History Film / CarryOnDoctor

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Sid James would've gotten a bigger role, but he'd recently had a heart attack, which is why his character is constantly in bed.

* ShoutOut: When the Cox and Carter man visits Francis Bigger's room, the theme music from ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' is played.

It was released in late 1967, and starred [[SpecialGuest famous British comedian]] Creator/FrankieHowerd, Creator/SidJames, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/KennethWilliams, Creator/JimDale, Creator/BarbaraWindsor, Creator/JoanSims, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/HattieJacques, Anita Harris, and Creator/PeterButterworth.

Secondly, there are the patients in the ward: [[BrilliantButLazy Charlie Roper]] (James) is a lazy workshy man who constantly finds ways to make himself seem worse off than he is; Mr. Barron (Hawtrey) is thought to be suffering from prenatal depression due to his wife Mildred (Gwendolyn Watts) waiting patiently for her labor to commence, so is sent to have pregnancy classes with expecting mothers; Ken Biddle (Bresslaw) is suffering from a broken leg after falling off the surgery table during his appendix operation, who also has feelings for Mavis Winkle (Dilys Laye) in the female ward; and Mr. Smith (Butterworth) who has had a lump removed.

* TheCameo: Series regular Dilys Laye as the love interest to Ken, Mavis.

** Francis, who plays up the AnnoyingPatient to a T.

* LandingInSomeonesBathtub: Kilmore falls off the roof and lands in a bath in a nurse's house, who is really convinced that he was trying to attack her, landing him in investigation for sexual harrassment.

-->'''Francis Bigger''', TemptingFate.

* Malaproper: Sam and Henry the ambulance drivers in a DeletedScene:

* NoNameGiven: Subverted with the two ambulance drivers. Their names aren't revealed until the end of the film, when Tinkle refers to them as Sam and Henry.

It was released in late 1967, and starred [[SpecialGuest famous British comedian]] Creator/FrankieHowerd, Creator/SidJames, Creator/KennethWilliams, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/JimDale, Creator/BarbaraWindsor, Creator/HattieJacques, Creator/JoanSims, Anita Harris, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/PeterButterworth, and Dilys Laye.

Secondly, there are the patients in the ward: [[BrilliantButLazy Charlie Roper]] (James) is a lazy workshy man who constantly finds ways to make himself seem worse off than he is; Mr. Barron (Hawtrey) is thought to be suffering from prenatal depression due to his wife Mildred (Gwendolyn Watts) waiting patiently for her labor to commence, so is sent to have pregnancy classes with expecting mothers; Ken Biddle (Bresslaw) is suffering from a broken leg after falling off the surgery table during his appendix operation, who also has feelings for Mavis Winkle (Laye) in the female ward; and Mr. Smith (Butterworth) who has had a lump removed.

Finally, there's the staff: Dr. Kenneth Tinkle (Williams), who doesn't believe in Charlie's ongoing illness because his blood tests show healthy results; Matron (Jacques) who has feelings for Dr. Tinkle; Dr. Jim Kilmore (Dale), who is secretly hated by Dr. Tinkle and Matron; Nurse Clarke (Harris), who has feelings for Dr. Kilmore; and Nurse Sandra May (Windsor), who also has feelings for Dr. Tinkle.

-->'''Francis Bigger''', TemptingFate

It was released in late-1967, and starred regulars Creator/SidJames, Creator/JoanSims, Creator/JimDale, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/PeterButterworth, Creator/HattieJacques, Anita Harris, Creator/KennethWilliams and Creator/BarbaraWindsor, as well as the first ''Carry On'' film featuring [[SpecialGuest famous British]] comedian Creator/FrankieHowerd.

This was the second ''Carry On'' to be about the [[PuttingTheMedicInComedic medical profession]] or set in a hospital; the first being ''Film/CarryOnNurse'' back in 1959. It focuses on the antics of the patients and the medical staff in a hospital, who have lots of personal problems either in their private lives or with each other.

Firstly, a faith leader named Francis Bigger (Howerd), who tours around the UK promoting positive thinking about health, is admitted to hospital after falling off the stage at one of his lectures -- a thing that he loathes because he doesn't believe in medical care -- but he is rather grateful that he is away from his deaf assistant Chloe Gibson (Sims).

Secondly, there are the patients in the ward: [[BrilliantButLazy Charlie Roper]] (James) is a lazy workshy man who constantly finds ways to make himself seem worse off than he is; Mr Barron (Hawtrey) is thought to be suffering from prenatal depression due to his wife waiting patiently for her labor to commence, so is sent to have pregnancy classes with expecting mothers; and patient Ken Biddle (Bresslaw) is suffering from a broken leg after falling off the surgery table during his appendix operation, who also has feelings for another patient (Dilys Laye) in the female ward.

