"Hugh Lofting Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children's literature. Doctor Dolittle first appeared in the author's illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while serving in the British Army during World War I. Lofting was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire in January 1886 to parents of English and Irish ancestry. His eldest brother was Hilary Lofting, who later became a novelist in Australia, having emigrated there in 1915. Hugh Lofting was educated at"
"in England waiting for his return, and how the Doctor escaped from the moon. The second half of the book deals with the quest of the Doctor for peace and quiet, so he can write a book about the moon and his experiences there. But the constant demands of his patients make the project impossible to complete, so the Doctor attempts to have himself put in jail so he will be able to write his book. Doctor Dolittle's Return Doctor Dolittle's Return, published in 1933, is the ninth book in Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle series. The book was published five"
"Doctor Dolittle in the Moon Doctor Dolittle in the Moon (1928) was intended to be the last of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books, and differs considerably in tone from its predecessors; the stripped down narrative does not have room for any of the sub-plots and tales previously present. Instead there is a growing sense of an event about to happen that is almost spooky in tone. There are some very complex passages for a children’s book; for example, it begins with a meditation about what the writer expects from the reader and vice versa. Doctor Dolittle has landed on the"
"was married three times and had three children, one of whom, his son Christopher, is the executor of his literary estate. Lofting commented, ""For years it was a constant source of shock to me to find my writings amongst 'juveniles'. It does not bother me any more now, but I still feel there should be a category of 'seniles' to offset the epithet."" Hugh Lofting's character Doctor John Dolittle, an English physician from Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in the West Country, who could speak to animals, first saw light in the author's illustrated letters to children, written from the trenches during the War"
"their destination. She eventually comes down with the deadly fever after following the doctor into the heart of the fever area as he tends to the sick. Dr. Leith returns to England a hero, and on his arrival, learns that Lady Fielding, who was saved by the doctor's newly discovered serum, has left her husband and is coming to join him. A Fox film of the novel, released in 1934, was produced by Jesse L. Lasky and directed by Irving Cummings. Grand Canary (novel) Grand Canary is the third novel by British author A. J. Cronin, initially published in 1933."
"the doctor’s inability to remove the metal fragments. Soon after his injury he left active service and moved to the United States where he wrote his popular children’s series about a country physician who learned to communicate with animals. Lofting wrote his ""Dr. Dolittle"" series in order to give the animals he saw in World War I a voice they didn't have. In a larger sense, however, it was clear from the start that the ""Dr. Dolittle"" series was about the cruelty of war itself and the hope that Lofting saw from peace and cooperation. As early as 1924, Lofting"
"Thus, Lofting and the narrator, as a single person, hope that the “slain” can lead the world to an enlightened peace. Victory for the Slain Victory for the Slain is an anti-war poem written by children’s author Hugh Lofting, creator of the ""Dr. Dolittle"" series. Published in 1942, the poem is based on Lofting’s experiences during World War I and one of the strongest literary expressions of his pacifism. It was Lofting’s second book of verse but the only work written by him for adults. Lofting was a pacifist and was often frustrated at the quickness in which governments resorted"
"Sea Snail. When they come back to England the Doctor and his crew go back to Puddleby in the doctor's house and Dub-Dub says they are just in time for tea. Plain text. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle was the second of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books to be published, coming out in 1922. It is nearly five times as long as its predecessor and the writing style is pitched at a more mature audience. The scope of the novel is vast; it is divided into six parts and the illustrations are also more sophisticated."
"Doctor Dolittle's Post Office Doctor Dolittle's Post Office is the third of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books. Set on the West Coast of Africa, the book follows the episodic format of most other books in the series. In the beginning of the book, Doctor Dolittle helps to capture a slave trader's ship, then organizes the postal service of a small African kingdom, Fantippo, ruled over by King Koko. Over the course of later chapters, he discovers a hidden island populated by prehistoric creatures, gets thrown into another African jail, invents animal alphabets, and defeats at least two armies. Each of"
"in the original film version of ""Doctor in the House"". He also played the part of Prof. Sir Loftus' identical twin brother, Capt. Norman Loftus, heading the cruise ship in ""Doctor at Sea"". Doctor in the House (franchise) Doctor in the House is the American collective name for seven separate British and Australian television comedy series inspired by a series of cinema films, which in turn were based on and inspired by a series of books by Richard Gordon, about the misadventures of a group of medical students — and their later misadventures as doctors. The first five series, ""Doctor"
"Grand Canary (novel) Grand Canary is the third novel by British author A. J. Cronin, initially published in 1933. Set in Spain, the novel tells the story of Dr. Harvey Leith, an English physician who is wrongfully blamed for the deaths of three patients and leaves his country in disgrace, ultimately finding redemption when thrust into the middle of a yellow fever epidemic in the Canary Islands. Lady Mary Fielding, who is to join her husband in the Canaries, and Dr. Leith, who plans to drown his sorrows in drink, engage in a romance on the steamship en route to"
"which was filmed and based in Australia, was produced by Australia's Seven Network in 1979. The final series, ""Doctor at the Top"", was produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1991. The same theme music — ""Bond Street Parade"" by Alan Tew — was used for all of the ""Doctor"" television series, including the Australian series ""Doctor Down Under"". The plot revolved around the trials of medical students at St Swithin's hospital in London. The major protagonists were: The main antagonist is the well-respected and ill-tempered surgeon Professor (later Sir) Geoffrey Loftus (Ernest Clark). Most of the plot lines revolve"
"in the charity anthology ""Perfect Timing"" (1998). In the first, ""Wish Upon A Star Beast"" by Steve Lyons, the Doctor and Grant encounter a group of killer Meeps in the Santaland amusement centre in Norway during the 22nd century. The second story, ""Schrödinger’s Botanist"" by Ian McIntire, covers a longer span of time, during which Grant and the Doctor have many adventures and are also accompanied by a Legion (a member of a multidimensional alien race that appears in the Virgin novels ""Lucifer Rising"" and ""The Crystal Bucephalus""). During the course of the story, Grant links his mind to a"
"is secretly working on a project with Mr. Ratikan to further increase his power. Dr. Kincaid – A doctor who secretly lives in the Flatlands to supervise the terrible events to occur in Atherton. He traveled to Atherton without losing his memories. He was Dr. Harding's colleague, but now views him as a mad scientist. Dr. Harding – The creator of Atherton. He was discovered by Dr. Kincaid and his fellow scientists as a child and soon displayed unparalleled genius. While creating Atherton, he delved into insanity, perhaps developing a god complex. Atherton: The House of Power Atherton: The House"
"The Doctor Trap The Doctor Trap is a BBC Books original novel written by Simon Messingham and based on the long-running science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". It features the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble. It was published on September 4, 2008, alongside ""Ghosts of India"" and ""Shining Darkness"". Sebastiene was perhaps once human. He might look like a 19th-century nobleman but in truth he is a ruthless hunter. He likes nothing more than luring difficult opposition to a planet then hunting them down for sport. And now he's caught them all - from Zargregs to Moogs, and even the"
"the animals in the Dolittle family also tells a personal story. The postal program grows into a worldwide postal and publishing service for the benefit of animals everywhere. The final segment of the book is the Doctor's journey to meet Mudface the Turtle, the oldest living creature on Earth, who survived the Great Flood. The extensive tale of the Great Flood is presented in a later volume of the series, ""Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake"". Doctor Dolittle's Post Office Doctor Dolittle's Post Office is the third of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books. Set on the West Coast of Africa,"
"a number of TV series very loosely based on the books, and a 13-part radio series on the BBC in 1968 starring Richard Briers as Sparrow. Doctor in the House (novel) Doctor in the House is a comic novel by Richard Gordon, published in 1952. Set in the fictitious St. Swithin's Hospital in London, the story concerns the exploits and various pranks of a young medical student. In film adaptations, the character is named Simon Sparrow, but in the novel names him Richard Gordon It is the first of a series of 'Doctor' novels written by Gordon, himself a surgeon"
"of Time"". the audio was poorly received, critically. The Doctor Trap The Doctor Trap is a BBC Books original novel written by Simon Messingham and based on the long-running science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". It features the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble. It was published on September 4, 2008, alongside ""Ghosts of India"" and ""Shining Darkness"". Sebastiene was perhaps once human. He might look like a 19th-century nobleman but in truth he is a ruthless hunter. He likes nothing more than luring difficult opposition to a planet then hunting them down for sport. And now he's caught them all"
"Victory for the Slain Victory for the Slain is an anti-war poem written by children’s author Hugh Lofting, creator of the ""Dr. Dolittle"" series. Published in 1942, the poem is based on Lofting’s experiences during World War I and one of the strongest literary expressions of his pacifism. It was Lofting’s second book of verse but the only work written by him for adults. Lofting was a pacifist and was often frustrated at the quickness in which governments resorted to armed conflict to resolve international issues. Lofting would often mock the reoccurring “latest war to end all wars” mentality and"
"the campaign to defeat the Gods, with the role of the Doctor being played by Peter Cushing. Salvation (novel) Salvation is a BBC Books original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". It features the First Doctor, Dodo, and Steven. The novel expands and elaborates on the circumstances under which Dodo first begins to travel with the Doctor. The ""gods"" of this story are created in the same way as the inhabitants of ""The Crooked World"", another ""Doctor Who"" novel by Steve Lyons. Reference is made to a film called"
"incident to UNIT, while the survivors try to carry on with their lives. The Hollow Men (novel) The Hollow Men is a BBC Books original novel written by Martin Day and Keith Topping and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". It features the Seventh Doctor, and Ace and uses elements from the Fifth Doctor serial ""The Awakening"". In the early years of the 21st century, the Doctor brings Ace to Hexen Bridge, site of a brutal massacre on the eve of the English Civil War. Ostensibly he's come to attend a school reunion, as he's"
"The Hollow Men (novel) The Hollow Men is a BBC Books original novel written by Martin Day and Keith Topping and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". It features the Seventh Doctor, and Ace and uses elements from the Fifth Doctor serial ""The Awakening"". In the early years of the 21st century, the Doctor brings Ace to Hexen Bridge, site of a brutal massacre on the eve of the English Civil War. Ostensibly he's come to attend a school reunion, as he's on the board of governors, but he admits to Ace that his real"
"versions of the First Doctor, or the Doctor's potential future incarnations. The Virgin Missing Adventure ""Cold Fusion"" by Lance Parkin implies that one of these prior Doctors was the incarnation of the Doctor active at the time of the birth of Susan Foreman. However, the subsequent Virgin New Adventures novel ""Lungbarrow"" states that Hartnell's Doctor was the first, implying instead that the faces represent incarnations of the Other, one of the founders of Time Lord civilisation, of whom the Doctor is the reincarnation. It has been suggested that there are many thematic links to Mary Shelley's novel ""Frankenstein"", and particularly"
"Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts Never Before Printed"" (1920) begins the series. The sequel ""The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle"" (1922) won the prestigious Newbery Medal. The next three, ""Doctor Dolittle's Post Office"" (1923), ""Doctor Dolittle's Circus"" (1924), and ""Doctor Dolittle's Caravan"" (1926) take place during and/or after the events of ""The Story of Doctor Dolittle"". Five more novels followed, and after Lofting's death in 1947, two more volumes of short, previously unpublished pieces appeared. The stories, in order of publication, are: ""Gub Gub's Book: An Encyclopaedia of Food"" (1932) is purportedly written by the pig. It"
"two Satellite Awards for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama, and two TCA Awards for Individual Achievement in Drama. Laurie has also earned a total of six Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. Gregory House Gregory House, M.D. (born 1959) is the title character of the American medical drama series ""House"". Created by David Shore and portrayed by English actor Hugh Laurie, he leads a team of diagnosticians as the Head of Diagnostic Medicine at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in Princeton, New Jersey."
"Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and, in some stories, Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield or Philip Olivier as Hex. In one of these stories, ""The Rapture"", Ace discovers that she has a brother named Liam, of whom she had no previous knowledge. As the more experienced traveller, Ace has developed a slightly flirtatious mentor-teacher relationship with Hex. How the audio plays tie in with the other media is not clear, and the continuity of the various lines may not match up with each other. In 1996, Virgin's Doctor Who Books imprint published a hardback by Sophie Aldred and Mike"
"The Face-Eater The Face-Eater is an original novel written by Simon Messingham and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". It features the Eighth Doctor and Sam. On Earth's first space colony, Proxima II, an expedition to a nearby mountain disappears and only one survivor, Jake Leary, returns, apparently turned insane by the experience, he breaks out of hospital and vanishes. Afterwards mutilated bodies begin appearing on the streets, causing the colony's workers to send a distress signal against the wishes of their leader, Helen Percival. The Doctor and Sam arrive in response to the signal,"
"Dr. Finlay Dr. Finlay is a fictional character, the hero of a series of stories by Scottish author A. J. Cronin. First appearing in Cronin's novella entitled ""Country Doctor"" and in several subsequent short stories published in ""Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan"" magazine from 1935 through 1939, Dr. Finlay Hylsop is a general physician beginning his practice in the fictional Scottish town of Levenford. One of the later short stories would take him to the lochside village of Tannochbrae. In these stories, he was charming and became well-acquainted with his patients over many years. It was thus his trademark to"
"second mini-series and ""The Resuscitation"" are scheduled to be collected as ""Witch Doctor Vol. 2: Mal Practice"" in June 2013. A first issue was printed in July 2010, Black and White, with title ""First Incision - Interview with the Tapeworm"", the flipbook with ""The Walking Dead"" #85 is the same, but colored. ""Witch Doctor"" combines elements of the horror and medical drama genres. The protagonist, Dr. Vincent Morrow, is a maverick doctor who specializes in ""supernatural medicine,"" supplementing common medical practices with magic. Dr. Morrow's ""cases"" predominantly involve infectious supernatural creatures like vampires, demonic possession, as well as elements based"
"in the series have also become international bestsellers, particularly in Canada, where Taylor has resided since 1970. When ""An Irish Country Christmas"" appeared in mass market paperback in 2010 it reached No 17 on the ""New York Times"" and 86 on the ""USA Today"" bestseller lists. Set in Ballybucklebo, a fictional village in rural Northern Ireland, the series follows novice doctor Barry Laverty as he begins his assistantship at the practice of Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly. The sixth and eighth books of the series, ""A Dublin Student Doctor"" and ""Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor"", explore the life of Dr. O'Reilly prior"
"world, with the sole exception perhaps of London-bridge. Hugh Lofting's book ""Doctor Dolittle"", published in 1951, names a quarrelsome London sparrow with a Cockney accent Cheapside. He lives most of the year in St. Edmund's left ear in St. Paul's Cathedral and is invited to the African country of Fantippo to deliver mail to cities because the other birds are not able to navigate city streets. Cheapside is also depicted in Rosemary Sutcliff's 1951 children's historical novel ""The Armourer's House"", along with other parts of Tudor London. In a more contemporary treatment, the Cheapside of the Middle Ages was referenced"
"his first incarnation (David Bradley) who is facing similar reservations about his pending regeneration. In the Christmas special ""Twice Upon A Time"", the two Doctors reflect on their lives and, after witnessing the Christmas armistice of 1914, both decide to move on to their next forms. Alone in his TARDIS, the Twelfth Doctor speaks words of advice directed to his successor before regenerating into the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker). New Series Adventures released novels starring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald in September 2014: ""Silhouette"", ""The Crawling Terror"", and ""The Blood Cell"". The next wave was released in September 2015,"
"and professional rivals to be addressed. Alan Lewrie Alan Lewrie (KB BT) is the fictional hero and main character of Dewey Lambdin's naval adventure series of novels set during the American and the French Revolutions and the Napoleonic Wars. Alan Lewrie provides a departure from other heroes of the genre. C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower, Alexander Kent's Richard Bolitho, and Dudley Pope's Lord Ramage are much more in the traditional hero mode in attitudes and upbringing. Hornblower is the son of a country doctor packed off to sea after the death of his parents, Bolitho and Ramage are the sons of"