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The Doctor novels are a series of 18 comic novels by British physician Richard Gordon, covering the antics of a group of young doctors. [1] They were published between 1952 and 1986. [2]

Contents

Books

Adaptations

Films

The seven Doctor films were developed from the books, directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty Box. [3] The early films featured Dirk Bogarde in the lead as Doctor Sparrow and Donald Sinden as Benskin. [4] Later films starred Leslie Phillips. [5] The first film came in 1954 and the last in 1970. [6]

Television series

The films inspired in turn to seven different Doctor television series between 1969 and 1991, totalling 157 thirty-minute episodes:

Radio series

See also

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