It aired in 2009 and was shot in Lastres, Asturias, called the fictional village of San Martín del Sella. Home media Series 1, 2 and 3 and "On the Edge" were released separately in Region 1 and 2 and in the "complete Series 1 to 3" box set. Series 3 was released on 2 February 2010 and Series 4 was released in Region 1 and 2 on 6 July 2010. Series 5 was released in Region 1 on 5 June 2012 and Region 2 on 5 March 2012. A complete boxset of Series 1-5 is also available in Region 2. Series 6 of Doc Martin was released in Region 1 in December 2013 and in the UK (Region 2) on 24 March 2014. Series 7 of Doc Martin was released on DVD/Blu-ray in Region 1 on 8 December 2015 and in the UK (Region 2) on 16 November 2015. In Region 4, Series 1, 2, 4, and "On the Edge" were released separately and in a nine-disc boxset entitled "Doc Martin: Comedy Cure", as well as an earlier seven-disc boxset not including Series 4. The two Sky Pictures telefilms were individually released in Region 4 (as "Doc Martin: volume 1" and "Doc Martin: volume 2, the Legend of the Cloutie") on the Magna Pacific label. In Region 1, Series 1 was released in June 2007 by Image Entertainment of Chatsworth, CA as a 2-DVD set (Catalog No. ID3505PKDVD) simply titled Doc Martin. Region 4 (Australia) Releases: Airings beyond the UK As of 2018, Doc Martin was seen in New Zealand on TVNZ 1, In Iceland on RUV, In Italy on Hallmark Channel from September 2007 (seasons 1-3), Rai 3 from May 2010 and various reruns, and in streaming on RaiPlay, In Australia on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) network and Foxtel pay-television subscription network via its UK-TV channel and also on various public broadcasting stations around the US and Canada, the showings of which were arranged through syndicator American Public Television. As of 2021, it was streaming on Netflix, PlutoTV and Tubi. Novelisations Two novels by Sam Hawksmoor writing as "Sam North," were published by Ebury in 2013. The first, Practice Makes Perfect, adapts the teleplays of series one; the second, Mistletoe and Whine, adapts the teleplays of series two. The author employs some time-line shifting, linked to character internalisation and point of view, so the narratives are not always as