Doctor (novel series)

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]

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

• Doctor in the House, which first ran on ITV from July 1969 to July 1970, with a total of 26 thirty-minute episodes.[7]
• Doctor at Large, which first ran on ITV from February to September 1971, with a total of 29 thirty-minute episodes.[8]
• Doctor in Charge, which first ran on ITV from April 1972 to December 1973, with a total of 43 thirty-minute episodes.[9]
• Doctor at Sea, which first ran on ITV from April to July 1974, with a total of 13 thirty-minute episodes.[10]
• Doctor on the Go, which first ran on ITV from April 1975 to April 1977, with a total of 26 thirty-minute episodes.[11]
• Doctor Down Under, which first ran on Australian Channel Seven from February to May 1979, with a total of 13 thirty-minute episodes.[12]
• Doctor at the Top, which first ran on BBC 1 from February to April 1991, with a total of 7 thirty-minute episodes.[13]

• Doctor in the House, a 13 part BBC Radio 4 adaptation began in September 1968, starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow and Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt.[14]
• Doctor at Large, a 13 part BBC Radio 4 series started in June 1969, with Briers and Sumner reprising their roles.[15]