List of ''Daktari'' episodes

A scene from the Daktari Season 1 episode The Diamond Smugglers, first aired in 1966.

This is a list of Daktari episodes (1966–1968) in the order in which they were released.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
118January 11, 1966 (1966-01-11)May 17, 1966 (1966-05-17)
229September 13, 1966 (1966-09-13)April 11, 1967 (1967-04-11)
327September 5, 1967 (1967-09-05)March 12, 1968 (1968-03-12)
415September 25, 1968 (1968-09-25)January 15, 1969 (1969-01-15)

Episodes

Season 1 (1966)

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Title Directed by Written by Original air date
11"The Elephant Thieves"Otto LangRobert LewinJanuary 11, 1966 (1966-01-11)
A baby elephant heads for Dr. Tracy's study center after a trapper kills its mother.
22"Predator of Wameru"Paul LandresStephen KandelJanuary 18, 1966 (1966-01-18)
Dr. Tracy sets out after a poacher, who has set dozens of animal traps all over the reserve.
33"The Killer Lion"Otto LangWilliam ClarkJanuary 25, 1966 (1966-01-25)
A game guard's old pet lioness's increasing irritability culminates in an attack on a farmer.
44"Adventure of the Lion Cubs"Paul LandresWilliam ClarkFebruary 1, 1966 (1966-02-01)
Dr. Tracy and Jack Dane come across three lion cubs whose mother has been snared in a poacher's trap.
55"Trail of the Cheetah"Andrew MartonAlan Caillou & Stephen KendalFebruary 8, 1966 (1966-02-08)
While Janet Lorne is visiting Wameru, an escaped murderer is reported in the vicinity.
66"Leopard of Madla George"Otto LangArthur WrightFebruary 15, 1966 (1966-02-15)
A professional hunter joins an archaeological expedition, with the job of killing all predatory animals near the camp.
77"The Diamond Smugglers"Paul LandresMalvin WaldMarch 1, 1966 (1966-03-01)
Dr. Tracy pays a visit to two Frenchmen who say they are paleontologists, but who are actually diamond smugglers.
88"The Chimp Who Went Ape"Otto LangRobert LewinMarch 8, 1966 (1966-03-08)
Judy the chimp angers a family of wild chimpanzees when she brings an injured young chimp to the study center.
99"The Killer Dog"Paul LandresWilliam ClarkMarch 15, 1966 (1966-03-15)
A foul-tempered farmer has trained his German Shepherd dog to attack any and all animals from the Wameru reserve. Paula and Jack Dane find the animal caught in a poacher's snare, rescue it, and take it back to Dr. Tracy to be treated and, more importantly, re-trained—a prospect that's not likely to sit well with the dog's owner.
1010"Return of the Killer: Part 1"Andrew MartonRichard CarlsonMarch 22, 1966 (1966-03-22)
After escaping from prison, Roy Meadows, a wounded killer, heads for Wameru to receive medical aid.
1111"Return of the Killer: Part 2"Andrew MartonRichard CarlsonMarch 29, 1966 (1966-03-29)
Held at gunpoint, Paula must try to remove a bullet from escaped killer Roy Meadows.
TitleOriginal AirdateGuest Stars#
The Man-Eater of WameruApril 5, 1966Doris Dowling, Joe Higgins112
A magazine photographer looking for a story lures a hostile tribe of poachers onto the Wameru reserve, thinking that she will get some dramatic pictures to go with the story.
Crisis at the CompoundApril 12, 1966Gloria Manon, David Opatoshu113
Dr. Tracy treats an injured leopard and releases it into the wild, but a visiting trade commissioner who wants to hunt for big game sets his sights on the leopard for his trophy. Dr. Tracy sets out to derail his plans.
The HostagesApril 19, 1966Chips Rafferty, Carl Held114
Clarence the lion and Judy the chimp are kidnapped and held for ransom.
Judy and the HyenaApril 26, 1966Ed Prentiss115
Judy the chimp, who was once bitten by a hyena, gets nervous, scared and agitated when she sees Paul and Jack bring in an injured hyena pup. Dr. Tracy has a difficult time keeping Judy calm enough so he can treat the hyena.
Wall of Flames: Part 1May 3, 1966King Donovan, Michael Pate116
Warned against hunting on the Wameru reserve, a hunter starts a fire to drive the animals out.
Wall of Flames: Part 2May 10, 1966King Donovan, Michael Pate117
Paula and Jack face the dangers of a brush fire started by an unscrupulous hunter.
Judy and the GunrunnersMay 17, 1966Theodore Marcuse118
Dr. Tracy lends a helping hand to Dr. Akubar, a gunrunner posing as an archaeologist.