Finally, there's the staff: Dr Kenneth Tinkle (Williams), who doesn't believe in Roper's ongoing illness because his blood tests show healthy results; Matron (Jacques) who has feelings for Tinkle; Dr Jim Kilmore (Dale), who is secretly hated by Tinkle and Matron; Nurse Clarke (Harris), who has feelings for Kilmore; Nurse May (Windsor), who also has feelings for Dr Kilmore.

To see the critically acclaimed medical ''Carry On'' "sequel", see ''Film/CarryOnAgainDoctor''. Also see ''Film/CarryOnNurse'' and ''Film/CarryOnMatron'' for other hospital-based movies. There's also a [[Funny/CarryOnDoctor funny page]] that needs tender loving care. Feel free to add to it.

* HospitalGurneyScene: When being driven into hospital, Bigger groans and gurns at the ambulance staff, making them ask:
-->'''Ambulance staff:''' Are you hurting?\\
'''Francis Bigger:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh no!]] [[DeadpanSnarker Just something to while away the journey; that's all.]]

* EitherOrTitle: ''Carry On Doctor'' or ''Nurse Carries On Again'' or ''Death of a Daffodil'' or ''Life Is a Four-Letter Ward''.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** When Nurse May arrives at Roper's bedside to report to the Chief Nurse, she smiles at Roper and says "Hi", causing his [[SomethingElseAlsoRises blood pressure monitor to explode]].
** Also this line from Tinkle to Matron early on: "Well, you know how it is, Matron. These surgeons are all right for a quick slash and a fast grope round, but when it comes time to clean up the mess, it's a doctor that's needed."
** The first time Kilmore arrives at Francis's bedside, at one point he remarks that his "thing" is caught under him. When Francis responds, "I beg your pardon?!" Kilmore affirms that he was referring to his stethoscope.
** "Temperature 106?! Have you been reading ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' magazine again?"
** "Madam, what you do in your bed is your affair."

* SeriesFauxnale: It was felt at the time that this would be the final film in the series.

* {{Adorkable}}: Ken Biddle.

* SustainedMisunderstanding: Tinkle tells Chloe that Francis has a week at the most (he meant that Francis could only stay in the hospital for a week), [[OhCrap causing him to panic and think he's going to die]]. This causes him to marry Chloe out of impulse despite no liking her, and no one is any the wiser, making for a funny scene where a man from Cox & Carter is measuring Tinkle's bed for the size of rubber sheets and Tinkle wakes up and thinks he's being measured up for a coffin. It's not until the end of the film that he realises his mistake and that he's not going to die, though he is still very angry that he married Chloe for nothing.

-->'''Ambulance Staff''': Are you hurting?
-->'''Francis Bigger''': Oh no! Just something to while away the journey; that's all.

* HelloNurse: Nurse May. Just ask Charlie Roper.

** "Temperature 106?! Have you been reading ''{{Playboy}}'' magazine again?"

* ForWantOfANail: Francis only ended up in hospital in the first place because in a moment of carelessness, he fell through the stage curtain and injured himself.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Nurse May arrives at Roper's bedside to report to the Chief Nurse, she smiles at Roper and says "Hi", causing his [[SomethingElseAlsoRises blood pressure monitor to explode]].

** "Temperature 106?! Have you been reading ''Playboy'' magazine again?"

* {{Jerkass}}: Francis, Matron and Tinkle.

* PunnyName: Dr Kilmore can be seen as a play-on words of "Kill more", whereas Tinkle could link to urinating in a bedpan.

* SustainedMisunderstanding: Tinkle tells Chlie that Francis has a week at the most (he meant that Francis could only stay in the hospital for a week), [[OhCrap causing him to panic and think he's going to die]]. This causes him to marry Chloe out of impulse despite no liking her, and no one is any the wiser, making for a funny scene where a man from Cox & Carter is measuring Tinkle's bed for the size of rubber sheets and Tinkle wakes up and thinks he's being measured up for a coffin. It's not until the end of the film that he realises his mistake and that he's not going to die, though he is still very angry that he married Chloe for nothing.

* HenpeckedHusband: Charlie Roper, so must so that when his wife won't stop complaining at his bedside, he sticks a stethoscope in his ears so he can't hear her, and practically shoos her out when the visiting session is over.