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{{Short description|British comedy film series}}
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The '''''Doctor ''''' films were developed from the [[Doctor (novel series)|series]] of [[comic novel]]s by British physician [[Richard Gordon (English author)|Richard Gordon]] covering the antics of a group of young doctors.  The early films featured [[Dirk Bogarde]] in the lead as Doctor Sparrow and [[Donald Sinden]] as Benskin. Later films starred [[Leslie Phillips]].

The films were directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and produced by [[Betty Box]]. The films inspired several spin-off television series.

The first film, ''[[Doctor in the House]]'', was initiated by Betty Box, who picked up a copy of the book at [[Crewe]] during a long rail journey. She saw its possibility as a film, but Box and Ralph Thomas had a job convincing [[Rank Organisation|Rank]] executives that people would go to a film about doctors, and that Bogarde, who up to then had played [[spiv]]s and World War Two heroes, had sex appeal and could play light comedy. They got a low budget, and were only allowed to use available Rank contract artists.

==Films==
*''[[Doctor in the House]]'' (1954) &mdash; with Bogarde and Sinden
*''[[Doctor at Sea (film)|Doctor at Sea]]'' (1955) &mdash; with Bogarde
*''[[Doctor at Large (film)|Doctor at Large]]'' (1957) &mdash; with Bogarde and Sinden
*''[[Doctor in Love]]'' (1960) &mdash; with [[Michael Craig (actor)|Michael Craig]] and Leslie Phillips instead of Bogarde
*''[[Doctor in Distress (film)|Doctor in Distress]]'' (1963) &mdash; with Bogarde
*''[[Doctor in Clover]]'' (1966) &mdash; with Phillips
*''[[Doctor in Trouble]]'' (1970) &mdash; with Phillips

===Television series===
A successful [[television series]], ''[[Doctor in the House (franchise)|Doctor in the House]]'' and various similar names, followed, from [[London Weekend Television]], [[Seven Network]] (Australia) and the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] .

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