Season 2 (1966-67)

TitleOriginal AirdateGuest Stars#
The Return of ClarenceSeptember 13, 1966201
Clarence the lion, normally a gentle soul, starts acting oddly after receiving a blow to the head in a jeep accident, becoming edgy, hard to control and growling at everybody. Dr. Tracy suspects that the blow has given Clarence amnesia, a diagnosis seemingly confirmed when Clarence suddenly takes a nasty swipe at Paula.
Deadline to KillSeptember 20, 1966Linden Chiles202
A rancher releases cattle in a plan to entice lions and leopards to kill them, thus giving the rancher an excuse to drive Dr. Tracy from the area and claim the reserve's land. Dr. Tracy must round up the cattle before the big cats become livestock killers.
Daktari's Last HuntSeptember 27, 1966Jack Kelly203
A big-game hunter, angry at Dr. Tracy for closing off the Wameru reserve to hunting, stalks Dr. Tracy and Judy the chimp through the wild, trying to prove that Dr. Tracy will have to kill an animal to survive.
Judy's Hour of PerilOctober 4, 1966204
Judy the chimp switches the vial used for her regular fever shot, causing Paula to accidentally inject her with a deadly virus. Judy then wanders off into the wild. Her human and animal friends race against time to find her and give her the necessary antidote before it's too late.
Cheetah at LargeOctober 11, 1966Raymond St. Jacques205
The Emir of Asambana's prize cheetah is sick, and may not be able to race in an important contest with a rival tribe. The Emir threatens to cut off the Wameru reserve from using the water on his property unless Dr. Tracy cures his cheetah in time for the race.
The TestOctober 18, 1966Rupert Crosse, D'Urville Martin206
Mike searches in the jungle for a tribal chief's son, who has fled into the bush in an attempt to prove to everyone that he's not a coward.
Born to DieOctober 25, 1966207
A pregnant black leopard with a history of killing her previous cubs and attacking her trainer is brought to the center in hopes that Dr. Tracy can change her behavior. However, Judy the chimp fails to lock the leopard's cage and she escapes. Paula is forced to play midwife when she finds the leopard in the bush about to give birth.
The TrialNovember 1, 1966Henri Brown, Robert DoQui208
Dr. Tracy serves as defense counsel for his trained elephant, who is being put on trial by the locals for going on a rampage in a local village and injuring the chief.
Death in the African SunNovember 15, 1966209
Jack is out driving his jeep in the bush with Judy the chimp when the vehicle stalls out. With no water, they're forced to leave the jeep and try to make their way back through the drought-stricken jungle. Jack decides to follow a herd of giraffes, hoping that the animals will lead them to water.
Revenge of the LeopardNovember 22, 1966Doris Dowling210
Dr. Tracy agrees to escort a wealthy, beautiful woman on a filming safari. Unbeknownst to him, the woman's real objective is to find, track and kill a legendary leopard that killed her father years before.
Shoot to KillNovember 29, 1966Trevor Bardette, Joan Huntington, Troy Melton, Gil Perkins, Bruno the Bear211
A sick circus bear escapes into the bush, and Dr. Tracy tries to find it before worried local ranchers kill it, fearful that it will contaminate their water supply.
Cry for HelpDecember 6, 1966Gene Boland, Godfrey Cambridge, Davis Roberts, Paul Winfield212
Dr. Tracy goes looking for a self-styled tribal "healer" he ran out of the area when he finds that the man has the antidote for the venom of a deadly spider that has just bitten Paula.
Clarence the KillerDecember 20, 1966Joe Higgins, William Stevens213
A hunter plots to close the Wameru reserve by turning loose a killer lion against Dr. Tracy and then blaming Clarence the lion for the doctor's death.
The Chimp Who Cried WolfDecember 27, 1966Morey Amsterdam214
A TV comedian visits Dr. Tracy's compound to record the sounds made by animals, but his bumbling disrupts the compound and endangers the lives of Paula, Clarence the lion, and Judy the chimp.
Little Miss NightingaleJanuary 3, 1967215
