History
In the beginning of the series, Caroline seems attracted to both Guy and Mac, but falls for Mac. She eventually wins his affection, despite competition from physiotherapist Lady Emily "Emmy" Lewis Westbrook and liaison officer Sue White. However, when Mac is knocked unconscious after a crash in an ambulance and ends up in a coma, he loses his memory of the last 24 hours before the crash, and parts of the eight weeks before (Caroline's first eight weeks in the hospital) are patchy. Thus he has forgotten their relationship, forcing Caroline to start all over again.
Her relationship with the other members of staff differs. Sue White hates Caroline for stealing Mac, the man she obsesses over and stalks; Sue attempts to murder Caroline on several occasions. Senior registrar in paediatrics Dr. Angela Hunter becomes Caroline's lodger in a house belonging to Caroline's brother. Their relationship is difficult: Caroline hates Angela for being so perfect, and although Angela usually acts friendly and helpful towards Caroline, she often does so in a subtly undermining way. They once had a major falling out after Angela accused Caroline of stealing her underwear. Angela left the hospital to pursue an acting career, and later died in an accident.
Angela's replacement was Holly Hawkes (Angela told Holly the post was about to become vacant). Holly was Mac's girlfriend for six years but - based on dialogue in series one - the relationship broke down when she aborted their child because it would affect her career. With the return of Holly, Caroline feared that Mac might fall in love with Holly again. Although Holly claimed she no longer loved Mac, it was later shown that she dyed her son's hair to fool Mac into thinking he was the father and hoped to rekindle their relationship that way. After Angela's departure, Guy (who has been trying to add Caroline to his list of sexual conquests since their first meeting), becomes Caroline's new lodger. During this time, Guy begins to fall in love with Caroline.
Caroline appears to get on pretty well with most other members of the staff. Junior doctor Martin Dear is in love with her, and constantly tries to seek her affections; however Caroline sees him as just a friend. Harriet Schulenburg in the human resources department once helped her get a pen-top out of her nose. Consultant radiologist Alan Statham once embarrassed her over the telephone, when he telephoned human resources director Joanna Clore, telling her that he was having sex with Dr. Todd at that moment, however he was unaware that Caroline was in Joanna's office, he was on speakerphone, and as a result, Caroline heard every word.
In the last episode of series 2, Caroline receives wedding proposals from Guy, Martin, and almost gets one from Mac, who instead asks her to move in with him. She turns down Martin's offer, even though he has hired his own cheerleaders to help him. She considers Guy's offer, and accepts Mac's before he's quite made it. Later that day she gets a message (via model train), telling her to meet someone at the station. Thinking it is from Mac, she goes to the station, but it is Guy who shows up. As a result, she accepts Guy's proposal of marriage. However, in the special, Guy, as a noble gesture, pushes Caroline to marry Mac because they love each other. At the wedding, Caroline and Mac do manage to get married despite some interruptions, but when Caroline is given several helium balloons to hold she starts to float away into the air, which is where the special and thus the series ends.
Caroline's personal life is probably the best known of the characters. She has made very little effort towards her retirement, claiming that she has no pension. As a child, her parents refused her many toys, including a remote-control car and a model-train set. There was a time when she was thirteen where she did not get along with anyone. It is also known that she used to study hard, claiming that homework was the centre of her universe before alcohol. Her parents are still alive, and both call her "Dr. Todd". Apart from a brother, she has a sister who lives in a tower block in London. In one deleted scene, she says that she has a niece she used to read to.
Caroline likes parties, drinking, playing poker (often getting the playing cards mixed with a tarot set) and is learning to play the flute. She also likes to have baths with lots of bubble-bath, moulding the bubbles into the shapes of breasts. She is rather security conscious, and often carries mace to protect herself (she once accidentally attacked Martin, after he pretended to be an armed robber). Her favourite thing in the world is the freesia flower. She has a pet cat, although she has no idea where it came from. Her left hand goes magnetic whenever there is a full moon for reasons that have never been fully explained. She suffers from hard toenails, and she used to smoke but has since quit (although she sometimes smokes when she needs to relax).
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