Doctor on Toast

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Doctor on Toast
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First edition
Author Richard Gordon
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Series Doctor series
GenreComedy
Publisher Michael Joseph
Publication date
1961
Media typePrint
Preceded by Doctor in Clover  
Followed by Doctor in the Swim  

Doctor on Toast is a 1961 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. Part of his long-running Doctor series, it features Doctor Grimsdyke and his superior Sir Lancelot Spratt in a series of amusing situations.

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Adaptation

The novel provided a loose inspiration for the 1970 film Doctor in Trouble starring Leslie Phillips and Robert Morley. [1]

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References

  1. Goble p.187

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