Concerned at the number of chitties ( medical certificates ) being issued to the ship's crew, Captain Loftus orders that the practice must cease. Dick persuades Duncan that the chitties have been issued for legitimate reasons, namely that the crew really are ill. An angry Duncan protests against Loftus' decision by organising industrial action, which in nautical parlance is known as a 'mutiny'...
George Layton and Jonathan Lynn deliver the goods once again; a funny script which pits Duncan's 'Fletcher Christian' against Loftus' 'Captain Bligh'. Of course the mutiny doesn't go smoothly, and Dick finally comes clean and admits he has been selling the chitties to the crew. Bob Todd is introduced as the permanently depressed 'Entertainments Officer'. He appeared as a police sergeant in the 'In Charge' episode 'Which Doctor?'.
Funniest moment - the Entertainments Officer going for a dip in the pool, only to find out that it is empty!
There's a 'Billy Liar'-type dream sequence in which Duncan sees himself as the hero of a pirate movie and with Loftus as 'Long John Silver'. The action is courtesy of 'Havoc', a stunt team who also worked on some of the Jon Pertwee episodes of 'Dr.Who'. Ten lashes to the person who decided it needed to be shot through a red filter.
George Layton and Jonathan Lynn deliver the goods once again; a funny script which pits Duncan's 'Fletcher Christian' against Loftus' 'Captain Bligh'. Of course the mutiny doesn't go smoothly, and Dick finally comes clean and admits he has been selling the chitties to the crew. Bob Todd is introduced as the permanently depressed 'Entertainments Officer'. He appeared as a police sergeant in the 'In Charge' episode 'Which Doctor?'.
Funniest moment - the Entertainments Officer going for a dip in the pool, only to find out that it is empty!
There's a 'Billy Liar'-type dream sequence in which Duncan sees himself as the hero of a pirate movie and with Loftus as 'Long John Silver'. The action is courtesy of 'Havoc', a stunt team who also worked on some of the Jon Pertwee episodes of 'Dr.Who'. Ten lashes to the person who decided it needed to be shot through a red filter.