In an age of predictable soap operas and sitcoms, DR. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN won a legion of fans - and five Emmy Awards - with its fresh reinvention of the Western. Transplanted from Boston to rough-around-the-edges Colorado Springs, Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn (Jane Seymour) faced an uphill battle adapting to her new surroundings and convincing her neighbours to accept a female physician.