While Mike is riding in his jeep with Judy the chimp and Clarence the lion, the jeep overturns, pinning Mike underneath it. Mike's survival depends on Judy fending off predatory wild animals and Clarence carrying an emergency message back to the study center.
Judy and the GorillaJanuary 10, 1967Virginia Mayo, Michael O'Shea216
Two hunters raid the Wameru reserve to steal some very valuable animals, kidnapping Judy the chimp in the process. Dr. Tracy has to stop them.
House of LionsJanuary 17, 1967217
An injured and potentially dangerous lioness escapes from Dr. Tracy's compound. Clarence the lion tries to stop her, but ends up injured by a spear from a native's trap and stranded in a hut with a family of wild lions. Dr. Tracy, Paula and Jack attempt to rescue Clarence.
Undercover JudyJanuary 24, 1967Alan Hewitt, Frank Marth218
Hedley accompanies an officer and his Nazi prisoner on a mission to locate microfilm evidence against the Nazi and his cohorts that is supposedly buried on the reserve. However, the officer and prisoner are actually two former German soldiers looking for a cache of buried diamonds. Their plan goes awry when Hedley gives the package of diamonds to Judy the chimp, who hides them.
Countdown for PaulaJanuary 31, 1967Gregory Morton, Vince Howard219
Paula and Dr. Tracy work to remove wildlife from an area soon to be flooded when hydraulic engineers dynamite a levee. An impatient engineer, not knowing that Paula is in the area and annoyed over the time lost saving animals, sets off the dynamite ahead of schedule, releasing a wall of floodwater and endangering Paula's life.
Terror in the BushFebruary 7, 1967220
A jeep accident out in the bush results in Dr. Tracy being seriously injured. Paula and Judy the chimp are the only ones with him and have to find a way to get him safely back through the wild to where he can get medical attention.
Judy and the Baby ElephantFebruary 14, 1967221
A baby elephant is attacked by a leopard and needs medical care, but the adult wild elephants won't let anyone near the injured baby. Dr. Tracy and Judy the chimp must find a way to help the baby elephant before it's too late.
A Bullet for HedleyFebruary 21, 1967Lionel Kranitz, Alan Caillou222
A vicious jewel thief threatens to murder Hedley unless Dr. Tracy gives him a pouch of stolen diamonds that, unknown to him, were taken by Judy the chimp.
Judy the PoacherFebruary 28, 1967Rex Ingram223
Dr. Tracy and Jack ask Hedley to investigate the disappearance of several baby animals from the compound. Hedley soon finds the one responsible for the thefts: it's Judy the chimp.
Goodbye, Mike MakulaMarch 7, 1967Janet MacLachlan224
Mike is attracted to a beautiful visitor to the compound, who offers him an important job back in the U.S. with a foundation she is setting up. But Mike's friends find evidence that the job offer isn't what it appears to be, and try to stop him from leaving.
Operation SpringtimeMarch 14, 1967225
The coming of spring at the Wameru reserve finds Jack and Mike attempting to hatch abandoned ostrich eggs, with help from Judy the chimp and Clarence the lion.
King ClarenceMarch 21, 1967Peter Mamakos226
A valuable royal lion cub needs a blood transfusion, and Clarence the lion has the type of blood needed, but he seems to have disappeared. Dr. Tracy and his friends fan out to find him and save the cub's life.
The Long HuntMarch 28, 1967Harvey Jason227
The nephew of an Indian sultan visits the compound, but his real objective is the revenge killing of a tiger previously donated by his uncle. Only Judy the chimp realizes his plan, and saves the tiger several times until Dr. Tracy catches on to the plot.
Judy and the VultureApril 4, 1967George Mitchell228
Judy the chimp and Clarence the lion "adopt" a vulture as their new friend and playmate, but they don't know that the bird is carrying a lethal virus that makes Clarence very ill.
A Cub Called DangerApril 11, 1967229
Paula discovers a lioness is not feeding her cub. Despite her father's warnings not to interfere with nature, Paula and Judy the chimp decide to "rescue" the cub, endangering the lives of Paula, the cub, and Clarence the lion.

