10th May 1975 to 7th October 1978
Written by Angus P. Allan, Drawn by John Cooper (JC), Harry North (HN), Bill Titcombe (BT) and Unknown.



     


Started: 1st June 1974 - No.21
Replacing: Doctor In Charge


Ended: 7th October 1978 - No.41
Replaced By:
Mind Your Language

 


PART 4

"You can't make a monkey out of a doc"
26/11/77 No.48 >>
The lads meet Major Milton Maudsley in the local, he is very depressed because his best friend Caruthers is dying, and he says he will offer a fortune to anyone who can cure him.  So the lads arrange for Caruthers to be admitted to St. Swithin's, but when their patient arrives they are shocked to find Caruthers is a monkey!!!...
(BT)


"A Short-ish Break"
<< 14/1/78 No.3 >>
Andrew Mackenzie invites Dunc and Dick skiing in Scotland, they assume Andrew has sorted the digs, but when they get there they find he hasn't!  So Dick thinks it's a good idea to cosh a local bobby to get a night in a police cell, Duncan is sure it will turn into a long stretch until an emergency happens and they are given a chance to make amends...
(BT)

"The Prince"
<< 18/2/78 No.8 to 18/3/78 No.12
A prince is admitted to St. Swithin's, and he is so impressed with his treatment he has Dunc, Dick and Loftus flown out to help set up a new hospital in his home country Abu Fawzi, but whilst there Dunc's party is kidnapped by Arab terrorists...
(BT)

"Monkey Business"
25/3/78 No.13 to 15/4/78 No.16
Dunc dresses as a gorilla for a fancy dress ball.  On is way there his party is berated by a gang of kids, so he puts on the head mask a tries to scare them away. meanwhile a gorilla has escaped from the local zoo, but a policeman spots the commotion and thinks Dunc is the escaped gorilla!  Unfortunately Gascoigne has put glue on the head and Dunc can't convince the policeman he is a man...
(BT)

"Hospital Heartthrob"
22/4/78 No.17 to 13/5/78 No.20
A nurse who Dunc fancies is going on incessantly about her favourite heartthrob Vance McCann, so Dunc writes a letter to a popular movie mag insulting Vince.  By a twist of fate Vance hurts himself on the set of his latest movie and is rushed to St. Swithin's...
(BT)

"Take A Letter"
20/5/78 No.21 to 10/6/78 No.24
Lofty gives Dunc an important letter to post, he decides to post it the next morning and goes out with the lads, but every pub they go in they end up annoying the landlord.  When they finally settle in a pub, Dunc realises he has lost the letter and must trawl all the pubs they've just been chucked out of to find it!...
(BT)

"Horse Play"
17/6/78 No.25 to 8/7/78 No.28
Duncan organises a jousting tournament, but can't afford to hire horses, so it will be a trolley joust, that is until Lofty steps in, he has a friend who can loan Dunc some horses, trouble is none of the lads have ridden much before...
(BT)

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