detective
Hangul	닥터 탐정
RR	Dakteo tamjeong
MR	Takt'ŏ t'amjŏng
Genre	Drama
Created by	Park Young-soo (SBS Drama Division)
Written by	Song Yoon-hee
Directed by	Park Joon-woo
Starring	Park Jin-hee Bong Tae-gyu Lee Ki-woo
Music by	Kim Seung-yeol
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	70 minutes
Production company	The Story Works
Original release
Network	SBS TV
Release	July 17 (2019-07-17) – September 5, 2019 (2019-09-05)

Synopsis

The story of doctors who try to uncover the truth behind industrial accidents. It also factors in real life occupational hazard events that happened to real South Korean citizens by tailoring the drama to the real life event.

Cast

Main

• Park Jin-hee as Do Joong-eun^[2]
• Bong Tae-gyu as Heo Min-ki
• Lee Ki-woo as Choi Tae-yeong^[3]

Supporting

Undiagnosed Disease Center

• Park Ji-young as Gong Il-soon^[2]
• Lee Young-jin as Byeon Jeong-ho^[2]
• Mina Fujii as Seok Jin-i^[2]
• Jung Kang-hee as Ha Jin-hak
• Lee Yeong-seok as Mr. Go

TL Medical Center

• Ryu Hyun-kyung as Choi Min^[2]
• Lee Chul-min as Mr. Kwon
• Choi Kwang-il as Mo Seong-gook

Others

• Park Joo-hyung as Im Gook-sin
• Jung Soon-won as Team leader Jeong
• Kwon Hyuk-bum as Kim Do-hyeong
• Bae Noo-ri as Park Hye-mi
• Moon Tae-yu as Kwon Jun-il
• Kim Min-ho as Kwon Do-yoon
• Chae Yoo-ri as Choi Seo-rin
• Park Geun-hyung as Choi Gon
• Shin Dam-soo as Mr. Go
• Lee Yoon-sang as President
• Cha Soon-bae as General manager
• Noh Haeng-ha as Kim Yang-hee
• Park Sung-joon

Special appearances

• Kwak Dong-yeon as Jeong Ha-rang^[4]
• Hwang Jung-min as Ha-rang's mother
• Oh Dong-min as Bakery president
• Jang Won-hyung
• Yoon So-yi as Yoon Si-wol

Original soundtrack

Doctor Detective OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	2019
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Blending Co., Ltd. SBS Content Hub

Part 1

Released on August 22, 2019 (2019-08-22)

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Cheonggyecheon 8ga" (청계천 8가)	Lee Jung-ah	4:33
2.	"Cheonggyecheon 8ga" (Inst.)		4:33
Total length:			9:06

Part 2

Released on August 22, 2019 (2019-08-22)

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Dangerous World" (위험한 세계)	Chae Wool	5:07
2.	"Dangerous World" (Inst.)		5:07
Total length:			10:14

Part 3

Released on August 28, 2019 (2019-08-28)

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"What Is" (무엇이 되어)	Yoo Yi-ran	3:53
2.	"What Is" (Inst.)		3:53
Total length:			7:46

Ratings

• In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
• Each night's broadcast is divided into two 30-minute parts with a commercial break in between.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Nationwide (AGB Nielsen)[5]
1	July 17, 2019	4.6%
		5.7%
2	July 18, 2019	5.1%
		5.2%
3	July 24, 2019	4.6%
		5.0%
4	July 25, 2019	5.0%
		5.1%
5	July 31, 2019	3.7%
		4.3%
6	August 1, 2019	4.3%
		3.8%
7	August 7, 2019	4.4%
		4.8%
8	August 8, 2019	4.0%
		4.0%
9	August 14, 2019	4.0%
		4.4%
10	August 15, 2019	4.4%
		4.1%
11	August 21, 2019	3.5%
		4.0%
12	August 22, 2019	3.1%
		3.5%
13	August 28, 2019	2.5%
		3.1%
14	August 29, 2019	2.8%
		2.8%
15	September 4, 2019	3.0%
		3.4%
16	September 5, 2019	3.9%
		3.9%
Average		4.1%