Season 3 (1967-68)

TitleOriginal AirdateGuest Stars#
Judy and the Astro-ChimpSeptember 5, 1967Robert Clarke, Davis Roberts301
Dr. Tracy faces a predicament when Judy the chimp trades places with another chimp who has been trained for the astronaut program, who has somehow made its way into the compound and gotten lost.
The ExecutionSeptember 12, 1967302
A mother leopard behaves strangely by attacking Dr. Tracy and Hedley, but abandoning its cub. Rather than destroy the leopard, Dr. Tracy operates on the leopard for a brain tumor while Judy the chimp secretly adopts the cub.
Crime Wave at WameruSeptember 19, 1967Robert DoQui, Peter Mamakos, Albert Popwell303
A stern, no-nonsense sergeant has been sent to replace District Officer Hedley. In an effort to save his job, Judy the chimp and her animal friends kidnap a lion cub.
Goodbye, WameruSeptember 26, 1967Clarence Williams III304
A well-known African journalist is determined to discredit Wameru in print. Jack, Mike and Paula try to come up with a plan to stop him, but in the end Judy the chimp has the best plan and saves the day.
Killer TribeOctober 3, 1967Don Pedro Colley305
A search party is sent out to look for Judy the chimp when it's discovered that she has left the compound with a stranger suspected of being a member of a very dangerous tribe.
The Scent of FearOctober 10, 1967Nico Minardos306
A new game warden comes to the compound to be trained by Dr. Tracy, but he doesn't get along well with the animals, and is forced to confront an old fear.
Return of the PhantomOctober 17, 1967Percy Rodriguez307
A hunter and Dr. Tracy are both stalking a famous leopard, as Dr. Tracy tries to save the leopard from the hunter.
Countdown for JudyOctober 24, 1967Karl Swenson308
Judy the chimp becomes gravely ill after eating some berries sprayed with poison by a new farmer. Dr. Tracy and his team race against the clock to save Judy by finding out the source and nature of the poison in order to give an antidote.
Judy and the JailbirdsOctober 31, 1967Sterling Holloway, Leonid Kinskey, Albert Popwell309
Dr. Tracy finds himself involved in a scheme by two old ex-cons, who want to return to the safety and comfort of their jail cell, to get caught breaking into the safe in Hedley's office so they can be sent back to prison.
One of Our Cubs Is MissingNovember 7, 1967310
When Jack and Mike release a rescued lion cub back into the jungle over Paula's objections, Paula first sends Judy the chimp to guard the cub and later goes herself, ending up in a dangerous situation.
Judy and the ThoroughbredNovember 14, 1967Doris Dowling311
Dr. Tracy clashes with an Italian countess who, in striving to win races, has mistreated her champion race horse and caused it to go lame.
Return of Ethel and AlbertNovember 21, 1967312
Ethel the hippopotamus and Albert the donkey accidentally escape from Wameru into the bush together, and risk becoming a leopard's prey.
Judy and the WizardNovember 28, 1967Gil Lamb313
Dr. Tracy and his friends try to help an aging magician, whose chimpanzee is getting too old to perform.
Clarence's Love-InDecember 5, 1967314
Clarence the lion runs away and joins a pride of three wild lionesses he meets in the bush, forcing him to choose between remaining in the wild with them or returning to his Wameru home.
The Elephant Raid: Part 1December 12, 1967Kenneth Toby315
When Wameru is threatened by a stampeding elephant herd that has already destroyed a village, a government expert (who is also an old Army friend of Dr. Tracy) plans to kill off the herd against Dr. Tracy's wishes.
The Elephant Raid: Part 2December 19, 1967Kenneth Toby316
Dr. Tracy and his friends race against time to keep a destructive elephant herd from being destroyed by land mines and incendiary charges, while also trying to keep the herd from destroying the Wameru compound.
Miracle in the JungleDecember 26, 1967Jan Clayton, Mel Scott317
A man on the run from the law slips into Wameru to retrieve stolen money he had previously buried there, but when he is frightened away by Clarence the lion, Judy the chimp takes the money and Dr. Tracy ends up being arrested for possession of it.
The Big SwitchJanuary 9, 1968Carl Byrd, Rex Ingram319
When Judy the chimp gives a revitalizing serum to an old native chief who has been banished from his tribe, he comes up with a plan to regain his honor: he's going to singlehandedly kill a lion.
Judy Strikes BackJanuary 23, 1968Tony Monaco321
Dr. Tracy installs an electronic alarm system to protect more than $1 million worth of vaccines. Judy the chimp, angry that she's lost her job as guard, leads a protest against the new system that's replaced her.
The Killer CubJanuary 30, 1968Bruce Bennett322
Local ranchers, angry that a cheetah Dr. Tracy is treating has killed some of their cattle, give him a week to get the animal to stop, or they'll take care of the cheetah themselves.
The Killer of WameruFebruary 27, 1968325
Judy the chimp is nearly killed by native hunters when she tries to help a starving lion that has wandered into the compound. The natives claim the lion has killed cattle, and Dr. Tracy must prove its innocence to get the hunters to spare its life.
The Monster of WameruMarch 5, 1968Albert Popwell, Robert DoQui326
A gorilla-like creature is causing panic among the locals whenever it appears. Hedley wants to kill it, while Dr. Tracy and the others want to capture and study it. Unbeknownst to them, the creature is actually a native in costume hoping to make some quick money by luring tourists to his village.
The Will to LiveMarch 12, 1968326
Serang the tiger gets lost and apparently reverts to wild behavior, threatening the lives of an unarmed Jack and Mike.

