The Doctor novels are a series of 18 comic novels by British physician Richard Gordon, covering the antics of a group of young doctors.[1] They were published between 1952 and 1986.[2]
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: