Doctor Down Under (1979– )

When Dr. Duncan Waring and Dr. Dick Stuart-Clark find positions at St. Barnabas Hospital in Sydney, they find that life in an Australian hospital is not much different to life in an English... See full summary »

Creator:

Richard Gordon

Stars:

Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, John Derum

Cast

Series cast summary:
Robin Nedwell	...	Dr. Duncan Waring (13 episodes, 1979)
Geoffrey Davies	...	Dr. Dick Stuart-Clark (13 episodes, 1979)
John Derum	...	Dr. Maurice Griffin (13 episodes, 1979)
Frank Wilson	...	Professor Norman Beaumont (12 episodes, 1979)
Jennifer Mellet	...	Linda Franklin (9 episodes, 1979)
Joan Bruce	...	Sister Cummings (8 episodes, 1979)

Storyline

When Dr. Duncan Waring and Dr. Dick Stuart-Clark find positions at St. Barnabas Hospital in Sydney, they find that life in an Australian hospital is not much different to life in an English hospital.

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | medical | doctor | friendship | australia | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 February 1979 (Australia)

Filming Locations:

Hornsby Hospital, Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

7 Network

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min 25 min (13 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Guest star John Bluthal was no stranger to the Doctor Franchise. He had acted in two of the Rank Doctor series Doctor in Distress and Doctor In Trouble.

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Connections

Follows Doctor at Sea (1974)

User Reviews

Doctor Down Under

Robin Nedwell and Geoffrey Davies demonstrate the magic that exists between their respective 'Doctor' characters. Geoffrey portrays himself as the usual cheating, lying, conniving and manipulative womanising gambler. Robin plays the usual combination of responsible, caring doctor, and over-the-top party-boy.

They are well supported by Australian performers. Frank Wilson is Professor Norman Beaumont, a take-off of Professor Sir Geoffrey Loftus from the original 'Doctor' series, and John Derum is Dr Maurice Griffin, a take-off of Dr James Gascoigne.

The scripts are entertaining and enjoyable, and every bit as good as those for the original British episodes.

Overall: Good entertainment for 'Doctor' fans.