The Doctor novels are a series of 18 comic novels by British physician Richard Gordon, covering the antics of a group of young doctors.
[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.
[6] The films inspired in turn to seven different Doctor television series between 1969 and 1991, totalling 157 thirty-minute episodes: