After 'Doctor In Charge' ended, two of its cast members dropped out. Richard O'Sullivan moved onto 'Man About The House' whilst George Layton, though he continued still to provide scripts for the show, moved over to the BBC to appear in 'It Ain't Half Hot, Mum!'. Thus, the path was clear for Robin Nedwell and Geoffrey Davies to take charge at the helm in this short lived sequel.
Dick finally gets the sack from St. Swithin's as a result of his drunken shenanigans and when Professor Loftus refuses to reinstate him, Duncan resigns in protest. The two then secure a job on a luxury holiday cruise liner H. M. S Begonia. However, the job isn't as easy as they hoped it would be as the Captain of the ship is one Norman Loftus, twin brother of Professor Geoffrey Loftus.
A Bingham-esque character included the wonderful John Grieve as a bootlicking Purser whilst Elisabeth Counsell provided some romance as the sexy Nurse Joyce Winton.
'Doctor At Sea' was superior to its last two predecessors 'At Large' and 'In Charge', partly because the move from St. Swithin's made for a nice change, however the public at the time just didn't know what to make of it. Perhaps the absence of Collier and Bingham proved too much for some. Personally, I felt that John Grieve's Purser was far funnier than O'Sullivan's Bingham. The Purser is more of a creep than Bingham and John Grieve is far more naturally funny. Elizabeth Counsell later went on to with Karl Howman in John Esmonde & Bob Larbey's 'Brush Strokes'.
Only 13 episodes ever got made. Despite the final episode being left open-ended, there was no second series. Perhaps just as well as the comic ideas had pretty much been exhausted by that point. The following year, Duncan and Dick were back on terra firma for their last LWT jaunt, 'Doctor On The Go'.
Dick finally gets the sack from St. Swithin's as a result of his drunken shenanigans and when Professor Loftus refuses to reinstate him, Duncan resigns in protest. The two then secure a job on a luxury holiday cruise liner H. M. S Begonia. However, the job isn't as easy as they hoped it would be as the Captain of the ship is one Norman Loftus, twin brother of Professor Geoffrey Loftus.
A Bingham-esque character included the wonderful John Grieve as a bootlicking Purser whilst Elisabeth Counsell provided some romance as the sexy Nurse Joyce Winton.
'Doctor At Sea' was superior to its last two predecessors 'At Large' and 'In Charge', partly because the move from St. Swithin's made for a nice change, however the public at the time just didn't know what to make of it. Perhaps the absence of Collier and Bingham proved too much for some. Personally, I felt that John Grieve's Purser was far funnier than O'Sullivan's Bingham. The Purser is more of a creep than Bingham and John Grieve is far more naturally funny. Elizabeth Counsell later went on to with Karl Howman in John Esmonde & Bob Larbey's 'Brush Strokes'.
Only 13 episodes ever got made. Despite the final episode being left open-ended, there was no second series. Perhaps just as well as the comic ideas had pretty much been exhausted by that point. The following year, Duncan and Dick were back on terra firma for their last LWT jaunt, 'Doctor On The Go'.