Season 4 (1968)

TitleOriginal AirdateGuest Stars#
A Family for JennySeptember 25, 1968Joan Anderson, Erin Moran401
To be written
Return of the PhantomOctober 17, 1968Percy Rodriguez404
Dr. Tracy and a native hunter track down a leopard, and they agree that whoever finds the animal first should decide whether it lives or dies.
Adam and JennyOctober 30, 1968Joan Anderson, Pepe Brown, Louis Gossett, Jr., Erin Moran, Maidie Norman406
Jenny Jones unwittingly causes Dr. Tracy a lot of trouble when, without telling anybody, she finds a home for a runaway orphan boy.
A Man's ManNovember 6, 1968Eddie Applegate, Ross Hagen, Stephen McNally407
Bart Jason heads up a photographic safari for wealthy oilman Chet Rainey and his shy son Ted in the hopes of making them closer, but the trip seemingly widens the gulf between them.
The RunawaysNovember 13, 1968Joan Anderson, Sid Melton408
To be written
The Return of Ethel and AlbertNovember 20, 1968Hedley Mattingly409
Leaving an injured Headley in charge of the compound, Dr. Tracy and his staff search for a hippo and a donkey who have become inseparable buddies.
Once Upon a FangNovember 27, 1968Adolph Caesar, Glynn Turman410
A young man is banished from his tribe after he refuses to take on his father's role as the village storyteller. Ignoring Dr. Tracy's advice, he places himself in mortal danger in order to prove that he can be a great warrior.
The Divining RodsDecember 11, 1968Bruce Bennett, Brett Parker411
The Wameru reserve faces the prospect of a water shortage, due to a severe drought and a water-diversion project being constructed by a stubborn engineer.
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