Guppy Sandhu
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Gurpreet "Guppy" Sandhu is a character in the British medical drama Casualty. He is portrayed by actor Eyles Gabel.
| Guppy Sandhu | |
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| First appearance | 19x8 |
| Information | |
| Occupation | Senior house officer |
| Portrayed by | Elyes Gabel |
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[edit] Background
Guppy is a Specialist trainee (formally Senior house officer) at Holby City Hospital Accident and Emergency Department, and has been in the cast since October 2004 (series 19 ep 8). He is more or less single, mid to late twenties (his exact age has never been mentioned in canon) and shares a house with colleague John "Abs" Denham.
[edit] Character History
Initially Guppy found it difficult to settle into the department both professionally and socially, causing him to strongly consider resigning. However, his high level of competence and dedication saw him through, and he withdrew his resignation.
Guppy's father Jaswant (Jas), a senior consultant at Holby City Hospital, was introduced to the cast as an occasional character in the later half of series 19. There were clearly problems with the father-son relationship from the outset, revealing Guppy's very strict upbringing. Jas undermined Guppy at more or less every appearance, denting the young doctor's confidence. Eventually he stood up to his father.
Towards the end of series 19 Guppy learned that Jas was involved in a dodgy drugs trial, and was wrongly led to believe that his consultant and boss Harry Harper was also involved. After a very big row, Guppy hacked into his father's computer and sent evidence of the trial by email to Harry, who used it to get Jas suspended. When Jas discovered what had happened, Guppy was disowned by his family.
In November of series 20 Guppy had an argument with a racist thug named Lee, who he refused to treat after being verbally abused. Lee later returned with a gang and beat Guppy up outside the department. One of his colleagues, Abs Denham, witnessed the assault but did not intervene. Although he refused to take time off work, Guppy was clearly emotionally badly affected by the assault and the intimidation that followed. When he refused to let the charges drop, Lee's gang beat Jas to a near-death condition.
Shortly before the new year of 2006, Jas learned that he had an incurable brain tumor, and begged Guppy to help him die. Guppy nearly gave into the pressure, but ultimately refused. When Jas committed suicide with a plastic bag, Guppy was devastated and was forced to take compassionate leave to recover.
After a quiet spell, Guppy underwent a brief period of mild sexual harassment from colleague Kelsey Phillips, who teased him about his virginity and possible romantic attention from Nathan Spencer. After Kelsey persuading a patient's friend to strip in front of him the teasing more or less subsided. At a party shortly after Guppy, normally teetotal, got drunk and thought that he had slept with Kelsey, which he later learned was untrue. More recently he has shown some romantic inclinations towards emergency medical technician Cyd Pyke, although any real reciprocation on her part is yet to be seen. He has also attracted the attention of receptionist Alice Chantrey.
In the 2006/7 New Year's special, Guppy was involved in a building collapse, during which he was trapped in the cellar of a recently burning brothel. He was attacked by the arsonist responsible whilst trying to help a critically ill patient, but ultimately was able to talk the man around. He escaped with no major injuries, and used the event to his advantage by suggesting the possibility of a date to Alice. By the next episode he seemed a little less keen on the idea, particularly when she began questioning him about his father. The fact that he had been bitten by a fish whilst surfing and had to have Abs urinate on it may also have been something to do with it. Prospects of a relationship between the two also looked increasingly unlikely when Alice made a complaint of sexual harassment against Harry, to whom Guppy is fiercely loyal.
[edit] Trivia
- Guppy was raised as a Sikh.
[edit] External links
Holby.tv, official fansite BBC Casualty Website
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| Shows |
| Casualty: Series 1 · Series 2 · Series 3 · Series 4 · Series 5 · Series 6 · Series 7 · Series 8 · Series 9 · Series 10 · Series 11 · Series 12 · Series 13 · Series 14 · Series 15 · Series 16 · Series 17 · Series 18 · Series 19 · Series 20 · Series 21
Holby City: Series 1 · Series 2 · Series 3 · Series 4 · Series 5 · Series 6 · Series 7 · Series 8 · Series 9 Forthcoming: HolbyBlue |
| Casualty characters |
| Charlie · Tess · Abs · Selena · Sam · Guppy · Maggie · Kelsey · Nathan · Alice · Greg · Dixie · Cyd · Jeff · Nadia · Stitch |
| Holby City characters |
| Ric · Diane · Donna · Connie · Mark · Lola · Elliot · Jac · Sam · Joseph · Kyla · Daniel · Maria · Maddy · Faye |
