Fan Casting Dra. Christine Palmer in Strange Tales

- It was hard not to think it was you, judging by the noise you were making. - 🙄 I know what you're going to say, Christine. - I imagine you do. Don't need to go through this to understand how awful it was, but just the fact that you still have your hands is a miracle. - My hands trembling, you mean? - West did the best he could, Strange. - Wow, I really appreciate it, but a neurosurgeon who can't operate is like a clown without a red nose in a circus. - Saying it like that makes it sound like they didn't even offer you another position knowing this, remember? - Christine...I don't need charity. - Charity, Strange? Seriously?! - I'm being very serious, YES! I don't need anyone to pity me and want to "help" me just because of this. - ...Why do you act this way? - ...Seeing the world as it is can sometimes be ugly, Christine. You get used to it [he turns to leave]. - At times like these, I realize why it didn't work out. - ...I was honest about it, at least. We both were. A colleague of Stephen's, Palmer is an emergency room doctor and surgeon who previously had a relationship with him - until it ended precisely because of his egocentric personality. Even so, Palmer always tries to see the good in people and help them, being one of the few capable of truly confronting Strange's arrogance - and even questioning its true origin.