Doctor Colas

In L'affaire Protheroe, the French adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Murder at the Vicarage for the TV series Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie, Doctor Colas is the doctor of Anne Protheroe. He provided an alibi for Anne for the time of Alexandre Protheroe's death. At that time, he was attending to her. Anne herself had not mentioned this. Pressed as to why she had not mentioned this doctor's appointment, Colas told commissaire Laurence that this could be because she wanted to avoid dragging him in a police investigation. Some time in the past, he had done an abortion for Anne, which was illegal. The character of Dr Colas is played by Jack Claudany. There is no parallel for this character in the original novel. There is Dr Haydock but he does not provide an alibi for Anne there.