Director Icke turned the Jewish doctor Bernhardi into a woman, Ruth Wolff. The priest is now a black man. As a result of the incident, Wolff finds herself so heavily criticised by others that the future of her hospital is at stake. Meanwhile, a colleague uses her misfortune as an opportunity to manipulate an internal appointment procedure in his favour.

Racial prejudice and hidden agendas: it makes The doctor a thriller in which clashing views about the way we see ourselves and the world we live in today create an explosive cocktail.